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World Business
April Fool's Day hoax hits drug giant
Cynthia Koons 1:40 PM It sounded too good to be true: Global pharma behemoth Pfizer putting an end to rising drug prices. Turns out it wasn't.
Primary Health 'knew' of CEO investigation
Nick McKenzie and Peter Ker 11:59 AM Primary Health Care and Worley Parsons have responded to claims linking them or their employees to bribery and corruption.
Anbang scraps $US14b Starwood Hotel bid
Greg Roumeliotis 9:53 AM China's Anbang Insurance is walking away from its proposed takeover of Starwood Hotels, the operator of Sheraton and Westin hotels, a source says.
This is where bad bankers go to prison
Edward Robinson and Omar Valdimarsson 9:24 AM It's the only nation that put top finance chiefs behind bars after the GFC, making bankers answer for the crimes of the crash.
Brazil prosecutors charge billionaire Safra in bribery scheme
Silvio Cascione and Guillermo Parra-Bernal 7:44 AM The world's richest banker is accused of involvement in an alleged scheme to pay bribes to officials in return for waiving tax debts.
When mobsters meet hackers: The new bank heist
Jeremy Wagstaff and Jim Finkle No need for stocking masks and sawn-off shotguns: Here's the perfect bank robbery, 21st-century style.
Great Leap Upward: China's $150b shopping spree
Matthew Campbell and Jonathan Browning Why Chinese companies are spending more than ever to buy up international companies, looking beyond commodities to expand into other markets.
A billionaire's $20 million garage sale
James Tarmy Realizing he could never get through all his wine, William Koch is putting 20,000 bottes on the block.
Tata Steel puts entire UK business up for sale
Promit Mukherjee Britain's largest steelmaker is considering the sale of its entire business to stem heavy losses, ending its foray into Britain's steel industry.
Google's Pichai pockets $US100.5m
Brandon Kochkodin and Anders Melin Google chief executive officer Sundar Pichai received a $US100.5 million pay package in 2015, according to a filing from parent company Alphabet.
Uber can't live up to Uber hype
Megan McArdle Has the ride-sharing app triggered a revolution - or just enjoyed a golden moment? As wear and tear of cars is rising, reality sets in.
Brazil's false hope rally
Vesna Poljak The Brazilian economy will not be rescued by a change in leadership and its staggering equity market recovery is probably overdone.
US corporate profits fall to lowest since the GFC
Will Willitts Headline US news late last week was that economic growth was revised higher to 1.4 per cent. Less reported was US corporate earnings falling to their lowest since the GFC.
Chinese companies hit the brakes
Capital expenditure by Chinese companies fell to the lowest in at least five years in the first quarter.
Innovation
Japan plans fintech revolution
Japan is set to ease investment restrictions that could free up the flow of capital in an economy sitting on an estimated $US9 trillion in individuals' cash deposits.
Womenomics struggles in Japan
Isabel Reynolds, Kyoko Shimodoi and Takako Taniguchi Women fill just 6.2 per cent of junior management jobs in Japan's bureaucracy.
Why Neverland Ranch still isn't sold
Lisa Selin Davis Almost a year ago, Michael Jackson's former home hit the market. Though no one has sealed the deal, the asking price hasn;t changed.
Busting the boiler room
Nick Miller Seven behind bars and one murdered but two with strong Australian links have walked free as a global scam fell over.
Feared by workers, robots may be welcomed in Japan
Chris Zappone One of the minds behind Japan's Abenomics says robots may help solve some of Japan's most troubling problems.
Sony's VR set to change the world
Jared Lynch and Thomas Hounslow A Sony executive says the company's new virtual reality headset is more than a toy for video gamers.
Why Trump has Wall Street worried
Renae Merle Just because he's a billionaire, doesn't mean Donald Trump is part of the team.
The 'bikini' airline and the billionaire
Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen, K Oanh Ha and Sterling Wong She made her first million at 21. Now the woman known for putting bikini-clad models on her VietJet planes is poised to become South-East Asia's first self-made female billionaire.
British 'Flash Crash' trader may be extradited to US, judge rules
Kaja Whitehouse Navinder Sarao, the 36-year-old trader whose allegedly bogus trades contributed to the 2010 'flash crash', can be extradited to the US to stand trial, a British judge has ruled.
COMMENT
The Uber model doesn't translate
Farhad Manjoo Here is what we are witnessing: the end of the on-demand dream.
Hermès sees 'complicated' year after terror attacks
Andrew Roberts, Thomas Mulier and Corinne Gretler The luxury goods maker warns of subdued growth as terrorism saps tourist spending, which accounts for a third of the industry's sales.
Col Allan denies rumour of Trump campaign job
Dominic White Rupert Murdoch's ultimate editor is the subject of one of the more extraordinary rumours in an already extraordinary race for the White House.
RBNZ investigates interest rate leak claim
Hamish Rutherford An investigation is underway in New Zealand into whether news of a surprise official interest rate cut on March 10 was leaked.
Ex-Vale chief dies in plane crash
Roger Agnelli, the Brazilian banker who turned Vale SA into the world's No. 1 iron ore producer, died on Saturday in a plane crash. He was 56.
Why you shouldn't buy that Picasso
Rani Molla and Andrea Felsted You'd have thought negative interest rates would fuel a boom in diamonds, antiques and fine wine. But you'd be wrong.
The toxic sex affair rocking Silicon Valley
Selina Wang and Olivia Zaleski Michael Goguen, partner at a venture capital firm backing Apple and Google, and exotic dancer Amber Baptiste met at a Dallas strip club in the early 2000s and started spending time together. That's about all they agree on.
