Whether you smoke it or not, the history of cannabis in the US is important: it exposes the ignorance, prejudice and hypocrisy that go into lawmaking

Jokowi contradicts pro-economic strategy with new regulations that threaten the country’s growing beer industry

Ruth Porat has traded Morgan Stanley for Google and joined the growing list of Wall Street names jumping ship to Silicon Valley

The most anticipated fight of the decade – Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao – is set to earn more in ticket revenue than the Super Bowl

Lee Kuan Yew, the city-state’s first prime minister who transformed it into a super rich nation, has died at 91

NBBJ architects have revealed plans to eradicate the shadows cast by looming skyscrapers in inner cities

The Caribbean island of St Kitts is the most popular place in the world to buy a passport, according to a Bloomberg report

Amazon has opened up a store on Alibaba-owned Tmall platform in order to secure a greater hold on China’s thriving e-commerce market

AbbVie gains access to pioneering leukaemia treatment in a multi-billion dollar deal with Pharmacyclics

The MINT group has come a decade after the much-talked BRIC countries were first discussed, but are these countries growing fast enough to warrant their own acronym?

Australian banking group Macquarie seeks to expand its aircraft portfolio in a $4bn deal with AWAS

Hugely competitive 3G spectrum auction could net India around $13bn