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Saudi Arabia launches oil price war after Russia deal collapse

Kingdom to raise crude production and offer deep discounts just as coronavirus hits demand




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Gruppo San Donato withdraws from bidding for NMC

Italy-based hospital chain was only potential suitor after buyout group KKR ruled out its involvement




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NMC Health finds evidence of suspected fraud in its finances

Middle East-focused group’s discovery follows revelations over undisclosed debt




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Saudi Aramco slashes spending as oil price war rages

Capital expenditure expected to fall 23% at state energy company




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Saudi Aramco doubles down on output hike as price war intensifies

State-backed company says it can sustain 12m barrels a day for up to a year




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Gulf economies rocked by coronavirus and oil price war

Government revenues plummet as crude prices sink and private sector cuts jobs 




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Dubai vows to support Emirates as global airlines race for cash

Government to inject equity into state-owned carrier in latest intervention in aviation sector




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Saudi Arabia’s PIF takes 8.2% stake in cruise operator Carnival 

Rare sign of investor confidence in industry battered by coronavirus pandemic




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NMC expects administration as it fails to win creditors’ backing 

Former FTSE 100 group has been in turmoil over its financial arrangements for months 




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NMC administrators seek to assure UAE medical staff

Hospitals run by the former FTSE 100 company are tackling the coronavirus outbreak




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Plus500 continues its winning streak

Online trading platform says revenue for this year will far exceed expectations




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Plus500: jumping at the chance

Trading performance may well have peaked and investors should be prepared for losses




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Reflections on the stock market downturn

My portfolio is down about 35 per cent, but I’m sticking with my small-cap heroes 




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Schroders demands executives take pay cuts and ‘share the pain’

City investor will back ailing groups looking to raise capital but warns of difficult decisions




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Coronavirus: Government support for small businesses — Your questions answered

Claer Barrett wants to hear readers’ experiences of accessing business interruption loans




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State-backed SME lending picks up pace too late for many

Third of UK small businesses reported so low on cash they cannot survive longer than 2 more weeks




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Insolvency: light touch, heavy cost

New process likely to be popular but there is room for improvement




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Coronavirus claims thousands of UK businesses 

At least 21,000 more companies failed in March compared with the year before 




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Half of SMEs in UK will run out of cash in 12 weeks, finds survey

Research by accountancy network reveals 7 in 10 respondents have lost half their revenue




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Live Q&A: ‘Bounce back loans’ for small businesses

Your chance to grill FT experts on the government’s rescue measures for small businesses




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PPE cottage industry comes to health workers’ rescue

Grassroots manufacturers overcome lack of machinery, materials and supply chain experience




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Small businesses locked out of government grant scheme

English companies with shared offices excluded from coronavirus rescue package




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How Covid-19 is escalating problem debt

Threat of redundancies and business failures means higher earners need help with their finances




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Why only a reverse bail-in can save the economy now

In 2008, it was decided an over-leveraged banking system must be bailed in by the private sector. Post lock-down the exact opposite is true.




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Live Q&A: Will you apply for a Bounce Back Loan?

Government-backed scheme designed to help smaller UK firms launches on Monday




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UK pledges extra funds for businesses that share office space

Government to provide £617m to plug gaps in rescue package based on business rates system




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More than 100,000 apply for ‘bounce back’ loans

Requests from small businesses estimated at £3.3bn as banks open for coronavirus support




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Streamed movies to be eligible for 2021 Oscars

Academy makes exemption to rule over screening films in cinemas




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Éric Rohmer at 100: an antidote to hyperactive screen media

The French director’s centenary is celebrated with a new box set of his subdued, subtle films




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Sleaze and racism in Netflix’s Hollywood take shine off ‘golden age’

New period drama about an aspiring actor pulls back the curtain on postwar Tinseltown




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Rising High — a raucous German comedy of real estate fraud

Berlin’s property boom is the setting for Cüneyt Kaya’s film




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The Assistant — a coldly furious indictment of a film mogul monster

Kitty Green’s response to the Harvey Weinstein case unfolds with muted rage




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Ema is a humdinger of a film from Chilean director Pablo Larraín

A woman’s life unravels spectacularly in this wildly original movie




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Mr Klein — Joseph Losey’s lost classic re-emerges

Alain Delon stars in this existential thriller, set in Nazi-occupied Paris




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Irrfan Khan, actor, 1967-2020

A formidable film actor in an industry in thrall to its movie stars




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How is culture adapting to quarantine?

Plus: the FT's film critic on what to watch now




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Which films have you been watching?

Join FT film critic Danny Leigh for a live chat on Friday May 1 at 12pm and 5pm UK time




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David Stratton’s Stories of Australian Cinema is a riveting overview

The much-loved film critic traces how the nation’s film industry found its voice in a three-part series on BBC4




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Blown away: Corneliu Porumboiu on his crime thriller The Whistlers

The Romanian director’s new film is a noirish tale built around a non-verbal language from a small Spanish island




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Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy is a zippy film about the ethno-gastronomer

Elizabeth Carroll’s documentary spotlights Kennedy as celebrity cook and social historian




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The Whistlers — an impish thriller of double-crossing and tables turned

Corneliu Porumboiu’s crime movie is a colourful tribute to noir classics




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Becoming — a Netflix documentary on Michelle Obama and her legacy

There are potent moments here amid the stage-managed gloss




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Infinite Football — documentary unveils a blueprint for a football revolution

Corneliu Porumboiu’s film introduces us to a man with big ideas for the beautiful game




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Richard Dreyfuss plays an elderly man with his head in the stars in Astronaut

Shelagh McLeod’s film is a small, warm drama of space and family




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Six films to watch this week

‘The Whistlers’, ‘Becoming’, ‘Astronaut’, ‘Infinite Football’, ‘Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy’ and from 1976 ‘Mr Klein’, starring Alain Delon — all reviewed by Danny Leigh




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New British Film Institute boss Ben Roberts on streaming and cinemas after lockdown

In an exclusive first interview, the CEO talks about his love of scary movies, video games and why the BFI should be like ‘a nerdy friend’




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Standards in  jails run by Carillion criticised

GFSL said liquidated company’s services were ‘unacceptable’




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Danish outsourcer ISS plunges on cut outlook

Shares drop to record low as chief admits company is ‘overstretched’




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Royal Mail seeks court order to block walkout

Postal group says strike ballot had ‘irregularities’ making it ‘null and void’




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AI sensors keep refineries ticking along

Advanced equipment can detect problems 75 days before they occur