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Inside LBC: the radio station capturing the political zeitgeist

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




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Goodbye to all that creative destruction

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




b

How we all became screen obsessives

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




b

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




b

US executives rush in record numbers to ‘buy the dip’

As the stock market plummeted last month, managers of big companies saw value 




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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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Wall Street bets on a Big Tech rebound

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




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Coronavirus fallout deals small US companies a double blow

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




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US small-caps rebound as equity rally broadens

Smaller companies in ‘epic rally’ on optimism over coronavirus and policy support




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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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How Big Tech got even bigger in the Covid-19 era

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




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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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Sanjeev Gupta pledges to invest €2bn as part of emissions fight

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




b

England bans sale of coal and wet wood to improve air quality

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




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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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Four groups swoop for British Steel’s French factory

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




b

Vedanta presses on with plan to double oil production

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




b

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




b

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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BHP and Rio see solid rebound in China’s steel sector

Country’s production this year expected to top 2019 if coronavirus kept at bay




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Tata Steel may face obstacles in securing Covid loan

Chunk of assets already pledged as collateral could complicate efforts to secure fresh debt




b

Airbus signals further production cut with job losses set to follow

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




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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




b

BA job cuts: peanut analogy

One year saving for airline would be just 5 per cent of ex-fuel operating costs




b

Wizz Air chief bullish over recovery in air travel

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




b

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




b

BA job cuts signal depth of crisis for airline sector

Post-Brexit Britain will need a viable industry to support global role




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Ryanair to axe up to 3,000 jobs as it warns over slow recovery

Europe’s largest low-cost airline expects return to 2019 passenger levels to take 2 years




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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




b

‘Too hard to tell’ if US travel ban will be lifted this year, says Mnuchin

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




b

Frequent flyer: goodbye gold card, so long silver

Grounded travellers are facing downgrades but some airlines are rewarding loyalty




b

Heathrow’s third runway project now ‘impossible’, says IAG chief

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




b

Space or bust: Richard Branson’s Virgin dilemma

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




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Norway to cut oil production by 13%

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




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Coronavirus leads to ‘staggering’ drop in global energy demand

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




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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




b

Shell dividend cut puts Big Oil investment case in focus

Supermajors’ status as reliable income stocks questioned as earnings plunge




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Chevron to slash spending further despite robust first quarter

Earnings of $3.6bn exceeded expectations ahead of collapse in global oil demand




b

ExxonMobil suffers $610m loss after hit from oil and gas prices

Biggest US oil company takes $2.9bn charge to account for crude’s plunge




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Investors Chronicle: Keystone Law, BP, HSBC

Companies analysis from our sister publication




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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




b

Hidden costs of Anbang’s spending spree

China looks set to pour billions in national savings down a black hole




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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