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Colony Capital reveals $3.2bn default on portfolio company loans

Trump ally Tom Barrack’s investment group in talks with lenders over hotel and nursing home debt




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United Airlines abandons $2.25bn bond offering

Investors demanded too high a price to lend to US carrier reeling from coronavirus shutdown




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Coronavirus tracked: the latest figures as countries fight to contain the pandemic

The FT analyses the scale of outbreaks and the number of deaths around the world




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Dollar’s long-term prospects turn gloomy, say analysts

Interest rate cuts and massive fiscal stimulus are expected to weigh on the greenback




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Turkey slashes rates in bid to shore up economy against coronavirus

Eighth consecutive cut could heap fresh pressure on already struggling lira




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Ain’t no virus gonna stop the crypto graph-ters

When a chart can speak 1000 words. Not all of them entirely sincere.




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Investors turn bearish on the pound

Short bets rise to highest level of 2020 over Brexit and Covid-19 concerns




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Policy response determines plenty

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets




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Can governments afford the debts piling up to stabilise economies?

Two experts debate the long-term impact on inflation of the Covid-19 rescue packages




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Swiss National Bank’s swollen balance-sheet poses risk to ‘credibility’

Analysts fear unintended consequences of central bank’s vast foreign-currency holdings




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Global economy is at risk from monetary policy black hole

Governments should borrow more to stave off secular stagnation




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Biden is struggling to win voters’ attention

Candour about the fiscal deficit might return the Democrat to prominence




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Russia’s economic woes will clip Putin’s wings

Pandemic combined with collapsing oil prices spells real hardship




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Deflation is a bigger fear than hyperinflation

A collapse in demand is reducing prices even as central banks print money




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The self-destruction of the ‘Tropical Trump’

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is building the case for his own impeachment




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How to preserve jobs as retention schemes wind down

Programmes should be flexible and help workers move to in-demand sectors




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The dangers of cramped coronavirus hotspots

Singapore’s second wave of infections and US meat packers offer cautionary tales




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ETFs have proved critics wrong during the crisis

Popular funds have survived a period of intense market stress




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Markets are out of step with economic reality

Investors are looking to the future, but should beware of over-optimism




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Bankrupt Lebanon’s turn to IMF is overdue

A bailout is the Mediterranean country’s only option to refloat its sinking economy




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How to move workers on to the land

Replacing migrant fruit and vegetable pickers is harder than expected




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Debt relief alone will not save Argentina

Economic woes go well beyond the coronavirus crisis




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Airbus cuts aircraft production by a third

European aerospace group confirms it will slash output of popular A320 single-aisle jet




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Virus outbreak on French warship sparks military weakness fears

Potential adversaries could seek to exploit vulnerabilities triggered by pandemic, warn analysts




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How coronavirus brought aerospace down to earth

The industry has been one of the hardest hit, with contracts cancelled, production halted and pleas for big bailouts




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US regulator grants exemption for drone flight during lockdown

Oil and gas company in Texas given approval to use unmanned aircraft to inspect vital infrastructure




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Coronavirus: Trump in new push to expand testing — as it happened




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Boeing cuts jobs and production as aircraft demand sinks

‘We will be a smaller company for a while,’ says chief David Calhoun




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Boeing taps bond market for $25bn to tide it over corona crisis

Aircraft maker says strong demand for offering has removed need for government funding




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Rolls-Royce to cut up to 8,000 jobs as aviation crisis bites

Aero-engine maker prepares for biggest single reduction of staff in more than 30 years




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Hedge funds bet on gold as refuge from ‘unfettered’ currency printing

Big-name investors such as Elliott and Caxton act on concerns over debasement of money




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Central banks ‘hesitant’ on digital currencies, says ex-governor

Christian Noyer believes projects available to consumers are a way off yet




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EU regulator allows short delay to new rules on failed trades

Industry bodies had been lobbying for longer postponement over fears of hit to bond markets




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Intercontinental Exchange chief defends eBay approach 

NYSE owner did not ‘lose its mind’, says Jeffrey Sprecher




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Banks fear Ion/Broadway deal will push up forex fees

Acquisition allows group to build bigger share of the $6.6tn-a-day market




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Banks press exchanges for virus contingency plans

Industry associations demand detail to manage risk of trading from home




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US options exchanges prepare to reopen trading floors

Arca in San Francisco and Box in Chicago will throw open their doors on Monday




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Branson clears path to sell $1bn stake in Virgin Galactic

Filing opens door to potential sale of half of Virgin Group’s holding in space venture




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Neiman Marcus creditor eyes online business in bankruptcy fight

Hedge fund calls for court investigation into 2018 transfer of MyTheresa




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A £31bn merger and a master dealmaker in action

John Malone shows his adroitness in deal between Liberty Global and Telefónica




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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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Fashion lovers snap up revamps of famous watches

Tweaked timepieces popular with public but some original makers cry foul




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Motorsport watches roar into pole position

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




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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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Juul and the damage done to e-cigarettes

The US is in danger of lurching from lax oversight of vaping to banning it unwisely




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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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A diamond is not forever at a fashion house

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