Apple has reported a 30% rise in quarterly profits to $11.1bn (close to €10bn), with the sale of 48 million iPhones driving this growth.
The tech firm, which is increasingly relying on healthy iPhone sales to drive profits, said its figures contained only two days of sales for its latest models - the 6S and 6S Plus.
As a result, Apple said it expected to beat last year's record of 74.5 million iPhones sold in the Christmas holiday quarter.
The forecast helped its share price to rise by more than 2% in after-hours trading.
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Twitter shares have tanked overnight - falling by 13% at one point after the social network announced poor quarterly results.
The main issue is that in the longterm Twitter's user base seems to have plateaued.
It only added 4 million new users during the quarter - to a total of 320 million.
This is part of a longer trend which has seen Twitter struggle to increase its audience, under pressure from a new generation of mobile-first social apps like Instagram and Snapchat.
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One and two cent coins will be phased out from today, as part of the Central Bank's rounding scheme.
From today, when consumers get change in cash it will be rounded up or down to the nearest five cent - but it will be on a voluntary basis and customers can still ask for their correct change.
The rounding scheme was successfully trialled in Wexford in 2013 which showed that 85% of consumers and all of the retailers surveyed wanted Rounding rolled out nationally.
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European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi will be questioned by Irish MEP's about the institution's role in the banking crisis.
The 11 Irish MEP's have been told that the bank's President will address the issue on November 12th.
Ajai Chopra, the International Monetary Fund official who was central to Ireland's bailout programme, and UCD economist Karl Whelan will also appear at the committee hearing.
This follows the ECB's refusal to appear before Ireland's banking inquiry.
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Profits at the Irish arm of Chinese electronics manufacturer, Huawei more than halved last year - falling to close to €1m.
Its profit fell from €3m to €1.1m - revenues were down from €50m to €40.5m.
The company has blamed R&D costs and delays surrounding key projects.
Huawei has launched a new flagship model in 2015 - and started a marketing push in Ireland.
Globally the company's outlook is positive - third-quarter global smartphone shipments have increased by 63% year-on-year to 27.4m units.
