Prices rebound from March lows after miner Kazatomprom slashes production

Chinese producer moves to offload some of its majority holding in Australia’s Greenbushes project

Steelmaker says more funding needed given scale and length of lockdown disruption

Parent company IAG warns it will take ‘several years’ to return to 2019 passenger levels

Airline to axe up to 3,150 jobs and close London Gatwick operations as it scales back to save business

Move in response to drop in prices and demand and honours unofficial pact with Opec

US oil producer pledges to reduce output by more than a third in June

Biggest US oil company takes $2.9bn charge to account for crude’s plunge

Canadian group makes all-stock proposal public after talks fail to get off ground

Two Gulf companies shipped jet fuel to renegade general Khalifa Haftar, documents show

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

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’ 

Regulatory action sought to prevent intervention from having unintended consequences

Interest rate disparity could add nearly £2,500 per month to the cost of servicing a £5m mortgage 

Homebuyers trying to chip the price of property deals could be disappointed 

UK insurers bow to regulatory pressure but L&G has said it would push ahead with payout

Almost half of British companies have scrapped payouts in response to coronavirus

Move by UK group will put pressure on other insurers to follow suit 

Insurers have been urged by regulators to reconsider shareholder payments during lockdown

Euler Hermes has written to some brokers, saying it will offer less support in the UK if the government does not agree to backstop trade credit insurers. 

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

Former pensions minister says the crisis means greater flexibility is needed 

£3.5bn worth of dividend payments cancelled this week 

Retirement plans have suffered tumbling asset values and ballooning liabilities

Even dividends from stalwarts Shell and BP may be in doubt in the fallout from the Covid-19 crisis 

FT survey estimates that 1 in 10 employers with defined benefit schemes may look to suspend payments

Light touch checks on UK borrowers raise fears of defaults on loans and fraud

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

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

Healthcare tech group chief calls estimate to deal with coronavirus ‘conservative’ as it boosts medical equipment production