Africa’s biggest crude exporter seeks $7bn in emergency funds in face of imminent recession

Claer Barrett explores some of the biggest issues facing small investors with investment columnist Merryn Somerset Webb and Fidelity’s Maike Currie. 

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Entertainment group scraps dividend as executives promise it will weather storm

British TV network unable to provide guidance for the rest of 2020 as outlook is ‘uncertain’

Consumers who use tax preparation services or software could have to wait months for money

Pandemic boosts shift towards digital wallets and currencies

Group seeks to ‘protect capital structure’ as uncertainty swirls over Covid-19 impact

How has modern Ireland changed the way it views the events that took place in Dublin 100 years ago?

Maduro’s economic rescue plan offers little hope to people struggling to get by 

Investor blames peso mayhem on ‘massive speculative attack’ and local over-reaction

Efforts to improve diversity and inclusion must not be sidelined as companies rebuild

Chamonix’s cable car back in business after two months, albeit with strict social-distancing measures

With the economy in trouble and relations with western allies strained, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's grip over Turkey’s ruling AK party is showing signs of weakening. Former prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu tells the FT's Laura Pitel why he thinks the country needs a new vision.

Contributor: Laura Pitel, Turkey correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon. Clips from edited interview with Ahmet Davutoglu and Reuters.

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UK prime minister Boris Johnson has been accused of constitutional vandalism by curtailing the opportunity for parliamentary scrutiny of his government in the final weeks of the Brexit talks. The courts will now determine whether his decision to shut down parliament was legal or not. Henry Mance discusses what all this means for British democracy with constitutional expert Sionaidh Douglas-Scott and UK assistant news editor John Aglionby.

Contributors: Henry Mance, chief features writer, Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, Anniversary Chair in Law at Queen Mary University in London, and John Aglionby, assistant UK news editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Donald Trump has dashed hopes for an imminent peace deal with the Taliban that were intended to pave the way for the US to withdraw the last of its troops from Afghanistan. Jyotsna Singh discusses how this leaves the war torn country as it prepares for presidential elections at the end of the month, with Stephanie Findlay and Farhan Bokhari.

Contributors: Jyotsna Singh, Delhi reporter, Stephanie Findlay, South Asia correspondent, and Farhan Bokhari, Producers: Jyotsna Singh and Fiona Symon

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Catalonia erupted this week after a Spanish Supreme Court decision to jail a group of separatist leaders for their part in organising an illegal independence referendum. The regional government attacked the sentences and thousands took to the streets in protest. Katie Martin discusses what happens next, with Daniel Dombey, FT correspondent in Madrid.

Contributors: Katie Martin, capital markets editor, and Daniel Dombey, Madrid correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Around the world a pensions crisis is looming. Retirees are having their pensions cuts while governments and fund managers look for new strategies. Josephine Cumbo, pensions correspondent and Robin Wigglesworth, global finance correspondent tell Claer Barrett why pension funds are investing in riskier assets and what this means for the future of retirement.

Contributors: Claer Barrett, personal finance editor, Josephine Cumbo, pensions correspondent and Robin Wigglesworth, global finance correspondent. Producer: Persis Love

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Popular funds have survived a period of intense market stress

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

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

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

Anglo-Australian mining group benefits from resilient iron ore price

Post-Brexit Britain will need a viable industry to support global role

Airline to axe up to 3,150 jobs and close London Gatwick operations as it scales back to save business

Priority status as grid suppliers helps Orsted and Iberdrola weather drop in demand

Crash into negative prices jolts producers into cutting back

Boris Johnson will set his exit strategy on Sunday, but changes will be limited

You can enjoy flowers online that are past their best in the real world

DIY investors and those in pensions drawdown scramble to adapt as stock markets plunge 

Those in pensions drawdown are at risk of  pound cost ravaging

Retirement plans have suffered tumbling asset values and ballooning liabilities

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

Group ramps up production of cleaning and sanitising goods amid coronavirus crisis

UK fintech plans to use recent $500m fundraising to buy rivals hit by coronavirus pandemic

How do democracies measure up against autocratic regimes in handling the pandemic?

It is easy to take advantage of frightened people who have accepted infringements on freedom

Price wars and coronavirus have disrupted the sector, possibly moving peak demand even closer 

Shares in security software maker dropped sharply after revelations of data harvesting

How to navigate government help schemes, the benefits system, redundancy pay and help from banks

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Byju’s, an education learning startup in India that has seen a surge in its popularity in recent weeks amid the coronavirus outbreak, is in talks to raise as much as $400 million in fresh capital at a $10 billion valuation, said three people familiar with the matter. The additional capital would be part of the […]

What if Italy cannot service its debt and a future government is tempted to default?

Samsung overnight released its earnings guidance for the first quarter of 2020, stating that it expected sales of $45.4 billion and an operating profit of roughly $5.3 billion. The company’s fiscal year is aligned to the standard calendar year, and it will announce official earnings results on April 23. Those numbers are slightly up from […]

Some big M&A is afoot in Israel in the world of smart transportation. According to multiple reports and sources that have contacted TechCrunch, chip giant Intel is in the final stages of a deal to acquire Moovit, a startup that applies AI and big data analytics to track traffic and provide transit recommendations to some […]

Transport demand will rebound while the pandemic will reboot the use of plastics

Contrary to some fears, equity calls on the London market have been relatively orderly

Impact of lockdown weighs on company earnings but stock markets look for optimism

With police enforcing the lockdown, it may mean new roles for some old telly favourites

Health secretary pledges to increase tests to 100,000 a day in England by enlisting big companies and private labs