Ireland to close ‘double Irish’ tax loophole

Apple and other multinationals based in Ireland are to be given a four-year window before the phasing out of a scheme that cuts their tax bills.

Euro zone agrees 800 billion euro firewall: Austria

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers have agreed to boost the currency bloc's debt crisis firewall to roughly 800 billion euros ($1.06 trillion), Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter said on Friday.