Fortunes are created by technology and globalisation, as well as talent and enterprise

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

In a polarised time, the broadcaster has won listeners by embracing confrontation

In 16 years of columns on business, the only constant has been disruptive innovation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Move illustrates how coronavirus impact is rippling through manufacturing supply chains

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

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

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

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

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

Grounded travellers are facing downgrades but some airlines are rewarding loyalty

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

How Virgin Galactic might help the rest of the group escape the gravitational pull of coronavirus

Priority status as grid suppliers helps Orsted and Iberdrola weather drop in demand

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

Fall could be the equivalent of India’s total annual consumption, IEA says

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

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

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

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Shareholders’ incentives can make them more long-termist than company managers

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

First state company to enter business rescue since end of apartheid

Telecoms group seeks to turn mobile payments unit into provider of wider services

McKinsey, BCG and PwC named in records showing allegations of looting by Angolan billionaire

Prospective deal comes as Riyadh-listed STC seeks to expand regionally

Pretoria has waived rules that prevented mining groups generating electricity for their own use

Endiama chief wants ‘radical change’ in overhaul of country’s scandal-hit gem industry

Neal Froneman highlights ‘lowest payback period’ after £285m purchase

Restrictions have hampered miner’s ability to move money out of the country

Central African Republic has just three ventilators for its 5m people

Two Gulf companies shipped jet fuel to renegade general Khalifa Haftar, documents show

World’s second-largest diamond miner cites disruption along the supply chain

Investors still on edge amid fears over economic impact of widespread shutdowns

The Japanese tech investment group is looking increasingly challenged

S&P 500 gives back some of its earlier rally as US stimulus package attracts objections on Capitol Hill

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

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

Viral outbreak has sped shift to online platforms, squeezing many traditional outfits

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