Last week Boris Johnson lead the conservative party to its biggest victory in over 30 years on a promise to “get Brexit done”. What should the UK expect from its new government and how has business reacted to the election? George Parker and Adam Samson talk to Siona Jenkins about what the next five years could bring.

Contributors: Siona Jenkins, editor, UK news, George Parker, political editor and Adam Samson, global head of Fast FT. Producer: Persis Love. Photo credit: Leon Neal/PA

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Arab Gulf leaders have been splashing out on sport. Officials in the Gulf states say the investment is part of their effort to diversify oil-dependent economies, but critics accuse them of using sport to deflect attention from poor human rights records. Arash Massoudi discusses the impact of the oil money flowing into football and other sports with Murad Ahmed, sports correspondent, and Andrew England, Middle East editor. Sign up to join Arash and Murad at next month’s FT Business of Football Summit here 

Contributors: Arash Massoudi, corporate finance and deals editor, Murad Ahmed, sports correspondent, and Andrew England, Middle East editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Monday, March 16

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates to zero and joined forces with other central banks in a bid to prevent a severe economic downturn caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The FT’s Gillian Tett unpacks the sweeping measures. Plus, the rapid spread of the coronavirus and the ensuing travel restrictions have led to one of the worst months on record for the airport industry, and French industrials group Air Liquide is asking would-be buyers of its hand sanitiser unit to offer a higher sum in the wake of the outbreak. 

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Even before Covid-19 struck, the country’s debt trajectory was out of control

Regime claims 8 people died in plot connected to foiled coup attempt launched from Colombia

Biggest creditors attack government’s proposal to restructure $65bn of foreign debt

California utility discloses $5bn pre-tax charge tied to claims

The president has turned his populist fire on big business, but is he attacking corporate greed or political opponents?

Potential cost cuts should not be used as justification for a UK telecoms tie-up

Well-capitalised businesses will have an increased advantage for the next few years

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How markets are beginning to stir from their coronavirus-induced slumber

Trump ally Tom Barrack’s investment group in talks with lenders over hotel and nursing home debt

Country’s finance minister seeks to reassure investors on impact of Covid-19

Higher education should not be treated as just another business

Countries should avoid turning to nationalism and share the burdens

New workers could suffer the scarring effects of lockdown for decades

The industry has been one of the hardest hit, with contracts cancelled, production halted and pleas for big bailouts

US aircraft maker can get along fine without any bailouts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bernard Arnault’s company is the modern incarnation of La Samaritaine and Neiman Marcus

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

FT's Robert Armstrong looks at a disconnect between the US stock market and the economy

Liberty Steel to modernise European plants in effort to become carbon neutral

Plane maker’s chief warns aerospace industry in ‘gravest crisis’ as group swings to quarterly loss amid aviation collapse

UK airport reports slump in passenger demand as calls resurface for expansion to be axed

Virgin Atlantic could be followed by British Airways in abandoning UK’s second-biggest gateway

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

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

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

Suspected suicide comes as Angolan billionaire indicted for money laundering

Endiama chief wants ‘radical change’ in overhaul of country’s scandal-hit gem industry

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

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

S&P 500 records fourth gain in five sessions, despite new leg down for oil prices

Buyers and sellers worry about risk of infection, say agents

Rising prices and flat tax thresholds since 2015 mean more homes in London and Southeast are in the top band

Mortgage products tracking base rate vanish as ‘the numbers no longer stack up’ 

US central bank accelerates purchases to stabilise market for securities backed by home loans

Households urged to consider options such as reduced payments instead of delaying debt

60 per cent decline in sales predicted in the next three months

Regulatory action sought to prevent intervention from having unintended consequences

Non-bank lenders put on downgrade watch as sector braces for wave of borrowers not paying

Experts predict transactions could plunge 50 per cent year-on-year, but what could it mean for house prices?