Three Chinese men have been charged in the US with making over $4m by trading on information they got by hacking into top NY law firms.

A Chinese court has jailed Sun Zhaoxue, the former president of state-owned metals producer Chinalco for 16 years for graft

Toshiba's shares tumbled after the company announced it may have to book several billion dollars in charges related to a US nuclear acquisition.

As the inauguration nears, Trump has shown no signs of curbing his willingness to criticise brands that draw his ire.

Donald Trump's new trade chief has urged Britain's rivals to take advantage of the "God-given opportunity" of Brexit to take business away from the UK, according to a report.

Sometimes, as can be the case with online daters themselves, online sites are not all they make out to be.

Deutsche Bank said it has reached an agreement to resolve a year's-long US investigation into its dealings in mortgage-backed securities, removing a major legal hurdle for the bank.

The Italian government has agreed to bail out Monte dei Paschi di Siena after the world's oldest bank failed to to get a capital increase.

President-elect Donald Trump has shaken up years of Pentagon planning, tweeting he has asked Boeing to price a replacement of Lockheed Martin's F-35, the most expensive US weapon system ever.

Goldman is planning an initial public offering in Hong Kong, appealing to small investors - but it's not the Goldman they have know.

Even for a puppy, Kat Donatello's black lab, Austin, was hyperactive. But a special biscuit "took the edge off of him".

Frightening fact: Every Republican president since World War II has been in power during at least one recession.

Billionaire Carl Icahn, who bet $US1 billion on a Trump rally hours after his election victory, will advise the President-elect on rescinding "excessive regulation".

Morgan Stanley will pay $US7.5 million to resolve US Securities and Exchange Commission claims that the firm improperly used customer cash to lower its borrowing costs.

It's a place synonymous with conflict and is now on the front line of Britain's divisive push to leave the European Union.

The European Commission has charged Facebook with misleading it during its WhatsApp takeover, threatening a $247m fine.

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde escaped punishment and kept her job on Monday despite a conviction on negligence charges over a state payout made while she served as France's finance minister in 2008.

In backing her, the fund's executive board avoids the task of having to select a new managing director.

​The US wants Credit Suisse to pay up to $US7 billion for its role selling toxic mortgage securities in the GFC. The bank says No.

Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was found guilty on Monday of criminal charges linked to the misuse of public funds during her time as France's finance minister, a verdict that could force her out of her post.

Ireland has accused the European Commission of exceeding its powers and interfering with the EU member's national sovereignty over tax affairs in ruling that Apple owes Dublin billions of euros in taxes, saying it had failed to give proper reasons for its decision.

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You can read James Packer's sell down and impending exit out of the Macau market many ways.

Killing four empty hours at Guangzhou airport waiting for a China Southern connection to Sydney may not be everyone's idea of fun. For Gina Capella, it was a no-brainer.

The 29-year-old internet celebrity "said he didn't want to live a life like mine", says Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin.

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If only the billionaire investor had taken his own advice on how to capitalise on the US housing collapse.

Australia may have tougher laws aimed at recouping more tax from multinationals, but that won't stop the incoming US President Donald Trump to tell us to "get stuffed" in the fight for more revenue, a KPMG tax expert says.

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Even after Trump's upset victory last month, China's appetite for the country's favourite companies is growing.

The pact between Russia and other non-OPEC nations to curb oil production, alongside OPEC nations, is the first in 15 years.

Iran signs a $US16.6 billion deal to buy 80 Boeing passenger jets, the biggest US contract since the Islamic Revolution 37 years ago.