US hits Chinese and Russian firms over North Korea
Ten companies and six individuals in Russia and China are subject to a new round of US sanctions.
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Forbes list exposes Hollywood pay gap
Mark Wahlberg earned $42m more than the world's best paid actress in the past year, Forbes says.
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Vale the Village Voice: New York bible axes print edition
The 62-year-old bastion of American alternative journalism is ending its weekly print edition.
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Thomas Cook resumes Tunisia holidays after beach attack
Tour operator says safety is a "priority", two years after 30 Britons were killed at a beach resort.
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Ford eyes deal with Chinese electric carmaker
The US firm is exploring a joint venture to make a new line of electric vehicles for the Chinese market.
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Barcelona sue Neymar over world record transfer to Paris St-Germain
Barcelona are suing former player Neymar over his 222m euro (£200m) world record move to Paris St-Germain.
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First July UK budget surplus for 15 years
No government borrowing was needed in July, but borrowing so far this year is £1.9bn above 2016.
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Dominic Chappell to be prosecuted over BHS collapse
Dominic Chappell, who faces charges, bought the department store chain the year before it collapsed.
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Lidl tops Waitrose to become UK's seventh biggest grocer
German chain's market share is now 5.2%, a 0.7% year-on-year increase, due to demand from families.
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BHP Billiton to sell US shale business
The mining giant posted a $5.9bn (£4.6bn) annual net profit, but there is pressure to offload US shale.
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Cambridge University Press reverses China censorship move
Cambridge University Press restores access to sensitive China stories after academics protest.
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China's Great Wall eyes Fiat Chrysler bid
The Chinese SUV maker says it is interested in buying the Jeep owner, but no approach has been made.
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Johnson & Johnson faces $417m payout in latest talc case
The payout - to a woman who developed ovarian cancer - is the largest award so far against the firm.
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Apple's 'hidden' job ad found online
The advertisement for "a talented engineer" begins with the welcome: "Hey there! You found us."
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Total and Maersk agree £5.8bn deal
It would see French firm Total take control Denmark's Maersk's assets in the UK sector of the North Sea.
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BBC World News business headlines
The latest international business headlines from BBC World News.
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Chatbot apps help users prepare for death
Silicon Valley start-ups seek to disrupt the death industry with artificial intelligence software.
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How to cash in on a solar eclipse
A total solar eclipse is visible across the US on Monday for the first time in nearly a century.
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'I couldn't tell my parents I had started a business'
Shoko Takahashi set up bio-tech firm Gene Quest, but didn't feel able to tell her parents for six months that she had launched her own business.
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How the microwave oven became a million dollar idea
The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst explains how the microwave oven became a million dollar idea.
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Black ownership rules polarise S African mining sector
Will the South African government's attempt at redressing inequalities in the mining industry actually destroy it?
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Bottling the sea's 'healing qualities'
To satisfy a growing demand, a company in South Africa is extracting, bottling and selling sea water.
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Nokia 8 smartphone takes 'bothie' videos
The phone streams video from its front and rear cameras at the same time to Facebook or YouTube .
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VW to relaunch Kombi van as electric vehicle
The famous van is set to return in modern electric form, five years after production finally ended.
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The city that just can't stop growing
Thirty years from now the population of Nigeria will have doubled. How can Lagos - Africa's largest city - cope with its spiralling numbers?
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Righting wrongs
Food firm Dr Oetker, says others should follow it and give back art they own that was looted by the Nazis from Jewish owners.
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Digital life after death?
Start-ups are beginning to swoop in on the death and funerals sector to shake up a staid industry.
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Piece of cake
How Cleusa Maria went from being a child farm worker to running one of Brazil's most popular bakery chains.
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Pawnbrokers' secrets
Only 4% of the UK's adult population - and more women than men - now use a pawnbroker to get a loan.
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Long trek
The average UK shoe size of men and women has gone up by two sizes since the 1970s - but women's footwear makers have not kept up.
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Brexit bounce?
The UK's tourism industry reports a big rise in visitor numbers, helped by the weaker pound making the country a more affordable place to holiday.
