Executive elevated from interim role after six month search process

Anti-bribery prosecutors say actions concern the securing of shipping contracts

World’s largest container shipping group may use strengthened balance sheet to swoop

French transport group says factories coming back online but investors bet company will default

Marine operators are looking to clean up their act

Cost of hiring a very large crude carrier rises past $200,000/day

Trade union issues warning as coronavirus fears leave 11,000 crew members stranded at sea 

‘Slow steaming’ options for imports gain popularity as coronavirus lockdowns sap demand

Industry forecast to suffer $25bn hit this year as coronavirus changes working life

US car rental group backed by billionaire Carl Icahn extends crucial payment deadline

Style options distilled from a confluence of African, Arab and Mediterranean cultures

Eric Clapton’s collaborator Duane Allman helped transform the song into a bravura rock showpiece

A star-studded cast sang from their own homes in the New York opera house’s four-hour show

Brooding subject matter meets richly detailed music in the British rapper’s fifth album

The trumpeter captures his compatriot’s mischievous sense of humour and serious intent

Singers down the years have been drawn to a mysterious track written by a man who turned his back on music

The Californian brings a melodious voice and an enticing sense of groove to her second album

The British composer interprets the Czech’s piano works with an unsentimental, sharply focused immediacy

Leaked Whitehall plan reveals concerns 3 years ago over extra support for sector

Downing Street says any changes will be ‘very limited’ to avoid second peak of infections

Less pollution and fine weather create ideal conditions for studying constellations

Indigenous protests over gas project are snarling rail traffic and hurting businesses

Minister omits eastern leg to Yorkshire in statement on high-speed rail project

Termination of Northern contract signals wider problems with privatised system

Move comes after Moody’s predicts £400m blow to transport network’s income

Move will last for at least six months as coronavirus disruption takes toll

Transport group also expects its Greyhound bus service to receive US financial support

Denmark and the Netherlands lead surge in bookings but company still cuts 25% of workforce

Optimism of large chains belies scepticism that film goers will flock back

Our ‘Round on the Links’ quiz tests your ability to draw connections. Thinking caps on!

Good TV deserves a snack upgrade

The opposition leader on Covid-19, dealing with Corbyn’s legacy and holding Downing St to account

There are 30 brain teasers, including which restaurant’s menu featured the Egg Bender?

The FT columnist selects his perfect venue, food, wine and company for a post-lockdown celebration

Our ‘Round on the Links’ quiz tests your ability to draw connections. Thinking caps on!

Companies must balance costs of staying shut against concerns for staff safety

Documents seen by FT show demand for face masks and aprons was close to outstripping national supplies

Boris Johnson’s government was focused on Budget and Brexit — until disease took a grip

No pasta machine? No problem. Tim Hayward shows Daniel Garrahan how to make it by hand - just like nonna

Store closures and frozen spending leave gap in policymakers’ economic tracking

Coffee chain lays down plans for 90% of its domestic market cafés to be open by early June

Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods spy retail opportunities as meat industry struggles with virus

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss whether regulators are easing up on bank capital rules, tough times for UK peer-to-peer lenders, and why Goldman Sachs is planning to bring wealth management to the masses. With special guest Harald Benink, professor of banking and finance at Tilburg University in the Netherlands.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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When credit markets seized up earlier in March, more than 130 companies rushed to their lenders to draw down at least $124bn of emergency credit lines to shore up cash, with Ford and General Motors drawing among the largest amounts. We look at how the auto industry is preparing for the economic uncertainty that lies ahead. With the FT's Peter Campbell and Gillian Tett.

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Move in response to UN call to focus on preventing Covid-19 outbreak in war-torn country

UN official warns that war-ravaged country cannot deal with an outbreak of the disease

Worsening conditions in the capital increase threat posed by the virus

Pandemic stopped protests in Iraq, Algeria and Lebanon, but crisis likely to fuel fresh wave of unrest

Islamic republic eases coronavirus restrictions in effort to boost struggling economy

Bailiffs’ move in Netherlands escalates dispute between businessman and Cairo