An appeal against a multimillion dollar tax bill owed by multinational oil giant Chevron is taking place, and will have global implications for the way tax paid by large companies is assessed.

China's top economic planner is said to be investigating the recent surge in steel and iron ore futures.

The US economy grew in the fourth quarter at a 1.9 per cent pace, slower than expected as business investment eased.

Jan Cameron was there in the front row. The Black Princess herself, who for some time denied she was linked to the mysterious Black Prince entity that was trying to roll the Bellamy's board before it was revealed, in fact, she was.

Another dismal result, another low for the stock ... the Spotless chief has his work cut out.

Households with a fibre-to-the-node connection - the slowest of the NBN Co's fixed technologies - will get an upgrade when augmented reality, virtual reality and ultra high definition internet television become mainstream, the company's chief executive told a Senate committee on Tuesday night.

Ahmed Fahour stands to earn a bonus worth up to $6 million this year, on top of his $2 million base salary.

The strong result means Australia is likely to technically avoid a recession.

Everyone should think about why they work, and whether their job is meeting their needs.

In Australia, micro-economic reform has degenerated into a form of rent-seeking that's saying the way to a prosperous economy is to keep business – the people who create the jobs – as happy as possible.

Caution reigned on the sharemarket, with the ASX ending lower for a fifth straight session.

Fund managers say the lack of detail in Donald Trump speech to Congress leaves markets vulnerable to a correction.

Australia has avoided a second consecutive quarter of negative economic growth, rising by 1.1 per cent in the December quarter and beating market expectations.

Corporate Australia may have lost the debate on tax reform, says Australian Institute of Company Directors chairwoman Elizabeth Proust.

Markets are increasingly open to the United States lifting interest rates this month after two Federal Reserve officials argued there was a strong case for rates to be higher.

There's no question that it's been a hard year for Kalanick and Uber - or really, a bad year compressed down into an awful three months. And it keeps getting worse.

There might have been a bit of heart burn at James Packer's casino operator, Crown, Wednesday morning as its stock dived just as news emerged it is considering a fire sale of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of toys that had been used to entertain its Chinese high rollers.

High earners are negatively gearing their way out of the Medicare levy.

The ASX continues to wallow as Telstra trades ex-divided, while an initial Trump-inspired jump in Wall St futures quickly fades.

Bullish and cautious aren't usually words found in the same sentence, but coking coal miners are "excited" about the outlook.