As North American chief, Nair was responsible for operations that generate about 90 per cent of Ford's global profits.

US President Donald Trump's pledge to fix America's ailing roads, bridges and airports may get an unlikely boost from retirement savers some 10,000 miles away in Australia.

Crisis-ridden Venezuela is launching an oil-backed cryptocurrency on Tuesday that it hopes will help circumvent US financial sanctions and resurrect the country's moribund economy.

Australia is pulling petrol from 14,500 miles (23,335 kilometres) away in Europe, with companies including Singaporean commodities trader Trafigura Group among those sending cargoes on what is a rare trade.

The suit alleges the studio and its fraternal founders repeatedly violated state and city laws barring gender discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual abuse and coercion.

The Amazon-fuelled grocery price war may have finally arrived.

The North American Bitcoin Conference wrapped up 10 hours of speeches by inviting 5,000 attendees to what it called a networking party.

Celebrities who flaunted their pot smoking for decades when it was taboo are now cashing in on the legal cannabis boom.

Flatpack billionaire made sure that no one would be able to take control of the $74 billion empire he built after his death.

Australia continues to host significant quantities of illicit funds from outside the country, according to the 2018 Financial Secrecy Index.

The French coastguard is searching for Pierre Agnes after his 11-metre boat was found washed up on the country's Atlantic coast.

It's no secret Jeff Bezos has been looking to crack healthcare. But no one expected him to pull in Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon too.

Three German car makers appear to have commissioned or supported a study in 2014 which exposed monkeys and humans to exhaust fumes and nitrogen dioxide, according to German media reports

India's billionaire Singh brothers, already embroiled in one international legal battle over alleged fraud, are being accused of "diversion, siphoning and digression of assets".

​Casino mogul Steve Wynn accused of decades of alleged sexual misconduct.

The Shermans were found hanging by belts from a railing next to a swimming pool at their Toronto mansion in December.

• COMMENT

Face to face with some of his harshest critics, in the temple of globalisation, the US president turned on the charm in a speech delivered in unusually conciliatory tones.

US President Donald Trump has made his salesman's pitch for America before an international crowd of corporate and political titans, and taken credit for its economic success, yet he was shadowed by clouds from home.

The World Economic Forum's annual meeting is as much about schmoozing as speeches.

​Tesla has installed a new compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk that would reward him handsomely if he can build the electric vehicle automaker into "one of the most valuable companies in the world."

Netflix is lifting the curtain on just how much the sexual harassment controversy is going to cost Hollywood.

• ANALYSIS

Almost a decade after the financial crisis, economies in just about every corner of the world are growing - but can it last?

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. agreed to a last-minute settlement before the start of another phone-hacking trial in London that would have raked up incidents from more than a decade ago.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he called Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to thank him for announcing hundreds of billions of dollars in US investments following passage of Republican tax legislation last year.

The results of President Donald Trump's first presidential physical are in. And his doctor says they're conclusive: Trump is a "very sharp" and "articulate" guy.

Fast fashion is creating an environmental disaster: Between 2000 and 2015, global clothing production doubled, while demand for used clothing flooding the market is declining.

A former personal assistant to Goldman Sachs co-president David Solomon faces federal charges that he stole more than $US1.2 million ($1.5 million) of rare wine from his boss.

You know you're in Maotai when you smell it.

Apple said it will bring hundreds of billions of overseas dollars back to the US, pay about $US38 billion ($47.4 billion) in taxes on the money and invest tens of billions on domestic jobs, manufacturing and data centres in the coming years.