Pandemic puts more pressure on Masayoshi Son’s bet on beleaguered WeWork

Business ease in adapting to lockdowns changes attitudes to remote set-ups

Some leases prohibit doing business — plus what to do when coronavirus halts completion of a sale

Owner of some of UK’s biggest shopping malls still faces uphill struggle

Landlords reject call for 50% reduction, saying hotel group is using Covid-19 crisis to cut costs

Before the world went into lockdown, Rebecca Watson found herself in a very different kind of confinement

An occupied home has utility no empty shop can match

Health and beauty chain cites ‘unprecedented decline’ in footfall

Company says it will be ‘several years’ before revenues return to 2019 levels

Office group founder files lawsuit over largest investor’s decision to pull out of $3bn tender offer

Company must not bet the bank on expansion; estate agents have nowhere to go

Office providers warn chancellor that companies will go bankrupt without relief

Decades of philanthropy pay off for one of Wall Street’s most complicated figures

David Enrich’s salutary tale of Deutsche Bank’s overreaching ambitions

Jeremy Corbyn unveils party's ‘most radical’ plans in decades, Tories backtrack on national insurance pledge while pressure on public finances increases

The Brexit party and the Welsh Plaid Cymru reveal their policies; Corbyn and McDonnell defend tax plans; Tories propose stamp duty rise for foreign buyers; while UK figures show more gloomy outlook

Former prime minister intervenes with warning that both Tories and Labour ‘pose a risk’ to country, Conservative manifesto in the spotlight, Lib Dems change tune with calls to avert Johnson majority, Sterling rallies as Tories extend lead.

Jeremy Corbyn defends party's processes for dealing with racism after Ephraim Mirvis's criticism. Conservatives put opposition to independence at heart of Scottish campaign. Sterling slips as Labour makes inroads on Tories' polling lead.

Jeremy Corbyn unveiled 451 pages of leaked documents, which he claimed show details of trade talks between the UK and US. The Labour leader said the discussions included Washington's demand for providing access to the NHS for American healthcare companies.

Neither Labour nor the Conservatives have offered a "credible prospectus" for government in the election, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said this morning, in a damning assessment that highlighted the gulf between different political visions for Britain.

The Conservatives vowed to bring in a new state aid system to protect British industry after Brexit, as the party finesses its message to Leave voters ahead of election day.

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The Labour and Conservative parties are making a final push on key issues — border security and rail fares — as the election campaign nears the home stretch. Brexit concerns are also bubbling again.

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn spar in a televised debate just six days before the general election.

Live coverage of UK election campaign.

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

The pound has soared more than 2 per cent in its biggest rise since 2017 after an exit poll has projected a strong victory for Boris Johnson’s Conservative party.

The Conservatives secure the biggest majority in parliament since Margaret Thatcher with Labour's 'red wall' crumbling; stocks in London surge while the pound has soared more than 2 per cent in its sharpest rally in nearly three years

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Tokyo’s Topix dropped 2.5% at the open, taking the benchmark index down more than 30% for the year. The move followed S&P 500 index's collapse of 12 per cent on Monday, marking the biggest one-day fall since the crash of October 1987.

Forecast of a quick rebound from crisis without sustaining any persistent damage is disputed

Korean electronics group draws on lessons from past epidemics to tackle coronavirus crisis

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