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Muddy Waters/Luckin: got his mojo workin’

The after-effects of triumphant bets on Chinese companies should spur more gains for sceptics




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Wall Street jumps on coronavirus treatment hopes

Remdesivir news moves markets more than economic data or Fed action




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

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




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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




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BA job cuts: peanut analogy

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




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

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




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African entrepreneurs pitch to Alibaba founder Jack Ma

Business contestants battle for $1m prize money in glitzy televised extravaganza




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US stocks jump 6% on stimulus hopes

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




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GPIF hunts for overseas bonds to escape Japan’s low yields

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




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Japan’s corporate cash-hoarders have moment in sun

Virus’s swift and unforgiving economic effect may silence activists




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Hot springs and baseball stadiums core to Japan’s national security

Activists wary after finance ministry names ‘core’ stocks covered by law on foreign investment




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US lawmakers clash over new stimulus as jobless rate soars

Scale of unemployment underscores urgency of additional emergency relief funds




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Few precedents for grim US jobless numbers

Economists look back to the Great Depression for clues on the scale of the economic crisis




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Battle between insurers and US business has just begun

Sector faces existential moment as Trump wades into debate over Covid-19 claims




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Your question for our expert — and readers’ advice




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Force banks to take on more capital, says Sajid Javid

Former chancellor urges lenders to keep credit flowing and not just weather the storm




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Jake LaMotta, US boxer, 1922-2017

World champion whose life and career inspired the Oscar-winning ‘Raging Bull’




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Charles Smith, FT journalist, 1935-2018

Editor who raised the profile of the Financial Times’ coverage in Japan




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John McCain, Republican senator, 1936-2018

Vietnam vet and old-school conservative whose friendships crossed the political aisle




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Imperial foxtrot: my brush with Japanese royalty

Jurek Martin recalls unlikely encounters with an ancient dynasty, from dance floor to tennis court




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Cokie Roberts, political journalist, 1943-2019

A trailblazer who broke the glass ceiling in Washington




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Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japan prime minister, 1918-2019

A nationalist who could temper his dogma and made his presence felt across the globe




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Christopher Parkes, journalist, 1944-2019

A sharp-eyed editor and foreign correspondent who turned a killing phrase




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Mulberry creative chief Johnny Coca to depart

British handbag maker’s value has plummeted 85% in past two years as turnround plan stalls




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Trump claims disinfectant ‘injection’ idea was sarcasm

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




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JPMorgan among new backers for paperless voting fintech

Proxymity raises $20m in spinout from Citigroup as shareholder meetings go virtual




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Wall Street inches higher despite spike in jobless claims 

Investors say ‘astounding’ number of unemployment claims in US had been priced into markets




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Global stocks rise as Japan launches new stimulus round

Stocks rise but crude tumbles as world’s largest oil ETF cuts stake




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Bill for pair of Carillion hospital projects doubles

Failed outsourcer’s work on Liverpool and Birmingham hospitals running years behind schedule




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Decline in UK construction activity slows in January

PMI rises to 8-month high on reduced uncertainty but downturn continues




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How Beijing reframed the virus response narrative

Arguments for authoritarianism and against democracy will be made with increased boldness




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How will the lockdowns end? FT journalists answer your questions

Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Hannah Kuchler and Gideon Rachman assess the next stage of the coronavirus crisis




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Joseph Nye on morality in foreign policy

Gideon Rachman talks to Joseph Nye about the role of morality in shaping foreign policy




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A misguided court judgment in Germany

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




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German court calls on ECB to justify bond-buying programme

Bundesbank told to halt participation unless central bank shows policy is ‘proportionate’




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Investors fear Italy is heading for ‘junk’ borrower status

Coveted top-quality rating hanging by a thread as Moody’s decision looms




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Hidden threat: Japan has only 2-week stockpile of LNG

Coronavirus exposes nation’s post-Fukushima vulnerability




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Panic-buying is just as short-sighted for investors

Market is full of cautionary tales about investors betting on familiar stocks




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Mexico’s Grupo Lala chief to join JAB beverages arm

Mauricio Leyva to advise German family company on expanding beverages arm




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JBS: unreliable steer

Pressure rises on investors to blacklist companies associated with Brazilian deforestation




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James Murdoch makes investment to combat fake news

The former Fox CEO commits millions to battle against disinformation




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Chemicals group Clariant suspends Saudi joint venture plans

Swiss company announces ‘challenging’ results a day after its chief executive quit




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Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos to sponsor Mercedes Formula One team

Move boosts chemicals group’s growing sports investment portfolio




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Sirius more attractive than BHP’s Jansen, says Anglo CEO

Mark Cutifani says polyhalite a ‘very differentiated’ product to potash




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Ineos: why Jim Ratcliffe is mixing petrochemicals and sports

Amid charges of greenwashing from activists, the private company is investing in football, cycling and other ventures




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Disney’s pay furore; Robeco warns of green risk in tech; JPM, McDonald’s face ESG fight

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