Fortunes are created by technology and globalisation, as well as talent and enterprise

The story of Robert Iger’s career as a leader is a thoughtful tale of surviving disruption

The continent faces a new emissions scandal as family vehicles grow bigger and heavier

Despite public anger, corporate regulation is likely to remain fragmented

LVMH’s $14.5bn bid for Tiffany shows power passing from gem miners to luxury marketers

The biggest brand launch since the Pink Lady is changing the nature of the fruit

Companies from Boeing to HSBC have discovered the danger of delaying hard choices

Energy companies facing climate protests need to limit the wasteful use of their products

The US is in danger of lurching from lax oversight of vaping to banning it unwisely

Private banks are fighting to advise billionaires who want a lot for their money

Adam Neumann transformed shared offices but failed to charm stock market investors

The need to raise donations led MIT’s Media Lab to a terrible misjudgment

This riveting account of how a piratical corporation subjugated India resonates with today’s global capitalism

Tetra Pak’s innovation overtook the glass bottle but it needs to be improved

Beijing wants to make companies impose obedience to China on protesting employees

It is right for the Fed to lead America towards faster and more efficient bank payments

Tim Hayward helps the FT's Daniel Garrahan turn his kitchen into a Parisian bistro

Smart jewellery can help people with disabilities but funding is needed

Timepieces linked with F1 and other races have increased by up to 40 times since 2010

Tweaked timepieces popular with public but some original makers cry foul

Watchmakers press on with new releases, despite the coronavirus

Global lockdown forces watchmakers to accelerate their digital transformation. Plus: Frédéric Arnault talks about Tag Heuer’s foray into smartwatches; smart jewellery translate sound for deaf people; and the value of vintage motorsport-themed watches is only going one way: up.

Pandemic forces rethink of luxury industry after cancellation of fairs

The Jimmy Choo shoe designer says jewellery has influenced her work

iPhone maker says it will make county-by-county assessments as states start to ease lockdowns

John Malone shows his adroitness in deal between Liberty Global and Telefónica

Charity Commission intervened over £350,000 of payments to Duke of York’s private secretary

Hedge fund calls for court investigation into 2018 transfer of MyTheresa

Filing opens door to potential sale of half of Virgin Group’s holding in space venture

Arca in San Francisco and Box in Chicago will throw open their doors on Monday

Business being bought from Blackstone-led consortium has lost ground to Bloomberg

Shares in brokerage firm drop overnight after it discloses payments to clearing houses

Frantic trading across financial markets pushes revenues up at the exchange and financial data group

US benchmark S&P 500 can drop a maximum 7 per cent before first protection kicks in

Watchdogs put 12-month extension on new margin requirements, citing coronavirus threat

Dutch bank was forced to close out positions at substantial loss

Industry associations demand detail to manage risk of trading from home

US Treasury secretary floats idea of shorter trading hours as staffing hit by virus

UK interdealer broker forecasts low single-digit revenue growth for the year

Platforms report soaring activity after coronavirus outbreak spooks investors

London bourse’s transformative acquisition is facing more scrutiny than expected

Acquisition allows group to build bigger share of the $6.6tn-a-day market

MEMX is hoping to disrupt the US equities market when it launches in July

SEC sets out proposal to provide investors with faster, broader trading figures

NYSE owner did not ‘lose its mind’, says Jeffrey Sprecher

Industry bodies had been lobbying for longer postponement over fears of hit to bond markets

Christian Noyer believes projects available to consumers are a way off yet

Watchdog also offers concession on post-Brexit share trading

Eight-and-a-half-hour day is needlessly long, say customers

Paper released by UK regulators homes in on tactic known as latency arbitrage