Adam Neumann transformed shared offices but failed to charm stock market investors

Private banks are fighting to advise billionaires who want a lot for their money

LVMH’s $14.5bn bid for Tiffany shows power passing from gem miners to luxury marketers

The continent faces a new emissions scandal as family vehicles grow bigger and heavier

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

Misjudged commercial is an example of an especially troublesome type of marketing mistake

In crisis mode, profits and growth matter much less than ability to ride out a downturn

Smaller companies in ‘epic rally’ on optimism over coronavirus and policy support

Bullish investors and gung-ho governors are setting themselves up for a big reality check

ISAL facility remains unprofitable as aluminium producers face weaker demand and prices

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

Hundreds will lose jobs in £1.2bn turnround plan even as Jingye says 3,000 will be saved

German airline looks at procedure similar to Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid dispute over bailout conditions

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

Europe’s largest low-cost airline expects return to 2019 passenger levels to take 2 years

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

Incoming CEO tells investors and carrier’s 96,000 staff that he will not duck hard decisions

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

Supermajors’ status as reliable income stocks questioned as earnings plunge

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

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

State-backed carrier starts cancelling flights as vital government funding is delayed

Petrochemicals group to launch sale of up to $2bn in shares as part of debt reduction push

South African ecommerce group insists it remains in acquisition mode

Investors fret over the level of economic stimulus Washington is likely to provide

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

S&P 500 closes more than 9% higher as investors cheer Fed backstops and political progress

Strategy shift comes shortly after $1.4tn fund’s CIO tweeted he was stepping down

Virus’s swift and unforgiving economic effect may silence activists

Shares rally this week on hopes that spread of pandemic may be easing

Private equity group acquires 10% stake in Australia’s Crown Resorts

Buyers and sellers worry about risk of infection, say agents

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

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

Regulator says US mortgage guarantors have sufficient resources for about 12 weeks

Activists wary after finance ministry names ‘core’ stocks covered by law on foreign investment

Boris Johnson will set his exit strategy on Sunday, but changes will be limited

Scale of unemployment underscores urgency of additional emergency relief funds

We grew too fast, but came back stronger

Industry expects a sharp decline in claims as drivers stay at home during coronavirus pandemic

Sector faces existential moment as Trump wades into debate over Covid-19 claims

Coronavirus means many businesses face an uncertain future but the region’s fundamentals will aid recovery

Businesses shift their focus from scale to survival as a coronavirus-led downturn takes hold — but the region’s underlying growth prospects bode well for the recovery

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

Tesla’s decision to buy liability cover from Elon Musk instead of a traditional insurer comes after premiums shot up

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Sector across region hit by fears of panicked mass withdrawals due to pandemic