Railroad commissioner had called for using decades-old state rules to reduce output

IEA expects global consumption will decline 8% this year in largest drop since second world war

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Timely relaunch allows savers to keep pace with the rising cost of living

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Bond pays out 105 per cent on RPI

Santander private banking arm’s six-year savings product

The four-year bond will pay 7.5%

Move to capitalise on dislocations across market stemming from coronavirus pandemic

Covid-19 pandemic increases problems for retirement schemes already in deficit

Companies running defined benefit pension schemes ask regulator to extend payment holidays

Move means hard-hit industries face another year of high bills

Cash from successful claims could reach bank accounts by end of the month

UK-based education company is still more value trap than takeover candidate

Lansdowne, Odey and Wadhwani among those betting on a revival of UK equities

Spanish and Italian bans on short selling follow US Federal Reserve’s liquidity injection

The default product of anxious idleness has been sidelined during pandemic

Price in local currencies of commodities such as copper and coffee has surged

Mauricio Leyva to advise German family company on expanding beverages arm

Future of finance: Brazil’s main Latin rival for the attention of emerging market fund managers is Mexico

Ambitious plans for renewable energy rarely feature in government strategy

From coffee to copper, exporters enjoy higher profits

Treasury also licenses Chevron to operate in crisis-hit nation for a further 3 months

Investor group led by the CofE launches database to track tailings dams after Brazil disaster

Case linked to 2012 nationalisation of oil company proves tricky for litigation funder

One of Latin America’s top real estate developers puts some of his triumphs down to luck

Brazilian jet maker to seek damages from US group, which counters it is within its rights to terminate deal

Pledges to donate Covid-19 test kits pour in from groups including Vale and Petrobras

Brazilian group alleges tycoon’s family-controlled mining arm fraudulently funnelled $500m into Manhattan real estate

Bond market movements blamed for removal of nearly 175,000 cash prizes from monthly draw

As interest rates fall, more savings banks rely on the lure of cash prizes

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

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Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez says no other option remains but to maintain the state of alert

Thousands attend military parade in Belarus even as virus spreads rapidly in neighbouring Russia, UK airline industry warns of huge blow if travel quarantine is launched and Seoul closes down bars and clubs in wake of new cluster

Swiss company announces ‘challenging’ results a day after its chief executive quit

Pharma and chemicals group says it will ‘defend itself vigorously’ amid mounting cases

German chemicals group faces surge in plaintiffs alleging cancer link to Roundup

New York company wins bidding against Kerry for nutrition and biosciences unit

Move boosts chemicals group’s growing sports investment portfolio

Cheap shale gas has fed an investment boom in products that often end up as waste. Has the petrochemicals industry miscalculated?

Rise in plaintiffs comes as German chemicals group reports 19% jump in sales

Iodine producer rejects Brexiter’s coronavirus play as ‘probably not very educated’

Demand surges as hospitals require more medical oxygen for coronavirus patients on ventilators

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