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Watch brands move business online to beat lockdown

Pandemic forces rethink of luxury industry after cancellation of fairs




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Wearables speak up for the deaf and the lonely

Smart jewellery can help people with disabilities but funding is needed




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Lockdown lunches: how to make French onion soup

Tim Hayward helps the FT's Daniel Garrahan turn his kitchen into a Parisian bistro




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Business in Hong Kong needs to stay strong

Beijing wants to make companies impose obedience to China on protesting employees




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Invent a greener milk carton for the world

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




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The Anarchy — East India Company in the dock

This riveting account of how a piratical corporation subjugated India resonates with today’s global capitalism




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Jeffrey Epstein found the weakness of universities

The need to raise donations led MIT’s Media Lab to a terrible misjudgment




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WeWork’s prophet has lost his charisma

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




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Chasing wealth managers is a risky business

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




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Dyson and the art of making quick decisions

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




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China’s internet interference is TikTok famous

The video app loved by teenagers is powered by artificial intelligence and protectionism




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What Japan Inc really thinks about Carlos Ghosn

Downfall of carmaker’s former boss sets up clash between country’s old guard and its reformists




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Muddy Waters/Luckin: got his mojo workin’

The after-effects of triumphant bets on Chinese companies should spur more gains for sceptics




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Inside Bill Ackman’s $2.6bn big short

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




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Market rout reopens big gaps between winners and losers

Return of dispersion comes after years of similar returns across sectors




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Stockpickers failed to take ‘big chance’ in market rout

Rise of volatility and dispersion was supposed to bring a change of fortunes versus passive




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China’s US stock market flops raise governance concerns  

Companies suffer steep share-price falls while Luckin implosion highlights risks




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Charts that Count: why the market ignores the layoffs

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




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US reopening/stocks: dicing with disaster

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




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US stocks fall following new wave of jobless claims

European equities slip after ECB launches fresh push to bolster region’s banking system




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US stocks close out best month since 1987

Central bank support and rising hopes for economic reopening spark April rally




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Stock market slide pushes Berkshire Hathaway to $50bn loss

Sell-off dents investment holdings despite uptick in operating profit




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Energy group EN+ to buy back stake from Russia’s VTB

Recently sanctioned London-listed company seeks to simplify ownership structure




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Gupta completes acquisition of bankrupt Indian steelmaker

Business tycoon’s GFG Alliance makes first foray into fast-growing market after long court battle




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British Steel’s Chinese rescuer to complete purchase next week

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




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Iron ore market is putting a lot of faith in stimulus from China

Price of key steelmaking ingredient has held up, despite big drop in economic activity




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Europe steelmakers cut production after shutdown of car plants

Move illustrates how coronavirus impact is rippling through manufacturing supply chains




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Uranium bucks weak commodity trend

Radioactive material at risk of supply shocks given small number of dominant mines




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Uranium enters bull market after Covid-19 hits supply

Prices rebound from March lows after miner Kazatomprom slashes production




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Tianqi looks to sell stake in world’s largest lithium mine 

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




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Barrick Gold buys 800,000 antibody test kits

Chief executive Mark Bristow says miner has taken lessons on tackling coronavirus from experience of Ebola outbreak




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Tata Steel calls on UK to lift £50m cap on coronavirus aid

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




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Lufthansa considers filing for creditor protection as aid talks stall

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




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BA to cut up to 12,000 jobs as aviation outlook darkens

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




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BA warns Gatwick staff it may not resume flights there

Airline’s operations at London’s second biggest airport face brunt of 12,000 job cuts




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Alex Cruz, BA boss suffering from altitude sickness

The four years since his promotion to CEO have been beset by crises




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United Airlines prepares to cut workforce to reduce cash burn

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




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Norwegian Air: taking a flyer

Lenders and lessors had little alternative but to accept the debt-for equity swap




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London Gatwick under a cloud as carriers threaten to quit airport

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




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Why the oil market is even weaker than you think

Producers’ realised prices are lower than they appear, while traders are braced for more turmoil




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ConocoPhillips takes axe to production after $1.7bn loss

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




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Investors Chronicle: Keystone Law, BP, HSBC

Companies analysis from our sister publication




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Hedge fund rules make financial system fragile

Charging 2 per cent to hold assets when returns are low is wrong, writes Sebastian Mallaby




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Whether they raise or hold, central bankers are due a fall

In future it may have to be budget stimulus that rides to the rescue




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Market froth and low inflation alarm some

It is always easy for central banks to find reasons not to act




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UK Budget can slay the pessimism that fed populism

If stimulus is well targeted, Boris Johnson’s government may achieve something of elegance




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Endeavour bids £1.5bn for Centamin in gold dealmaking wave

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




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South African Airways seeks bankruptcy protection

First state company to enter business rescue since end of apartheid




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African entrepreneurs pitch to Alibaba founder Jack Ma

Business contestants battle for $1m prize money in glitzy televised extravaganza




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South Africa to impose its biggest rolling power blackouts

Eskom will remove 6,000 megawatts of demand to avert total collapse of national grid