Dive into negative prices triggered pullback that helps set scene for rebound

Coronavirus exposes nation’s post-Fukushima vulnerability

Promises of huge growth are yet to materialise — but there’s huge potential

Fixed rate that applies in years three to five has been cut

NetSaver easy access account pays 3.16 per cent on savings

Invest in a loan to a small business, but with a manager to assess the risk

Companies running defined benefit pension schemes ask regulator to extend payment holidays

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

Pound dips following UK chancellor’s hard Brexit remarks

Outbreak ripples across US, European and Asian equity markets

Tickets website has to navigate an overhaul of UK rail’s supporting infrastructure

Music royalties specialist has done well in a strong market for alt investment trusts

Competitive landscape is unclear as food delivery becomes a utility

Political goodwill for Spire Healthcare could act as a tailwind once virus impact eases

Mauricio Leyva to advise German family company on expanding beverages arm

One of Latin America’s top real estate developers puts some of his triumphs down to luck

Activist investor has almost quadrupled his stake in battered US oil producer

The fintech company aims to disrupt other Latin American markets with its smartphone-based services

Chief expects weak demand from mills outside China to offset supply disruptions elsewhere

In our increasingly cashless society, parents are turning to apps and payment cards designed for youngsters

New rules allow savings to go straight into an Isa without affecting the annual allowance

Withdrawal fees soar to £104m and banks save £120m in ATM shake-up

Over 400,000 teenagers will be eligible to claim funds from later this year

Puny interest rates have dented the tax sheltering properties of cash Isas for most 

Surprise measures on pensions and investing for children lay in the chancellor’s red box

Lockdown presents a golden educational opportunity, particularly if you work in investment

Eurozone GDP in historic fall, millions more Americans file for unemployment, Shell cuts dividend for first time since second world war and UK's AstraZeneca combines with Oxford on a potential vaccine

Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez says no other option remains but to maintain the state of alert

The US private sector shed a record 20m jobs in April as coronavirus lockdowns and the resulting closure of non-essential businesses led to historic joblessness

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New Novozymes chief will need fresher ideas to achieve success

Deal to create one of world’s biggest chemicals groups beset by management clashes

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Rich countries need to fund infectious disease treatments properly

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

As US health workers suffer from inadequate protection, there are signs of a shifting world order

This week we continue to look at how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting the world of apps, plus the use of live-streaming apps as fundraising tools and more.

A number of popular apps including Spotify, GroupMe, Pinterest and TikTok were fielding user iOS crash reports Wednesday evening, the result of an apparent issues with Facebook’s SDK according to a lengthy GitHub thread on the topic. Downdetector logged tens of thousands of user crash reports on Spotify between 3:30 and 5:30 pm PT, the […]

For many college seniors, school is a time for self-exploration, considering options, leisurely contemplating the future. Yet that’s rarely the case for computer engineering students who either attend the world’s best universities or rise to the very top of their classes. Almost immediately after choosing their courses during the first week of school, they typically […]

Brussels was wrong to treat Brexit as a threat, rather than grasping it as an opportunity

We do not need another big lending programme; equity investments would get us out of the credit-versus-loans debate

The world faces increasing temperatures

Countries look for evidence that Covid-19 infections have passed their pinnacle

Another on-demand transport app is making a move into payments to expand the existing relationship with its customers (and subsequent margins that it makes from serving them). Bird today announced the launch of Bird Pay, a service that will let people use its app to purchase items from local participating businesses alongside renting scooters. The service […]

Google is reportedly on the verge of stepping up their hardware game in a way that follows the example set by Apple, with custom-designed silicon powering future smartphones. Axios reports that Google is readying its own in-house processors for use in future Pixel devices, including both phones and eventually Chromebooks, too. Google’s efforts around its […]

A big changing of the guard is underway at one of the world’s biggest and iconic names in telecoms and media: AT&T today announced that Randall Stephenson will be stepping down as the chairman and CEO of the telco, and he will be replaced by John Stankey, currently the COO. The change is effective on […]

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 […]

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 […]

Suppliers that exploited cheaper labour hit by big wage bills for shuttered plants