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The top-rated CEO you haven't heard of
Jena McGregor 2:10 PM His staff gave him an approval rating of 99 per cent, but this year's highest-rated CEO has a far lower profile than previous winners such as Mark Zuckerberg or Larry Page.
Ralph Lauren wants to be more like H&M;
Kim Bhasin 9:48 AM Facing a sales slump, the nearly 50-year-old brand known for its polo shirts will focus on its bestsellers and try to learn from the fast-fashion retailer.
Lobbyist jailed for extorting Redflex
9:27 AM A lobbyist has been sentenced to 15 months' federal prison in the US for extorting political campaign contributions from Australian red light camera company Redflex.
The tax havens costing Australia $6b a year
Nassim Khadem 12:01 AM The world's poorest people, and women in particular, bear the brunt of global tax dodging, says Oxfam.
Is the annual raise on the way out?
Jeff Green and Richard Clough General Electric is the laboratory of corporate management. As the US manufacturing giant is rethinking a bedrock tradition of corporate life, C-suites around the world will be watching closely.
Lipstick advice from Warren Buffett
Jonathan Stempel It's not just about satisfying your customers. Look in the mirror - and at Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, says the billionaire investor.
Ultra-rich will see fortunes soaring
Giles Broom By 2020, millionaires will control more than half of the world's wealth as their fortunes grow faster than everyone else's, global report predicts.
Burberry CEO takes 75% pay cut
Andrew Roberts Burberry's embattled chief Christopher Bailey took a 75 per cent pay cut last year as the UK's largest luxury-goods maker struggled for growth.
Playboy mansion sells for more than $US100m
Prashant Gopal The Playboy Mansion is under contract for more than $100 million. The buyer: a 32-year-old son of a billionaire who already owns the property next door.
ALS defends quick rejection of takeover bid
Brian Robins ALS has defended its brusque rejection of the $2.7 billion takeover offer received last week from private equity bidders.
Why not just give money to everyone?
Eduardo Porter Ditch wages, and pay every citizen a universal basic income: It's one of those idea that the longer you look at it, the less enthusiastic you become.
Starbucks teams with beer maker
Hadley Malcolm Starbucks and beer maker Anheuser-Busch are teaming up to produce a bottled version of the coffee company's Teavana tea.
EU throws support behind Uber, Airbnb
EU throws weight behind the "sharing economy", saying governments should only ban services such as ride-hailing app Uber and Airbnb as a last resort.
Uber leads blessing of private unicorns
Adam Satariano Once upon a time, startups aspired to high-profile sharemarket floats to cash in and expand. Uber has no need for such traditions.
Graeme Hart's car-parts business bankrupt
Steven Church New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart's car-parts maker UCI International has filed for bankruptcy after losing business from three of its biggest customers.
Uber taps Saudi Arabia for cash
Mike Isaac and Michael J. de la Merced In its quest to build a global empire, Uber has turned to the Middle East for a $4.8 billion cash infusion.
Billionaire's fortune drops from $4.5b to zilch
Patrick Hatch Elizabeth Holmes, whose plan to revolutionise healthcare made her a darling of the start-up world and a billionaire at age 30, has a jaw-dropping new net worth: zilch.
Banker arrested for insider tips to plumber
Bob Van Voris Former Barclays director Steven McClatchey accused of telling his plumber friend about future company deals in exchange for cash and a new bathroom.
France rules out Google tax deal
France will "go all the way" to ensure that multinationals operating on its soil pay their taxes and more cases could follow after Google and McDonald's were targeted by tax raids.
Fed to raise rates 'in coming months'
Binyamin Appelbaum The US Federal Reserve chairwoman has reinforced a recent effort by central bank officials to prepare investors for higher borrowing costs.
Protect whistleblowers, then pay them
Nassim Khadem The Panama Papers, Swiss Leaks and Lux Leaks highlighted the fragmented and limited protection offered.
We've seen the Trump phenomenon before
Eduardo Porter Look around the advanced market democracies: Versions of Donald Trump and the kind of politics he represents have been popping up in a global rise of protectionism.
Is North Korea behind bank attacks?
Nicole Perlroth and Michael Corkery It would be the first known case of a nation using digital attacks to boost its coffers.
Man U, Real Madrid soccer's most valuable
Tariq Panja Manchester United's fifth place finish in the English Premier League may have gotten its manager fired, but the team's bottom line is just fine.
Sugar shortage halts Coke production
Andrea Navarro and Jennifer Kaplan Sugar is so scarce in Venezuela that Coca-Cola has been forced to stop production of the iconic drink in the country.
Investment banks in worst Q1 since GFC
Anjuli Davies Worried about the global economy? Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and 10 other big banks have now posted the worst first-quarter results since the GFC.
Modi's shuttle blasts into Musk's space race
Anurag Kotoky and Ganesh Nagarajan India is launching a scale model of a reusable spacecraft on Monday to make space travel cheaper.
'We'd fight over who'd get to be Captain Kirk'
Brian Fung Amazon boss Jeff Bezos isn't just a "Star Trek" nerd. He's a giant, epic, subspace anomaly of a "Star Trek" nerd with his own space travel company.
Codeword: 'Dallas Cowboys'
David Voreacos What began with a friendship forged over gambling, golf and business turned into a six-year insider-trading plot involving one of the world's most beloved golfers, Phil Mickelson.
Facebook has no liberal-leaning bias: Zuckerberg
Sarah Frier and Jennifer Jacobs Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg met with political conservatives to explain how the social network comes up with its trending news topics, seeking to quell concerns that liberal-leaning news and sources were favoured by the company's editors.
