Move designed to assuage fears over army’s growing role in the economy

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

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

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

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

Group to shrink operations in Europe, Japan, and Brazil

Former CEO and fifth-largest shareholder severs ties with group that sacked him

President’s travel ban will not calm markets or address the threat facing America

The president should look to Roman history and Ireland on how to act in a crisis

Fears of Russian influence revive drive to track corporations’ true owners

Dispute erupts in public as AT&T boss says he will not put news channel up for sale

Some experts say variable annuities are too complicated and offer a poor deal for consumers 

Business practices undergo seismic change with flexible policies becoming standard

Andrew Hill will be answering questions on Monday at 12pm and 5pm

Your question for our expert — and readers’ advice

The Twickenham house and garden played a part in 18th-century life and literature

Facilities were launched with a fanfare but medics complain they lack equipment for complex Covid-19 cases 

Making it very hard to leave a company sends a worrying signal to potential recruits

News of chief executive’s departure highlights problems the tobacco group faces

Tight labour market gives job candidates more power in recruitment process

Managers matter but it is hard to gauge what individuals contribute

Stefan Bomhard joins tobacco group from car dealer Inchcape

Baltic Dry index shows two-thirds drop in vessel leasing rates since start of December

China’s exports show signs of recovery but demand falters in US and Europe

Cost of hiring a very large crude carrier rises past $200,000/day

‘Slow steaming’ options for imports gain popularity as coronavirus lockdowns sap demand

Industry forecast to suffer $25bn hit this year as coronavirus changes working life

US telecoms group tries on virtual meeting service for size as demand soars during lockdowns 

Style options distilled from a confluence of African, Arab and Mediterranean cultures

Brian Christinzio’s vocals have the singsong flow of Brian Wilson

Transport group also expects its Greyhound bus service to receive US financial support

Tourism in east Africa’s renowned wildlife reserves has collapsed amid the global shutdown

The actor on playing jerks, his new Netflix specials and life as a comedian in lockdown

Bizarre lyrics, atonal melodies and a ‘koala synth’; Nic Fildes enters the world of algorithm-inspired Europop

Tyson chairman flags shortages as slaughterhouses and processing plants are forced to shut

Fears of food shortages as coronavirus forces facilities to shut and US cases top 1m

Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods spy retail opportunities as meat industry struggles with virus

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss why protesters in Hong Kong are targeting HSBC, whether Société Générale is in a position to merge with other banks and the challenges facing banking in 2020. With special guest John Garvey, Global Head of Financial Services at PWC.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, George Hammond, finance reporter, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Robert Armstrong, US finance editor and John Garvey, Global Head of Financial Services at PWC. Producer: Persis Love

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Republicans continue to give the US president high marks for his handling of coronavirus

Formation of regional coalitions offers a path to a staggered exit

Conservative activists vow to step up street demonstrations against business closings

President says restrictions will apply to green card applicants aiming for permanent residency

Elite university comes under fire for taking $9m in assistance while having a huge endowment

US president assessing need for further moves to reduce immigration

Over decades the Republican party has reconfigured itself into the party of the white and the South

Shadow Catchers, the latest exhibition at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, is a showcase for ‘camera-less’ photography – where images are captured directly on photographic paper without the use of a camera. Deputy arts editor Neville Hawcock and Francis Hodgson, the FT’s photography critic, discuss the ideas behind the exhibition, and the works of the five contemporary artists on show, with the show’s curator, Martin Barnes.  

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From formaldehyde sheep to giant horses, Simon Schama - in this recording of his FT Frieze week lecture - traces contemporary animal attractions to great works in the history of art  

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It's been a big week for contemporary British art. First the opening of the British Art Show 7 in Nottingham, then the second instalment of Newspeak at the Saatchi Gallery in London. To round it off, on Sunday Channel 4 will show “Modern Times”, the fifth in its series The Genius of Britain, this time presented by Janet Street-Porter. Peter Aspden, FT arts writer, and John Lloyd, FT television columnist, discuss art and celebrity: Charles Saatchi, Damien Hirst and the inimitable Janet Street-Porter. FT art critic Jackie Wullschlager reports on the British Art Show. Does it really represent the art of the nation? Produced by Griselda Murray Brown  

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As the Royal Ballet rehearses Christopher Wheeldon's 'Alice in Wonderland', its first new full-length ballet in 15 years, Peter Aspden talks to Royal Ballet principal Tamara Rojo, Sadler’s Wells artistic director Alistair Spalding and FT critic Clement Crisp. Does 'Alice' represent a return to traditional values? Are ballet companies doing enough to encourage new work? And, what is the relationship between classical ballet and contemporary work? Produced by Griselda Murray Brown  

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The launch of Sky Atlantic on February 1 – the result of Sky's exclusive five-year deal with HBO - raises questions about British and American television drama. Is the US - with cult series like The Sopranos, Mad Men and now Boardwalk Empire - enjoying a Golden Age of TV drama? What about Britain? Has its Golden Age been and gone? Jan Dalley, FT arts editor, is joined by Mark Duguid, senior curator of the British Film Institute National Archive, Huw Kennair-Jones, Sky1’s commissioning editor for drama, and John Lloyd, the FT’s television columnist. Produced by Griselda Murray Brown  

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