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Inside Masayoshi Son's eccentric, relentless deal-making spree

In deal after deal, Son pressed to meet founders face to face, urged them to take more money than they wanted

Global wealth shifting to Asia with China in lead: Billionaire 2017 list

China has the third most people on the index with 38, behind Germany (39) and the U.S. (160).

No nuclear button but Kim Jong Un can exploit weak US-South Korea ties

Kim's offer, which follows repeated requests for dialogue from South Korea, adds to tensions that have lingered between Trump and Moon

Thiel's fund quietly buying Bitcoin since 2012

While the investment amounts to a rounding error for Thiel's firm, which has more than $3 billion under management

Humorists make the best futurists

Finding out what's going to happen next could be as simple as tuning in to The Simpsons

MoneyGram deal collapse may force a re-think at Jack Ma's Ant Financial

The end of the bid comes almost a year after Ma met with then President-elect Donald Trump and talked of creating a million US jobs.

As threat of war with Kim abates, South Korea's won raring to go in 2018

South Korea's currency strengthened almost 13% in 2017, its best annual performance since 2004

After bone-rattling cold, snow bomb to hit Boston, NY along US East Coast

On its current track, the storm will scrape the East Coast and dump snow from South Carolina to Maine and into Canada, with Boston and parts of Maine bearing the brunt

CEOs meet irrelevant for this fund manager who invests in 'hated' stocks

The biggest holdings are MTU Aero Engines AG, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, and General Motors Co, which the fund bought 3-4 months ago

GST: Chaotic tax overhaul bad news for truckers, cross-border trade

GST was expected to yield gains by easing onerous red tape at state borders and help make India resemble a single market for the first time

Bitcoin starts new year by declining, first time since 2015

The virtual coin fell to $13,624.56 as of 5 pm in New York on Monday, down 4.8%

How antivirus software can be turned into a tool for spying

In the battle against malicious code, antivirus products are a staple

Google's 'Dutch Sandwich' shielded 16-bn euros from tax

The setup involves shifting revenue from one Irish subsidiary to a Dutch company with no employees, and then on to a Bermuda mailbox

Mental-health IPO is a leap forward for China

Only 20 million receive professional treatment

Bitcoin losing lustre as underworld switches over to other currencies

Privacy coins such as monero have climbed faster over the past two months as law enforcers adopt software tools to monitor bitcoin users

No idea what MiFID stands for? All you need to know about this EU law

Banks and asset managers across the European Union have spent more than $2 billion preparing for it

Gold sparkled in 2017 despite record surge in US stocks, 3 Fed rate hikes

Bullion for immediate delivery advanced as much as 0.5% to $1,309.32 an ounce, the highest level since September 26

In 2018, keep an eye on 9 market disruptions that didn't happen in 2017

The failure of these 9 threats to materialise contributed to 2017's strong annual performance for risk assets

Coal power pace slows: How we're failing to use the electricity we produce

Nearly 40% of the country's coal-based capacity is unused because the core customers -- state-managed distribution companies -- struggle to increase purchases

Investing in cryptocurrencies? Here's why you should be wary of North Korea

A North Korean hacking unit called Andariel seized a server at a South Korean company in the summer of 2017 and used it to mine about 70 Monero coins