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FCA and group seek to clarify positions of BR Shetty and other leading shareholders

Middle East-focused group’s discovery follows revelations over undisclosed debt

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Recruiters scrambling to adapt as companies put expansion plans on ice 

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Social distancing forcing GPs and patients to conduct their consultations online

Pandemic has added to pressure on companies already facing tough financial conditions

Scandal at former FTSE 100 company has damaged reputations of London and the UAE

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Based on a novel by Peter Stephan Jungk, 'The Perfect American' is the story of one of the 20th century's biggest entertainment moguls. The FT's arts writer gives his verdict on the work's premiere at the Teatro Real, Madrid.  

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Countries are vying to project their worth through art, sport and broadcasting. But ‘soft power’ is not always easy to control, says the FT’s arts writer  

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David Cheal tells the story of Randy Newman’s ‘Baltimore’, through covers by Nina Simone, The Tamlins and Billy Mackenzie. Credits: CTI, Warner Bros., EMI  

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Having a baby is one of the best things that could happen in your life - but sadly it could also be the worst thing that could happen to your finances. We discuss the effects of the gender pay gap. Plus FT Money editor Claer Barrett talks to guests about what kind of investor Adrian Mole could have grown into. And what could happen to the 'best buy' lists used by fund supermarkets in the wake of the Woodford scandal?

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‘The only problem with these elegant Nebbiolos is that they can be difficult to find’

Rick Bright alleges government ignored coronavirus warnings and engaged in ‘cronyism’

Savvy shoppers game the system to collect the maximum amount of points

Ahead of the Budget, chancellor Sajid Javid has some tough choices to make

Restrictions in nation that processes 90% of world’s stones upend global industry 

Dismissal of Luiz Henrique Mandetta follows feud over how to tackle coronavirus

Popular funds’ performance woes compounded by coronavirus market sell-off

An experiment in urban planning backed by the UK’s health service has shown how even small changes can have a big impact on the health of communities. Darren Dodd discusses what’s been learnt so far with some of the project’s backers.

Contributors: Darren Dodd, editor of FT Health, Emily Hough, strategy director for NHS England,

Christian Norris, of PA Consulting and Ellen Halstead of Peabody Housing Association> Producers: Fiona Symon and Persis Love

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Last weekend thousands of people took to the streets of Chile in an outburst of anger at a rise in the price of the metro fare. But as Benedict Mander tells Michael Stott, the roots of the unrest go much deeper.

Contributors: Michael Stott, Latin America bureau chief and Benedict Mander, Chile and Argentina correspondent. Producer: Persis Love.

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Allegations of high-level corruption have convulsed the Mediterranean island state of Malta and shocked the rest of Europe. Public anger has been unleashed by dramatic recent developments in the investigation into the killing of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in a car bomb attack in October 2017. Ben Hall discusses the wider repercussions of the case with Josephine Cumbo and Michael Peel.

Contributors: Ben Hall, Europe editor, Josephine Cumbo, pensions correspondent, and Michael Peel, EU diplomatic correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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As researchers race to develop a coronavirus vaccine, we look at efforts to ensure that the world’s poor are not left behind — and ask whether the pandemic will jolt policymakers into confronting the looming threat from antimicrobial resistance

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

The four years since his promotion to CEO have been beset by crises

Crash into negative prices jolts producers into cutting back

Central African Republic has just three ventilators for its 5m people

Rick Bright’s lawyers say federal investigators recommend he be reinstated during probe

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

Glencore-backed First Cobalt to open Canada refinery this year in attempt to cut reliance on China

The holes in the investment case were there, but not many were looking

Puny interest rates have dented the tax sheltering properties of cash Isas for most 

Treasury reduces charge for removing cash from tax-free accounts for under-40s

Those with the fewest rights are least able to demand a safe workplace

A lot of startups have answered the call for more personal protective equipment (PPE) and other essentials to support healthcare workers in their efforts to curb the spread and impact of COVID-19. One of those is direct-to-consumer 3D-printed eyewear brand Fitz, which is employing its custom-fit glasses technology to build protective, prescription specs for front-line […]

Costs are falling — but it still looks far more expensive than it should

‘The old globalised order is fracturing. We are seeing wartime-style falls in GDP’

“I want to build a business which profiles every single researcher and healthcare professional in the world and I want to sell it to industry,” says Ariel Katz, the co-founder and chief executive of H1 Insights.  With the healthcare industry on a mission to digitize and analyze every conceivable data point it can to wring […]

Just months after graduating from Y Combinator, H1 Insights, the LinkedIn for the healthcare industry, has raised $12.9 million in a new round of funding. “It’s a better way to connect the ecosystem,” says co-founder Ariel Katz. The company already has more than 8 million profiles for healthcare professionals in its database and is generating […]