In 16 years of columns on business, the only constant has been disruptive innovation

As the stock market plummeted last month, managers of big companies saw value 

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

Bullish investors and gung-ho governors are setting themselves up for a big reality check

European equities slip after ECB launches fresh push to bolster region’s banking system

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

Sell-off dents investment holdings despite uptick in operating profit

Recently sanctioned London-listed company seeks to simplify ownership structure

Liberty Steel to modernise European plants in effort to become carbon neutral

Homeowners must use ‘cleaner alternatives’ for coal fires and wood-burning stoves from 2021

Hundreds will lose jobs in £1.2bn turnround plan even as Jingye says 3,000 will be saved

Bids complicate Chinese investor’s efforts to buy out whole of troubled company

Group’s founder Anil Agarwal undeterred by price crash and debt levels

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

Anglo-Australian mining group benefits from resilient iron ore price

Country’s production this year expected to top 2019 if coronavirus kept at bay

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

German airline looks at procedure similar to Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid dispute over bailout conditions

Plane maker’s chief warns aerospace industry in ‘gravest crisis’ as group swings to quarterly loss amid aviation collapse

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

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

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

Incoming CEO tells investors and carrier’s 96,000 staff that he will not duck hard decisions

Treasury secretary’s comments compound woes for airline sector hit by Buffett’s share sale

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

Virgin Atlantic could be followed by British Airways in abandoning UK’s second-biggest gateway

Move in response to drop in prices and demand and honours unofficial pact with Opec

Fall could be the equivalent of India’s total annual consumption, IEA says

US oil producer pledges to reduce output by more than a third in June

Crash into negative prices jolts producers into cutting back

Earnings of $3.6bn exceeded expectations ahead of collapse in global oil demand

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State-owned flag carrier struggling to pay salaries and secure funds to stay aloft

Business contestants battle for $1m prize money in glitzy televised extravaganza

Eskom will remove 6,000 megawatts of demand to avert total collapse of national grid

McKinsey, BCG and PwC named in records showing allegations of looting by Angolan billionaire

State-backed carrier starts cancelling flights as vital government funding is delayed

Suspected suicide comes as Angolan billionaire indicted for money laundering

Prospective deal comes as Riyadh-listed STC seeks to expand regionally

Pretoria has waived rules that prevented mining groups generating electricity for their own use

Endiama chief wants ‘radical change’ in overhaul of country’s scandal-hit gem industry

Restrictions have hampered miner’s ability to move money out of the country

South African ecommerce group insists it remains in acquisition mode

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

Nikkei 225 average drops 16 per cent over the week amid broad pandemic-linked sell-off

Japanese tech group’s splurge on its own shares is not enough to impress investors

Investors still on edge amid fears over economic impact of widespread shutdowns