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European Union antitrust regulators have asked Ireland to provide details of its tax arrangements with Apple (AAPL.O) in 1990 and 2007, warning that they could amount to illegal state aid which may be recovered from the U.S. company.

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams said Scotland's "inspiring" referendum on independence would accelerate a vote to unite Ireland, a prospect quickly dismissed by Unionists who share power in Northern Ireland.

An expert told Bloomberg that the European countries Russian businesses has been dependent on moving their assets into are key to forcing Russia to discontinue its plans on Ukraine.