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The pound has soared more than 2 per cent in its biggest rise since 2017 after an exit poll has projected a strong victory for Boris Johnson’s Conservative party.

Fitch says scale of support points to the systemic importance of $55tn asset management market

Britain's new prime minister Boris Johnson has set himself a 100-day deadline to achieve Brexit, with or without a deal with the European Union. Siona Jenkins discusses his chances of achieving this with Miranda Green, deputy opinion editor, and Jim Brunsden, EU correspondent.

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Stimulant given as ‘likely’ reason for lower infections but authorities stress health risks

Severin Schwan unapologetic for outspoken criticism of state responses to coronavirus

Sum far exceeds $8bn fundraising target at upcoming EU-led donors’ conference

Schemes to look at cutting emissions in sectors such as transport in push to meet 2050 ‘net zero’ target

Climate campaigners say measures lack ambition to tackle crisis

First signs of severity of coronavirus pandemic on UK energy sector 

Suffolk residents cry foul as French group seeks to continue process despite lockdown  

New workers could suffer the scarring effects of lockdown for decades

Aircraft parts manufacturers pull plug in first big deal to collapse due to coronavirus pandemic

Aero-engine maker prepares for biggest single reduction of staff in more than 30 years

NYSE owner did not ‘lose its mind’, says Jeffrey Sprecher

Dutch bank was forced to close out positions at substantial loss

Watchmakers press on with new releases, despite the coronavirus

In crisis mode, profits and growth matter much less than ability to ride out a downturn

Rise of volatility and dispersion was supposed to bring a change of fortunes versus passive

Companies suffer steep share-price falls while Luckin implosion highlights risks

Sell-off dents investment holdings despite uptick in operating profit

Destocking is at an end and global consumption is expected to rise this year

Departure comes just weeks after Moody’s cut miner’s rating to junk

Chinese producer moves to offload some of its majority holding in Australia’s Greenbushes project

Chief executive Mark Bristow says miner has taken lessons on tackling coronavirus from experience of Ebola outbreak

Steelmaker says more funding needed given scale and length of lockdown disruption

Parent company IAG warns it will take ‘several years’ to return to 2019 passenger levels

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

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

Two Gulf companies shipped jet fuel to renegade general Khalifa Haftar, documents show

World’s second-largest diamond miner cites disruption along the supply chain

Wall Street’s late sell-off came on top of Europe’s worst-ever single day performance

Buyers and sellers worry about risk of infection, say agents

Rising prices and flat tax thresholds since 2015 mean more homes in London and Southeast are in the top band

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

Regulatory action sought to prevent intervention from having unintended consequences

Homebuyers trying to chip the price of property deals could be disappointed 

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

Move by UK group will put pressure on other insurers to follow suit 

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

Euler Hermes has written to some brokers, saying it will offer less support in the UK if the government does not agree to backstop trade credit insurers. 

Former pensions minister says the crisis means greater flexibility is needed 

£3.5bn worth of dividend payments cancelled this week 

Retirement plans have suffered tumbling asset values and ballooning liabilities

Even dividends from stalwarts Shell and BP may be in doubt in the fallout from the Covid-19 crisis 

‘Drastic revisit’ of outlook at French bank as dividend cuts and cancellations hit equities trading

Right-hand man to President Carter from Iran hostage crisis to Salt Two arms treaty 

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