China is one of the few countries in the world today with money to spend, and Xi Jinping is ready to write some cheques.

The Manhattan lawyer representing about two dozen people in harassment suits against Fox News lashed out against the Murdoch media empire, seeking to influence regullators over its $20 billion bid to buy the rest of pay-TV provider Sky.

Several publications credited Catherine Hettinger as the inventor of the fidget spinner. Only she isn’t.

Consumers are increasingly shopping online, spending more time on mobile apps, and getting groceries delivered to their homes. And that's hitting Coca-Cola in ways you might not expect.

Volkswagen's top two managers are being investigated over allegations of market manipulation, deepening the carmaker's legal woes in connection with the diesel scandal.

Testifying in court, former colleagues said the bank retroactively condemned information sharing that before the foreign-exchange scandal had been encouraged and rewarded.

Warren Buffett likened unemployed workers to animals that are helpless to avoid car crashes, and said the government must do more to help those displaced by competition from overseas and technology.

Ferrari achieved a rare feat by generating profit margins on par with Apple, as the rich clamor for powerful and pricey supercars like the $2.1 million LaFerrari Aperta.

The Indonesian government has launched a $US2 billion ($2.6 billion) lawsuit against the company responsible for the worst oil spill in the history of Australia's offshore petroleum industry.

The World Trade Organisation upheld Australia's right to impose plain-package label restrictions on tobacco products.

In February 2015, bankers working on Japan's biggest IPO in three decades woke to news that left them shaken. Their client had just closed a multi-billion dollar deal - but had kept them firmly out of the loop. They were right to worry.

• COMMENT

Get used to Apple's less-turbocharged future. The tech giant still generates more profits than any other company, and it is swimming in cash.

• ANALYSIS

So much cash is raining on some US-based corporations that they are at a loss on what to do with all the money.

A recent multi-million dollar tax ruling against oil giant Chevron, if allowed to stand, would have ripple effects across the globe.

Chinese investment in Australia surged 11.7 per cent last year to $15.4 billion amid booming demand for agricultural assets and infrastructure, according to a report.

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.

• COMMENT

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.

• COMMENT

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.

• ANALYSIS

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.