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Cyber pirates
Weak defences are leaving cargo vessels vulnerable to cyber-attacks, say experts.
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Contactless charity
Can contactless technologies help charities raise more money?
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What's in a name?
China's ban on names such as "scared of wife" or "prehistoric powers" comes after a crackdown on what Beijing regards as strange buildings.
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Germany's 'hidden champions'
Exploring the small and medium-sized firms that are the backbone of Germany's economy.
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King's ransom
Why passing away has done little to deaden the commercial appeal of musical legends like Elvis and their entrepreneurial super fans.
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Changing formats
Hit TV shows are now bought and adapted for different countries around the world in an industry worth billions.
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The right note?
Why hi-resolution sites are music to the ears of fans who want the best possible sound.
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Have it your way
Entrepreneur Lapo Elkann explains how his firm is enticing the rich by customising cars, yachts and private jets.
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Cathedrals of commerce
These "cathedrals of commerce" were democratic spaces that, some say, helped emancipate women.
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Bouncing back
How Giles Fuchs went from failing his A-levels to becoming a very wealthy property and offices boss.
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Trade zone North America
In August, Canada, the US and Mexico will sit down to begin to renegotiate Nafta.
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Generation wanderlust
How travel companies are trying hard to target the lucrative "selfie-generation".
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Wired weeding
A smartphone app can tell you whether Japanese knotweed is anywhere near where you live.
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Cardboard connoisseur
It has often been written off - but sales suggest bag-in-box wine is surging in popularity.
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'Business as usual'
Businesses in Manchester have been impacted by a fall in visitor numbers in the aftermath of the bomb attack in May, but they are optimistic of a full recovery.
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Gloves off
Can the world's most popular mixed martial arts brand finally succeed in conquering the continent?
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Kings of the road
The number of ice cream vans has been falling, but a crop of firms are determined to keep the industry alive.
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Cars for cheese?
A free trade agreement does not normally mean the removal of all taxes, quotas and barriers.
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'That was chilling'
Now a decade since the start of the global financial crisis, Lord Darling and others look back at that worrying time.
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Shut down
Thousands of Ugandans have in recent years sought their fortune in the country's gold fields, but authorities have now clamped down hard on the unregistered miners.
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Real deal
As well as playing for trophies, the Spanish football giants are competing off the pitch for fans.
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Spanish skills
How a small town in southern Spain has become the place where top brands source their leather goods.
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From meds to medals
How tech is helping chronically ill people relying on repeat prescriptions for medications.
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Birth control
Elina Berglund Scherwitzl has created an app that offers women a "natural alternative" to the pill
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The devil's rope
How the spread of barbed wire helped redraw the map of the USA.
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Specialist grocers
Asian groceries used to be available only through specialist supermarkets - until now.
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Amazon v Alibaba
As Amazon launches its Prime Now delivery service in Singapore, Asia's e-commerce market is hotting up.
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Dronepreneurs
Drones are offering a growing range of commercial possibilities, but pilots must be aware of the risks.
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Taking credit
President Trump says the rising stock market is a sign of a healthy economy, but how long can it last?
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Face of the future
Canada has joined the top ranks of the world's best education system - and its secret weapon has been fairness.
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No more vanilla
How ice cream makers are turning to exotic flavours from Asia to whet flagging appetites.
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Robo drugs
Artificial intelligence helping human scientists is promising to slash development times for new drugs.
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Investors' menagerie
You might know about bulls and bears, but how about crocodiles, ants, tigers and rhinos?
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Hungry for success
The man who says building a restaurant empire isn't about the food, it's about the service
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The tax trick
The chunk of global wealth illegally stashed in tax havens is a big feature of the modern economy.
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Cancer debt
One of Britain's biggest banks is launching a new support service for cancer patients
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Clean garbage?
The clock is ticking for petrol and diesel-powered cars, but electric vans, trucks and buses could reduce pollution quicker.
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The $89bn man
Five things you didn't know about the man whose wealth overtook Bill Gates's for half a day.
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