Murdoch has long tried to cement his legacy by adding Sky to his company's stable of global media assets.

Prosecutors say Martin Shkreli, known as 'Pharma Bro', is a conman who told 'lies on top of lies'. But his attorney says he's a weird genius, who shouldn't be convicted for his lack of people skills.

Martin Shkreli's criminal fraud trial jury hasn't been selected yet and already the brash pharma executive tried to get the case thrown out of court and lashed out at reporters covering his case.

The maker of Havaianas, the colourful Brazilian flip-flops donned by celebrities, is poised to pass from one of Brazil's most-powerful families to another thanks to the country's latest political turmoil.

Crown staff have been handed shorter than expected jail terms.

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Crown staff including executive Jason O'Connor are expected to plead guilty when their court case is heard today in Baoshan District Court, outside Shanghai.

Billion-dollar hotel developments in Sydney and Queensland, a shareholding in Virgin Australia, and the Australia's biggest cinema chain will come under the scrutiny of Chinese regulators trying to rein in a US$215 billion ($284 billion) overseas buying spree by Chinese companies.

The tycoon's request to Twitter last week -- asking how he can best use his wealth to help people "right now" -- has set off a frenzy of responses from every corner of the world. Even Madonna chimed in.

The Oscar-winner co-founded the tequila brand four years ago.

Since staff of James Packer's casino empire were detained in China in October and accused of illegally promoting gambling, Crown's network of offices from Macau to Indonesia appears to have vanished.

Travis Kalanick has stepped down as chief executive of Uber, the ride-hailing service that he helped found in 2009 and that he built into a transportation colossus, after a shareholder revolt made it untenable for him to stay on at the company.

The billionaire who made a fortune betting against the pound in the 1990s warns Britain's economy could slow to such an extent that the decision to quit the EU might even be reversed.

Australia is the third most popular destination for ultra-rich Chinese to invest wealth offshore, a new report shows.

Whole Foods' 63-year-old CEO says he was set up with Amazon on a "blind date" about six weeks ago and fell in love after conversing for hours.

Rising temperatures and humidity will make the world's tropics increasingly unliveable by pushing more people to the thresholds of their physical tolerance and beyond, a new international study finds.

Almost 10 years since the global financial crisis, in a world of sub-par economic growth even the optimists are downbeat.

The Amazon founder is well on his way to becoming the richest person in the world, with a net worth of more than $105 billion. What's less certain is what he plans to do with his fortune, and how he could reinvent philanthropy.

Shares in Takata, the company behind the biggest safety recall in automotive history, have been suspended amid media reports it plans to file for bankruptcy as soon as next week.

San Francisco: David Bonderman, an Uber board member and partner at private equity firm TPG, is resigning from the board of the ride-hailing company after he made a disparaging remark about women at an Uber meeting Tuesday, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, who asked to remain anonymous because the decision is confidential.

Tuesday's closure of the sale ends Yahoo's 21-year history as a publicly traded company.

Uber lost or removed much of its management team in recent months as scandal after scandal emerged.

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Crown will be hoping the cases of South Korean casino marketers convicted in China serve as a guide to what comes next.

Jeffrey Immelt, who is stepping down as chairman and CEO of General Electric after 16 years, will retire with at least $US112 million ($148.5 million).

After a Sunday meeting that lasted more than six hours, a representative for Uber's board said directors approved several changes, without providing clarity on the fates of chief executive Travis Kalanick or his confidant and head of business, Emil Michael.

British business confidence has fallen sharply since last Thursday's inconclusive election.

Uber's board will discuss chief executive Travis Kalanick temporarily stepping away from the embattled ride-hailing firm.

An anonymous fan of Warren Buffett agreed to pay $3.5 million at an online charity auction to have lunch with the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway.

Jack Ma's net worth surged $3.7 billion overnight as Alibaba forecast sales growth that topped every analysts' estimate.

Federal Aviation Administration statistics indicate that airplane fires involving lithium batteries are on the rise.