Pandemic forces rethink of luxury industry after cancellation of fairs

Global lockdown forces watchmakers to accelerate their digital transformation. Plus: Frédéric Arnault talks about Tag Heuer’s foray into smartwatches; smart jewellery translate sound for deaf people; and the value of vintage motorsport-themed watches is only going one way: up.

Watchmakers press on with new releases, despite the coronavirus

Tweaked timepieces popular with public but some original makers cry foul

Timepieces linked with F1 and other races have increased by up to 40 times since 2010

Smart jewellery can help people with disabilities but funding is needed

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

It is right for the Fed to lead America towards faster and more efficient bank payments

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

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

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

Despite public anger, corporate regulation is likely to remain fragmented

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

The valuation of an energy company cannot be engineered like the production of oil

Phones, TV and games constantly vie for our attention — but how much do they add to our lives?

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

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

Return of dispersion comes after years of similar returns across sectors

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

Valuations do not reflect the risks that still lie ahead from coronavirus

Small-cap stocks underperformed large-caps throughout the bear market and rally

Remdesivir news moves markets more than economic data or Fed action

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

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

Lockdowns have elevated the sector that some analysts thought would fall furthest in a recession

Sell-off dents investment holdings despite uptick in operating profit

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

Homeowners must use ‘cleaner alternatives’ for coal fires and wood-burning stoves from 2021

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

Bids complicate Chinese investor’s efforts to buy out whole of troubled company

Move illustrates how coronavirus impact is rippling through manufacturing supply chains

Group’s founder Anil Agarwal undeterred by price crash and debt levels

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

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

Plane maker’s chief warns aerospace industry in ‘gravest crisis’ as group swings to quarterly loss amid aviation collapse

Váradi echoes Ryanair’s O’Leary in upbeat outlook as low-cost airline restarts flights from Luton on Friday

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

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

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

Treasury secretary’s comments compound woes for airline sector hit by Buffett’s share sale

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

Willie Walsh points out that expansion plans face bigger challenges due to coronavirus impact

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

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

Oil price collapse triggered by coronavirus pandemic almost halves Anglo-Dutch group’s earnings

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