As fixtures resume across the Channel, UK racing is keen to secure a swift return and avoid revenue losses

Chamonix’s cable car back in business after two months, albeit with strict social-distancing measures

Measures to ease lockdown will be costly and difficult in practice, particularly in hospitality trade

The coronavirus outbreak has accelerated the decline of America’s favourite shopping institution

Tomi Kovanen argues that investors and pundits should temper their expectations for the industry in the short term, but increase them for the long term.

Maker of Budweiser and Corona to cut costs by renegotiating contracts such as sponsorship deals

Brexit and coronavirus have prompted drive for improving trade resilience

Europe commemorates Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945

ECJ issues rare warning over EU legal order after German judges question its superiority

Economic hit of coronavirus risks exacerbating bloc’s divergence, ECB president warns

EU has reservations about allowing Britain to link to its carbon cap-and-trade system after Brexit

Pablo Iglesias sets out stall for shift to left with minimum income guarantee proposal

Plaintiffs plan fresh challenge against central bank’s emergency bond-buying programme

The US president holds ownership interests in golf resorts in Scotland and Ireland

Brussels sets out tariffs proposals aimed at reducing risk of smuggling into bloc

Georgian once mooted as next deputy prime minister, takes on top co-ordinating role

Cafés, restaurants and secondary schools to reopen in phased easing of restrictions

The two members have proposed tougher enforcement of environmental and labour standards

Dutch and French trade ministers say Covid-19 has focused minds on global trade and climate change

As relations deteriorate over the coronavirus, Washington considers curbing supply chains and investment flows

‘There is hardly a place on earth less suited to the age of social distancing’

With its candidate favourite to win, Law and Justice party was insisting poll should go ahead on May 10

Efforts to improve diversity and inclusion must not be sidelined as companies rebuild

Fitch says scale of support points to the systemic importance of $55tn asset management market

Different approaches to paying for investment research exacerbated by pandemic

Renowned investor warns market correction is not over but there is value in commodities

Despite 8% drop in assets, French fund manager reports stronger performance than listed rivals

The ESG spotlight has turned to how companies treat their employees, customers and suppliers

Big investors must adopt a tougher stance on balance sheet resilience

Popular funds’ performance woes compounded by coronavirus market sell-off

UBS drops to second spot while Invesco slips to third in Z-Ben analysis of investment market

European Commission and MEPs warn regulator over watering down Priips performance scenarios decried as misleading

More volatility ahead as US oil storage capacity is depleting, analysts warn

Tweaking pre-pandemic indirect EU subsidies is not the way to rescue struggling businesses

Stanhope co-founder and Worms family heir says Warren Buffett and 1848 inspired his new venture

‘Anna Karenina principle’ suggests every unhappy economy is unhappy in its own way

LGIM to hold businesses to account for their stakeholder responsibilities during pandemic 

Heavy redemptions during coronavirus-induced sell-off  spark concerns

More than 20m lose their jobs in April as lockdowns choke world’s largest economy

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

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.

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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

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.

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