Taylor Swift’s anger over the sale of her back catalogue shines a light on the role of investment in today’s music industry. Anna Nicolaou and Jamie Powell tell Alex Barker about Swift’s dispute with her former record label and how investments are changing in the streaming era of music.

Contributors: Alex Barker, global media editor, Anna Nicolaou, US media correspondent and Jamie Powell, Alphaville reporter. Producer: Persis Love

Music credit: Taylor Swift, Shake It Off, Big Machine Records

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As the UK general election approaches, all parties are stepping up their rhetoric on climate change. What are their manifesto pledges and are they even realistic? Jim Pickard and Nick Butler talk to Leslie Hook about what a new government could spell for the environment and the need for an international approach to tackling the climate crisis.

Contributors: Leslie Hook, environment and clean energy correspondent, Jim Pickard, chief political correspondent and Nick Butler, energy commentator. Producer: Persis Love

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2019 was the year when Saudi Arabia launched a long awaited share offering in state oil company Aramco, when Softbank lost its gloss, when accounting giants tightened their belts and when capitalism went 'woke'. Janine Gibson discusses the corporate year and what it spells for next year with Tom Braithwaite and Brooke Masters.

Contributors: Janine Gibson, editor, special projects, Tom Braithwaite, companies editor, and Brooke Masters, comment and analysis editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Caroline Criado-Perez won the latest Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award with her book Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men. She spoke to Andrew Hill, the FT’s management editor, about the consequences for women and for society as a whole of using men as the default model.

Contributors: Andrew Hill, management editor, and Caroline Criado Perez. Producers: Marc Filippino and Fiona Symon

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The sentencing of Trump ally and political strategist Roger Stone was mired in controversy after the US president criticised a juror and the original prosecutors in the case. The same week, Donald Trump granted clemency to seven white collar criminals. Does the president have too much power over the judicial system? Brooke Masters discusses with Edward Luce and Kadhim Shubber.

Contributors: Brooke Masters, opinion and analysis editor, Edward Luce, US national editor and columnist and Kadhim Shubber, US Legal and enforcement correspondent. Producers: Fiona Symon and Persis Love.

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As the coronavirus continues to spread, what is the risk that this will push the global economy into recession and what can central bankers and policymakers do to help avoid this? Katie Martin discusses the economic shock caused by the virus with the FT's economics editor Chris Giles.

Contributors: Katie Martin, capital markets editor, and Chris Giles, economics editor. Producers: Fiona Symon and Andrew Georgiades

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Regime claims 8 people died in plot connected to foiled coup attempt launched from Colombia

Argentina’s Alberto Fernández signals country is in no state to contemplate new deals

Jeanine Añez settles in for long haul as pandemic adds to political uncertainty

Confidence levels plunge as growing political crisis compounds economic damage from coronavirus

Finance minister tells FT that government has rejected counter-offer from BlackRock-led group of creditors

US-run trial of Gilead coronavirus therapy demonstrates ‘significant positive effect’

Gilead’s potential coronavirus treatment stirs investor hopes but evidence on effectiveness is mixed

Partnership that would prioritise UK could produce 100m doses by year-end if treatment is effective

Research paper published in journal Nature identifies number of alternative treatments

Biotech group’s shares have soared this year on hopes drug could be used to treat coronavirus

US-led trial shows positive results in hastening recovery time for coronavirus patients

State-backed utility under pressure as it plans to invest in new coal mines

Shutdowns likely to shift energy use from fossil fuels towards wind and solar

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

Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell says other countries could face big ‘second wave’

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

There’s a chronic paradox at the heart of stablecoin-based payment systems that will render them cost-prohibitive.

Higher education should not be treated as just another business

Pandemic combined with collapsing oil prices spells real hardship

Popular funds have survived a period of intense market stress

Regulators must ensure that lenders’ defences are sufficiently robust

Airline’s biggest shareholder calls for CFO’s exit over failure to scrap £4.5bn Airbus order 

Founder urges FCA to act as he presses airline to cancel multibillion pound Airbus order

Airline calls shareholder vote on directors in latest escalation of dispute

‘We will be a smaller company for a while,’ says chief David Calhoun

Aircraft maker says strong demand for offering has removed need for government funding

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

Christian Noyer believes projects available to consumers are a way off yet

Dutch bank was forced to close out positions at substantial loss

Hedge fund calls for court investigation into 2018 transfer of MyTheresa

Pandemic forces rethink of luxury industry after cancellation of fairs

Timepieces linked with F1 and other races have increased by up to 40 times since 2010

It is right for the Fed to lead America towards faster and more efficient bank payments

Beijing wants to make companies impose obedience to China on protesting employees

The need to raise donations led MIT’s Media Lab to a terrible misjudgment

Private banks are fighting to advise billionaires who want a lot for their money

Companies from Boeing to HSBC have discovered the danger of delaying hard choices

Despite public anger, corporate regulation is likely to remain fragmented

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

Phones, TV and games constantly vie for our attention — but how much do they add to our lives?

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

Central bank support and rising hopes for economic reopening spark April rally

Recently sanctioned London-listed company seeks to simplify ownership structure

Business tycoon’s GFG Alliance makes first foray into fast-growing market after long court battle