Alphabet Inc. can't seem to stop heaping massive pay packages on Google's Sundar Pichai.

As investors pour in, Apple's shares have closed at $US143.65, up nearly 60 per cent from last May's trough.

US business investment is finally showing signs of life, and the Federal Reserve may have to reconsider its low-and-slow approach to raising interest rates if such spending becomes a vital force for the economy.

Some seven decades after independence, India may outshine its former colonial master.

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My billionaire guests were all convinced that there would be a jump and it looks like it's well and truly happening.

US President Donald Trump has confirmed he wants to cut the corporate tax rate to 15 per cent, which business leaders and tax experts say, if passed, will heighten the need for company tax cuts locally.

For families across the United States, driving to the local Blockbuster Video was a Friday night ritual. Times have changed - but not everywhere.

The UK is being urged to join the multilateral trade agreements being abandoned by US President Donald Trump.

The sports network has been squeezed by increased rights fees paid to broadcast live events while millions of TV viewers are abandoning the company.

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Obama should be praised, for two reasons: first, for dismissing that there is something inherently corrupt about delivering a paid speech; and second, for recognising that communication between finance and centrist politics remains important.

By financial standards, the social media company may be a diving joke. But tell that to the nine million users that have just joined.

Fruit billionaire David Murdock took Dole Food Co., the business synonymous with Hawaiian pineapples and bananas, private three years ago. Now he's looking to float it again.

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The tech world just witnessed a robbery. The heist was so brazen that you kind of had to admire it.

A company statement ahead of Yahoo's vote on the sale of its internet business is an eye-popping reminder of the hefty stock compensation the executive has amassed during her five-year tenure.

Newly released police documents claim that David Dao, the passenger who was dragged off a United Airlines flight on April 9, behaved violently toward the officers removing him and was effectively to blame for his own injuries. "Utter nonsense," says his lawyer.

The former president has been criticised for reportedly accepting the fee to address a Wall Street bank in September.

Revamp of its iconic burger and cut-price drink promotions help fast-food giant post strong sales.

Cocoa-growing countries will fight a price rout by banding together and co-ordinating production strategies, the chairman of the International Cocoa Organisation said.

Should the public be able to freely access the names of the people behind the ownership of assets and bank accounts?

When Hiroe Tanaka's father died, he left behind something that would change her life: a recipe for fried meat on a stick. It was an act of love. His daughter adored the Japanese street food known as kushikatsu, and he'd spent endless hours working out how to make it just right.

With plans for a $US1 trillion infrastructure program, President Donald Trump is looking halfway around the world for inspiration.

Alibaba chairman Jack Ma says society should prepare for decades of pain as the internet disrupts the economy.

Donald Trump's America First doesn't necessarily leave the global economy last.

A US judge has sentenced Volkswagen AG to three years' probation and independent oversight for the German automaker's diesel emissions scandal.

In the late 1980s, Arturo Di Modica gave New York a statue representing Wall Street prosperity; today it's staring down another statue that has become a potent symbol in its own right - a petite girl in high-top sneakers.

The Vice-President of Indonesia has signalled he prevented his US counterpart from discussing the contract row that has crippled operations at Grasberg - the world's second largest copper mine - by telling him "the affair is finished".

Ivanka Trump is one of the most famous women on the planet. She's certainly the most famous Ivanka. Standing by her father's side as he ascended to the White House, her prominence even sparked a swell in the number of babies named Ivanka.

Federal government will impose duties on paper exported from four countries including China and Indonesia.

James Packer has exited Hollywood, selling his stake in RatPac Entertainment, which helped produce Oscar-winning film Gravity.