If the courts rule against the UK-listed insurer, there will be a fresh flood of claims

Reducing pensioners to ‘old dears’ ignores their wisdom and physical vitality

Pandemic may spur greater use of robotics in food industry to cater for virus-wary customers

Right-hand man to President Carter from Iran hostage crisis to Salt Two arms treaty 

World champion whose life and career inspired the Oscar-winning ‘Raging Bull’

He tried to persuade Muhammad Ali to retire from the ring before it was too late

‘Pastor to presidents’ said he received his calling on 18th green of local golf club

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

American literary and journalistic iconoclast who Norman Mailer said was the hardest working writer of his time

Editor who raised the profile of the Financial Times’ coverage in Japan

Vietnam vet and old-school conservative whose friendships crossed the political aisle

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

Master of disguise who plotted the ‘Argo’ escape from Iran

A prolific American talent who defied the snobbery of literary critics

Heiress who made her own success as the ‘Queen of Jeans’

His 19% in 1992 was best result for independent presidential candidate in 80 years

He became the scourge of the Mob and white-collar crime in New York

A trailblazer who broke the glass ceiling in Washington

She turned the agency into a diplomatic and moral force

A nationalist who could temper his dogma and made his presence felt across the globe

A sharp-eyed editor and foreign correspondent who turned a killing phrase

Every major asset class has been disrupted

Why, from an investment perspective, Covid-19 suppression is the equivalent of kicking the can down the road.

As the human and economic damage mounts, old political divides are likely to re-emerge

Marathon cuts capital spending by $1.4bn in anticipation of 30% drop in output

Two experts debate whether shift to low carbon can push forward amid economic stress

Lowest five-year fix in UK history

A third of self-employed reported working reduced hours during the first two weeks of lockdown

Deaths in England and Wales are highest on record in mid-April while cases in the US surpass 1m

Germany's dominant export sector in record decline, South Korea may be forced to close bars and nightclubs after partygoer is found to have infected at least 14 people

Zeitgold has raised a Series B round of $29.2 million (€27 million). Overall, the company has raised more than $54 million (€50 million). The company is building a software platform for small companies to automate bookkeeping as much as possible. Vintage Investment Partners is leading today’s round with existing investors Battery Ventures, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, […]

A number of UK entrepreneurs have banded together to survey Angels about their investment strategy. The initiative comes in the wake of the UK government’s “Future Fund” for startups, which has been criticized as being inadequate for the needs of Angel and Seed-stage startups. The group hopes the survey will give the UK early-stage investment […]

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

Private lawsuits are a vital tool for upholding standards in the free market system

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

Facebook is expanding its Community Help hub to better serve local communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The hub has already seen significant usage by those requesting food, supplies and information about local resources, as well as use by volunteers and groups willing to lend a hand. Now, Facebook is adding more features to the hub […]

No surprise, really, that 5G smartphone sales are on the way up. Frankly, there’s really no other way to go, according to the latest numbers from NPD’s Mobile Phone Tracking. The firm noted that 5G handsets accounted for less than 1% of total sales in the U.S. The hurdles are also what you’d expect: namely, […]

In its first-quarter earnings report today, Samsung said it expects the COVID-19 pandemic to continue impacting its business for the rest of the year, cutting into sales for smartphones and TVs, but increasing demand for PCs, servers and memory chips as people continue to work or study from home. Samsung’s results for the first-quarter of […]

A lot of restaurants have shuttered in the wake of stay-at-home guidance and government orders for non-essential businesses to close down, so a startup called Cheetah that provided a wholesale delivery service for them pivoted to selling to consumers, and now it’s raised a round of funding, both to expand its business and to help […]

Less than 24 hours after it was reported that Uber was considering layoffs of 20% of staff, its big rival Lyft is announcing its own cuts. Today the company said it would be reducing employee count by 17%, working out to 982 employees, and furloughing an additional 288, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic […]

After a quarter in which eBay, tussling with an activist investor, completed the sell-off of its ticketing business StubHub for $4 billion and saw appointed a new CEO after its previous one departed, while also weathering waves of surging demand and dodgy supply resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, today the e-commerce company reported its Q1 […]

Despite traffic for many online properties being at an all-time high, advertising has fallen off a cliff because of the downturn in consumer activity outside the home and the wider economic pressures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. And today, Twitter reported quarterly earnings that bore this trend out. The ad-based social networking and media company said that […]

On the heels of a spate of reports over the weekend, today Intel confirmed its latest move to grow its automotive division. The chip giant is acquiring Moovit, an Israeli startup previously backed by Intel that analyses urban traffic patterns and provides transportation recommendations with a specific focus on public transit. The deal values Moovit at […]

The regulators said “NO” when Telefonica tried to combine its O2 operations in the UK with rival carrier, Hutchison-owned Three, back in 2015. But Telefonica didn’t let go of the idea of divestment, and five years later, in the middle of a health pandemic with related threats of a global economic depression looming over us, […]

Pressure mounts on carmaker and alliance with Renault and Mitsubishi as groups burn through cash