The future of big M&A under Trump
Trump is most likely the first president who has personally been on both sides of an antitrust case. Which way he will lean on big deals in anyone's guess
Trump's splendid isolation
Sitting in Trump Tower the President-elect is a man contrasts: an avid Twitter user, yet only comfortable in his own clubs and buildings
Obama commutes intelligence leaker Manning's sentence
Will WikiLeaks' Julian Assange keep a promise to go along with US extradition now that Chelsea Manning's sentence has been commuted?
Hyundai, Kia pledge $US3.1b US investment
Hyundai and Kia Motors will spend $US3.1b in the US over five years, joining car makers bowing to President-elect Donald Trump.
Trump’s $US, tax talk raises currency war risk
President-elect's displeasure at "too strong" US dollar and rejection of border tax raise possibility of trade and currency tensions.
GM's $US1b investment nod to Trump
General Motors, facing pressure from President-elect Donald Trump, will invest $US1 billion in US plants over several years
Morgan Stanley profit doubles to $US1.5b
Morgan Stanley's Q4 profit doubled to $US1.5b as trading activity surged and as the bank meets CEO James Gorman's targets.
Chevron, Boeing pay for inauguration party
Donald Trump is trying to keep the names of donors of millions of dollars to his inauguration festivities this week a secret
America risks a real a pacific clash with China
If Trump's America clashes with China, it cannot take the world's sympathy for granted.
President bookworm
No modern president is as fundamentally shaped – in his life, convictions and outlook on the world – by reading and writing as Barack Obama.
FBI arrests wife of Orlando nightclub killer
The FBI arrested the wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub last year, a massacre inspired by Islamic State.
