*Home Depot raises outlook, shares hit record intraday high. *JPMorgan shares hit highest since February 2001. NEW YORK, May 21- U.S. stocks gained on Tuesday as a record intraday high for Home Depot helped lift the blue-chip Dow, but investors were cautious a day ahead of congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
WASHINGTON, May 21- Apple Inc came under fire on Tuesday at a Senate hearing over an investigation that alleged the U.S. high technology icon has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries and paid little or no taxes to any government.
*Home Depot raises outlook, shares jump. NEW YORK, May 21- U.S. stocks were little changed in early trading on Tuesday with Home Depot at a record high and buoying the blue-chips while investors eyed congressional testimony from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday.
Tim Cook testifies before a Senate panel proposing tax changes that would overhaul the corporate tax code, reports CNBC's Eamon Javers & Jon Fortt. And, Carly Fiorina, former HP chairman & CEO; and William George, Harvard Business School professor, discuss what this means for Apple and other corporations.
*U.S. Senate subcommittee says Apple paid no tax on $29.9 bln dividends. CORK/ DUBLIN, May 21- Ireland said on Tuesday it was not to blame for Apple Inc's low global tax payments and had no special rate deal with the company after the U.S. Senate said it paid little or no tax on tens of billions of dollars in profits stashed in Irish subsidiaries.
*Home Depot raises outlook, shares jump. *Goldman Sachs sees S&P 500 at 1,750 by year-end. "Given there's not a lot of economic news coming out today, it looks like we're set up for a pretty' nothing' day," said Kim Forrest, senior equity research analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh.
*Home Depot raises outlook, shares jump. *JPMorgan shareholders to decide on Dimon's chairmanship. *The housing market recovery helped Home Depot report higher quarterly sales and earnings, prompting the world's largest home improvement chain to boost its sales outlook for the year.
*U.S. Senate subcommittee says Apple paid no tax on $29.9 bln dividends. DUBLIN, May 21- Ireland said on Tuesday it was not to blame for Apple Inc's low global tax payments after the U.S. Senate said the company paid little or nothing on tens of billions of dollars in profits stashed in Irish subsidiaries.
WASHINGTON/ SAN FRANCISCO, May 20- Using an unusual global tax structure, Apple Inc has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries to pay little or no taxes to any government, a U.S. Senate report on the company's offshore tax structure said on Monday.