Apple Tops Samsung For World's Biggest Phone Maker

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Also in your business news, two thirds of people would support the government's plans for pay-related unemployment benefit.

Apple has overtaken Samsung as the world's biggest phone maker.

It accounted for more than a fifth of phones shipped last year.

The International Data Corporation says 1.2 billion smartphones were sold last year.

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Two-thirds of tax-payers would support the Government's plans for pay-related unemployment benefit. 

That would see people on higher wages get more employment benefit if they lose their jobs. 

Over a quarter say they'd support it for a limited amount of time, and just one in four say benefits should be the same for everyone, regardless of income.

Marian Ryan, consumer tax manager with Taxback, says it's a tricky one for the Government:

Looking at today's Currency Markets, one euro buys you £0.85 and $1.09
While the ISEQ Index of Irish Shares is at 8,409, down 0.96% since the opening.

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