Optimism, not pessimism, could spark future takeover offers for UK investment houses

As world markets take a turn for the worse, investors use ETFs as they hope to profit from any bounceback 

Spanish and Italian bans on short selling follow US Federal Reserve’s liquidity injection

The default product of anxious idleness has been sidelined during pandemic

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

Price in local currencies of commodities such as copper and coffee has surged

Future of finance: Brazil’s main Latin rival for the attention of emerging market fund managers is Mexico

Ambitious plans for renewable energy rarely feature in government strategy

From coffee to copper, exporters enjoy higher profits

State-owned oil group faces risk of further rating downgrades and grapples with output woes

One of Latin America’s top real estate developers puts some of his triumphs down to luck

The former Fox CEO commits millions to battle against disinformation

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

Brazilian group alleges tycoon’s family-controlled mining arm fraudulently funnelled $500m into Manhattan real estate

New rules require banks to stick with a single rate after introductory deals

In our increasingly cashless society, parents are turning to apps and payment cards designed for youngsters

New rules allow savings to go straight into an Isa without affecting the annual allowance

Bank blames low-interest environment and impact of banking regulation

Young people may face many challenges, but they also have many wealth creation opportunities

Money matters are a surprise hit on the photo-sharing app

As interest rates fall, more savings banks rely on the lure of cash prizes

Over 400,000 teenagers will be eligible to claim funds from later this year

Surprise measures on pensions and investing for children lay in the chancellor’s red box

NS&I scraps planned cuts to prize fund rate 

Current rates from the state-owned savings bank

Up-to-date deals from banks and building societies

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Italy to lay out strategy this week on its plans to ease Covid-19 restrictions. Global stocks under pressure as oil tumbles again. England and Wales record 75 per cent more weekly overall deaths than normal.

Number of global cases of Covid-19 nears 2.5m, international oil prices tumble to lowest levels since the 1990s, Heineken hit as pandemic cuts into beer drinking globally.

The number of US deaths attributed to Covid-19 surpassed 45,000 on Friday, while the rate of new cases remained flat

British fatalities rise by 813 with almost 150,000 infected; Spain prepares to ease restrictions slightly as daily deaths remain below 400

The worldwide Covid-19 death toll rose by 6,365 on Tuesday, pushing the total through 200,000

Eurozone GDP in historic fall, millions more Americans file for unemployment, Shell cuts dividend for first time since second world war and UK's AstraZeneca combines with Oxford on a potential vaccine

Spain allows outside exercise for the first time in weeks while Russia’s daily case count rises by a fifth

The FT's live blog on the Covid-19 pandemic

Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez says no other option remains but to maintain the state of alert

Russia's coronavirus outbreak worsens and Federal Reserve research finds a correlation between deaths from the influenza pandemic in 1918-1920 and extremist voting in Germany in 1932 and 1933

The US private sector shed a record 20m jobs in April as coronavirus lockdowns and the resulting closure of non-essential businesses led to historic joblessness

BT halts dividend for first time since dot com bubble two decades ago, BA parent IAG warns of further cuts as recovery set to take three years and shoemaker Puma warns worse to come as profits halve in first quarter

Thousands attend military parade in Belarus even as virus spreads rapidly in neighbouring Russia, UK airline industry warns of huge blow if travel quarantine is launched and Seoul closes down bars and clubs in wake of new cluster

New Novozymes chief will need fresher ideas to achieve success

New York company wins bidding against Kerry for nutrition and biosciences unit

US flavouring group seeks first-mover advantage with purchase of nutrition venture

Move boosts chemicals group’s growing sports investment portfolio

Mark Cutifani says polyhalite a ‘very differentiated’ product to potash

Rise in plaintiffs comes as German chemicals group reports 19% jump in sales

Iodine producer rejects Brexiter’s coronavirus play as ‘probably not very educated’

Amid charges of greenwashing from activists, the private company is investing in football, cycling and other ventures

Demand surges as hospitals require more medical oxygen for coronavirus patients on ventilators

Zeitgold has raised a Series B round of $29.2 million (€27 million). Overall, the company has raised more than $54 million (€50 million). The company is building a software platform for small companies to automate bookkeeping as much as possible. Vintage Investment Partners is leading today’s round with existing investors Battery Ventures, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, […]