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

Hedge fund chief bets on stockmarket recovery after profiting from coronavirus sell-off

Sell-off dents investment holdings despite uptick in operating profit

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

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

Supermajors’ status as reliable income stocks questioned as earnings plunge

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

Mortgage products tracking base rate vanish as ‘the numbers no longer stack up’ 

Rick Bright’s lawyers say federal investigators recommend he be reinstated during probe

Chief executive Thomas Buberl says different guidance between countries ‘difficult to accept’

UK insurers bow to regulatory pressure but L&G has said it would push ahead with payout

Cancelling payouts should not become a loyalty test

Industry expects a sharp decline in claims as drivers stay at home during coronavirus pandemic

Almost half of British companies have scrapped payouts in response to coronavirus

Insurers have been urged by regulators to reconsider shareholder payments during lockdown

£3.5bn worth of dividend payments cancelled this week 

Industry regulator calls for vigilance over actions of employers during pandemic

Companies have option to unshackle themselves from expensive payouts

Deft foreign policy and Gulf war victory defined his one term in office

Medical community warns of dangers from use of cleaning agent as internal treatment

But its coal addiction and authoritarian system mean it will struggle to take a global lead

It is not illegitimate to change borders, but it must be done through negotiation

It is an illusion to see victory for the former US vice-president as a geopolitical calendar reset

The pushback against globalisation will come from protectionists, national-security hawks and greens

The ECB’s asset purchases are vital to the stability of the eurozone

Pexip deal marks bright spot in otherwise bleak European IPO market

French energy group makes emissions pledge as first-quarter profits drop 35%

Loss would be a blow to London market and unpalatable to some UK-based fund managers

Brazilian prosecutors also accuse miner and safety group of environmental crimes

Activist investor has almost quadrupled his stake in battered US oil producer

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

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

Germany's dominant export sector in record decline, South Korea may be forced to close bars and nightclubs after partygoer is found to have infected at least 14 people

Pharma and chemicals group says it will ‘defend itself vigorously’ amid mounting cases

German chemicals group faces surge in plaintiffs alleging cancer link to Roundup

Facebook is today rolling out a tool that will allow users in the U.S. and Canada to export their Facebook photos and videos to Google Photos. This data portability tool was first introduced in Ireland in December, and has since been made available to other international markets. To use the feature, Facebook users will need […]

Chief executive criticised over move to offer liability cover following premium increase

A lot of enterprise cybersecurity efforts focus on malicious hackers that work on behalf of larger organizations, be they criminal groups or state actors — and for good reason, since the majority of incidents these days come from phishing and other malicious techniques that originate outside the enterprise itself. But there has also been a […]

Facebook is today rolling out a tool that will allow users in the U.S. and Canada to export their Facebook photos and videos to Google Photos. This data portability tool was first introduced in Ireland in December, and has since been made available to other international markets. To use the feature, Facebook users will need […]

Tinder will add a video dating feature in the second quarter of this year, parent company Match announced on Tuesday as part of its Q1 2020 earnings report. The company also detailed the coronavirus impact, which slowed Tinder user growth in the quarter, as social distancing requirements and government lockdowns went into effect. Match didn’t […]

Those with the fewest rights are least able to demand a safe workplace

India said today Zoom is ‘not a safe platform’ and advised government employees to not use it for official work as the video conference service surges in popularity in many nations including the world’s second largest internet market as billions of people remain stuck at home due to the coronavirus crisis. “Zoom is a not a […]

A stay-at-home order for several San Francisco Bay Area counties will be extended through the end of May due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a decision that affects 7 million residents and thousands of businesses. The Public Health Officers of the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara as well […]

In an overleveraged world headed for economic slowdown, don’t rely on the heavily indebted for rescue

The chancellor need beware that policies introduced in a crisis are hard to end later

Cuts are painful for investors, but don’t write off investment trusts just yet 

Presidential candidate Joe Biden is likely to throw a fundraising lifeline to Silicon Valley after his commanding South Carolina victory and heading into the next wave of primaries. A pro-Biden Super PAC, Unite the Country — whose past backers include senior tech figures — is picking up efforts to tap wealthy donors, Treasurer Larry Rasky […]

The dating startup world is notorious for few exits, and a similarly slim number of buyers. There’s Match Group, which owns Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid, and there’s Spark Networks, which owns Christian Mingle, JSwipe, Jdate and Zoosk. Dating.com Group also owns a slew of dating brands, like Dil Mil, a dating app for South Asians. […]