​Warren Buffett is once again the second-richest person on the planet, and he has President-elect Donald Trump to thank for it.

• COMMENT

Sorry, but I find the ascent of Donald Trump more fascinating than frightening. If it's all going to be so terrible, how exactly is he going to make it happen?

"I for one give him my most open mind and wish him great success in his service to the country."

As protests against President-elect Donald Trump roil cities across America, people have found a corporate logo to symbolise their anger and dismay. It's emblazoned on the side of their shoes.

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Donald Trump's big win might seem a big loss for China. However, his policies will ultimately work to China's advantage.

President-elect Donald Trump plans to remake financial regulation, promising to dismantle the 2010 Dodd-Frank law, the response to the financial crisis.

US President-elect Donald Trump's tax plan will have flow-on effects, including reducing the amount of tax paid by US multinationals in high-tax countries like Australia, experts say.

Here's a surprising conclusion: Donald Trump appears likely to enact a fun-house mirror version of what many liberal economists have advocated for years - Keynesian fiscal stimulus.

Silicon Valley figures are already freaking out, but there's one company in particular that soon might find itself in President Trump's crosshairs.

​Donald Trump's stunning victory is already creating winners and losers in markets and governments around the world, from miners in America's Appalachian Mountains heartened by his devotion to coal, to Mexican peso traders stunned by the sell-off.

A Trump administration could take the lid off coal and fracking regulations, begin a massive repair of US roads and bridges, rebuild defence, repeal the Dodd-Frank financial reform act and kill Obamacare.

Even before the result was clear the prospect came as a profound shock to financial markets.

Markets rallied off its lows, with traders saying Trump's acceptance speech was balanced and conciliatory.

The bearish sentiment that engulfed European equities in recent weeks is being vindicated.

• COMMENT

The rise in anti-establishment sentiment is not a US phenomenon, political culture is the product of our time.

The Australian sharemarket lost more than $30 billion in value as Donald Trump looked increasingly likely to be the next US president.

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The GFC was quite scary at times. President Trump worries me much more.

The billionaire chairman of China's LeEco has admitted his technology empire is running out of cash to sustain a headlong rush into businesses from electric cars to smartphones.

The world's wealthiest people became $48 billion richer as stock markets rallied overnight.

Is Israel rooting for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton to win the US election?

Chicken Littles may be on to something when it comes the effects of global warming.

Australia's biggest listed travel agent has warned its first-half underlying profit could fall by nearly a third amid record low airfares at home and overseas, sending its shares lower.

A group of Australian firms is exploring major projects near Jakarta's international airport in a partnership that is potentially worth billions.

The maker of the hazelnut spread seeks to reduce its standard serving size from two tablespoons to one, meaning consumers would see only half as much fat and calories on the label.

• ANALYSIS

The forecasts are gloomy, but the outcome of the US election might not actually decide what direction the markets will take.

By many measures, Chobani embodies the classic American immigrant success story.

Singapore's latest quest to boost productivity is playing out at a busy food court in the second terminal of Changi Airport.

Not all billionaires were born with silver spoons in their mouths. Many came from nothing at all.

Native American leaders have vowed to protest through the winter against the $US3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline.