Legal marijuana producers also report spike in demand during lockdown 

Retailers are still replenishing stocks after panic buying ahead of coronavirus lockdowns

Homeworking prompts decline in demand for consumer group’s skin and haircare products

Consumer goods group missed its moment but there is much to keep investors onside

FTSE 250 housebuilder also takes charge for fire safety review after Grenfell tragedy

Gro Harlem Brundtland on lessons of SARS and how to handle a pandemic

Jean Pierre Mustier’s nascent turnround derailed as bank slips to first-quarter loss

Combination of O2 and Virgin Media set to transform British telecoms market

Insurer is well placed to manage pandemic-related losses

O2 and Virgin Media’s £31bn merger is one of the biggest examples of virtual dealmaking during pandemic

Discovery in Zenith factory attic helps watchmaker claim the first all-black wristwatch title

Sobering up after the crisis will require changes to tax laws, bonuses and pensions

Companies are seeking to tap whatever sources of affordable funding are available

Turmoil in commodity market slashes state colleges’ revenues

World’s biggest gold miner reaps rewards of pandemic price effect and Goldcorp acquisition

The Adventurous Investor senses there could be future value in spinout specialists

Covert and overt ways to interest children in learning about money

UK-based education company is still more value trap than takeover candidate

Production costs to rise by 61% when industry invests in carbon capture

Listed businesses have been conspicuously slow in estimating disruption to operations

Market is full of cautionary tales about investors betting on familiar stocks

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

In contrast with many global peers, Petrobras has made scant efforts to diversify into green energy

This inaugural ranking of the region’s businesses by revenue growth rate reveals the dominance of the US and technology — the top-ranked company this year is an augmented reality and video game developer

Technology bolsters US dominance of the list, but coronavirus fallout looms large

Pledges to donate Covid-19 test kits pour in from groups including Vale and Petrobras

Jim Ratcliffe-led chemicals group adds top-flight team to growing sports portfolio

New Novozymes chief will need fresher ideas to achieve success

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

German chemicals group blames Brexit and trade tensions for earnings fall

Products vital to combat coronavirus could become more expensive and scarce

AskRobin, an Estonia-founded fintech that operates a financial services marketplace for “underbanked” customers in Latin America, has picked up $1.7 million in funding. The seed round is backed by VC funds Change Ventures, Vereeni Early Stage Fund, BENE Asia Capital, and Lemonade Stand. In addition, a number of tech entrepreneurs from Estonia participated, such as […]

The coronavirus pandemic is significantly slowing the growth of Facebook’s ads business, but investors seem pleased with the company’s performance in Q1 after Facebook released its earnings report Wednesday. The company beat Wall Street expectations on revenues, sharing that they had made $17.74 billion while falling short on earnings per share at $1.71. The company […]

Good morning and welcome back to TechCrunch’s Equity Monday, a jumpstart for your week. Equity had a busy last few days, so to help you catch up: Friday’s episode was a lot of fun (Duolingo, Figma, OMERS, and aquafaba), and we also dropped an Equity Shot on Saturday, digging into the first major technology earnings week. […]

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 […]

Samsung overnight released its earnings guidance for the first quarter of 2020, stating that it expected sales of $45.4 billion and an operating profit of roughly $5.3 billion. The company’s fiscal year is aligned to the standard calendar year, and it will announce official earnings results on April 23. Those numbers are slightly up from […]

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

Volkswagen and Daimler report billions of dollars in lost profits due to impact of coronavirus

Investment in company’s new China entity is led by state-owned enterprises

Profit forecasts ditched as coronavirus disrupts operations

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

Brent crude slips back below $30 a barrel after a six-day run of gains

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 […]

If the UK stock market is in for more of a hiding, the FTSE 100 is likely to outperform the FTSE 250

Thinking up the most leftwing ideas imaginable is tricky when several were in the last Labour manifesto

Coronavirus lockdown limits celebration of one of Judaism’s most festive occasions

Adobe’s Photoshop celebrates its 30th birthday today. Over that time, the app has pretty much become synonymous with photo editing and there will surely be plenty of retrospectives. But to look ahead, Adobe also today announced a number of updates to both the desktop and mobile Photoshop experiences. The marquee feature here is probably the […]

Apple is readying a new iPhone for fall to replace the iPhone 11 Pro this fall, Bloomberg reports, as well as follow-ups to the iPhone 11, a new smaller HomePod and a locator tag accessory. The top-end iPhone 11 Pro successors at least will have a new industrial design that more closely resembles the iPad […]