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

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

From high-tech to hygge, our homes changed at top speed in the 2010s — what will the 2020s bring?

As the stock market plummeted last month, managers of big companies saw value 

Hedge fund chief bets on stockmarket recovery after profiting from coronavirus sell-off

Sell-off dents investment holdings despite uptick in operating profit

Destocking is at an end and global consumption is expected to rise this year

Hundreds will lose jobs in £1.2bn turnround plan even as Jingye says 3,000 will be saved

Bids complicate Chinese investor’s efforts to buy out whole of troubled company

Move illustrates how coronavirus impact is rippling through manufacturing supply chains

Váradi echoes Ryanair’s O’Leary in upbeat outlook as low-cost airline restarts flights from Luton on Friday

Incoming CEO tells investors and carrier’s 96,000 staff that he will not duck hard decisions

Oil price collapse triggered by coronavirus pandemic almost halves Anglo-Dutch group’s earnings

Oil group’s share price has lost its moorings

Supermajors’ status as reliable income stocks questioned as earnings plunge

Earnings of $3.6bn exceeded expectations ahead of collapse in global oil demand

Shareholders’ incentives can make them more long-termist than company managers

State utility Eskom removed power to stave off grid collapse

Tie-up aims to allow people with mobile wallets to pay for international online services

State-backed carrier starts cancelling flights as vital government funding is delayed

Central African Republic has just three ventilators for its 5m people

Wall Street’s late sell-off came on top of Europe’s worst-ever single day performance

Trading restrictions did not work in the past; there is less reason for them to work this time

Country becomes first in world to halt all stock, bond and currency trading

Change in Kospi 200 composition prompts US venues to suspend related derivatives

Virus’s swift and unforgiving economic effect may silence activists

Lobby groups led by UK Finance warn there is likelihood of ‘severe’ impact to borrowers

Airlines and airports say 14-day isolation period would be a ‘death blow’ to industry

Scale of unemployment underscores urgency of additional emergency relief funds

Company to refund fraction of policy premiums to reflect reduction in driving  

As corporate insolvencies soar and firms try to hang on to their cash as long as possible, expect to hear a lot more about trade credit insurance.

Dissatisfaction grows as watchdog calls on courts to act quickly on Covid-19 disputes

Central banks repeatedly set the stage for the next boom and bust cycle, fuelled by growing debt

Provider cites coronavirus market turmoil for uncertainty over valuations

Your question for our expert — and readers’ advice

PwC’s finest scientific minds attempt to prove banks can exist in two states at once

Companies have option to unshackle themselves from expensive payouts

Matriarch of formidable political clan was known for her sharp tongue and strong character

Deft foreign policy and Gulf war victory defined his one term in office

Jurek Martin recalls unlikely encounters with an ancient dynasty, from dance floor to tennis court

The baseball team’s victory in the World Series reflects the city’s wider resurgence

Consumers seeking quick cash unload designer bags, jewellery and luxury watches

Disruptions set to revive local manufacturing as designers look to avoid reliance on distant hubs

Coronavirus is highlighting more than the industry’s wasteful ways; its iniquitous supply chain is also in the spotlight

How the crisis will revolutionise brands, fashion weeks and personal style

‘We are ready to go further,’ says French minister after issuing temporary prohibitions

S&P 500 surges 7% after coronavirus shows signs of peaking in continental Europe

AMF chairman cites uncertainty around dividends and coming downgrades to credit ratings

S&P up 23% from March nadir on back of state coronavirus action — but more falls possible, warn analysts