Newer employees like their appraisals upfront and often

Many travails exist beyond being judged by your sex

Donald Trump will be 70 next week and Hillary Clinton will be 69 in October

The country’s new-wave wine producers have different ideas about what an Argentine Malbec should be

John Ratcliffe testifies at confirmation hearing held under social distancing rules

The next government should meddle less and encourage more of us to save

The Lancet editor on Britain’s response to coronavirus — and being labelled a pariah

President Macri asks for early disbursement of funds as refinancing worries grow

Franklin Templeton funds have lost $1.2bn on biggest Argentine positions

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

Revised agreement comes a day after the exit of central bank governor

Guido Sandleris says it is ‘too soon’ to declare that stability has returned to peso

Just two years ago investors rushed to snap up 100-year debt sold by Buenos Aires

Peso tumbles and cost to hedge against debt default surges

Macri tries to shore up confidence amid market worries over prolonged political instability and $101bn owed

Foreign investors have learnt the hard way that short-termism can be a virtue, not a vice

Bondholders weigh deal with Macri against negotiating with likely successor Fernández

Reimposition of currency controls is admission of defeat by president

Creditors prepare for tough negotiations after IMF calls on them to share the pain

Analysts expect the country to make bondholders an offer they cannot accept

Creditors denounce government restructuring plan as unacceptable

The pound has soared more than 2 per cent in its biggest rise since 2017 after an exit poll has projected a strong victory for Boris Johnson’s Conservative party.

The murder of a local politician by right wing extremists has shocked Germany and set alarm bells ringing about the rise of neo-Nazi violence in the country. Ben Hall discusses the groups behind the upsurge in political violence and how dangerous they are with Guy Chazan in Berlin

Contrbutors: Katie Martin, capital markets editor, Ben Hall, Europe editor, and Guy Chazan, Berlin bureau chief. Producer: Fiona Symon

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What will the world look like when machines are cleverer than we are? Fred Studemann, Literary editor, and John Thornhill, Innovation editor, discuss how different writers have imagined the future in response to the advance of artificial intelligence.

Contributors: Fred Studemann, Literary editor, and John Thornhill, Innovation editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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How does Generation Z date? Why are they more politically engaged than the generation before them and what is the digital psyche? Flora Macdonald Johnston asks John Burn-Murdoch, Rebecca Watson and Madison Darbyshire to explain what's driving the next generation.

If you want to read more about the NextGen, click here. For Flora's article, click here. For John's article, click here. For Rebecca's article, click here. For Madison's column, click here.

Contributors: Flora Macdonald Johnston, acting deputy fashion editor, John Burn-Murdoch, data visualisation journalist, Madison Darbyshire, multimedia journalist and Rebecca Watson, assistant arts editor. Producer: Persis Love

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Paul Volcker, who died at the weekend, was one of the most influential monetary policy makers of the 20th century. The FT’s Gillian Tett spoke to the former central banker at his home in New York last year about his views on good government, regulating finance and US China relations. In this podcast, she shares some excerpts from the conversation.

Contributors: Katie Martin, markets editor, and Gillian Tett, chair of the FT editorial board (US). Producers: Fiona Symon and Aimee Keane

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Even before Covid-19 struck, the country’s debt trajectory was out of control

Biggest creditors attack government’s proposal to restructure $65bn of foreign debt

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

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

Schemes to look at cutting emissions in sectors such as transport in push to meet 2050 ‘net zero’ target

Energy, water and other utility groups keep services going despite lockdowns and cuts

Economic woes go well beyond the coronavirus crisis

Industry associations demand detail to manage risk of trading from home

Lobby groups led by UK Finance warn there is likelihood of ‘severe’ impact to borrowers

The Australian company was borne out of an online travel business that had a problem to solve

Master of disguise who plotted the ‘Argo’ escape from Iran

He became the scourge of the Mob and white-collar crime in New York

Stay neutral in the battle between French banks and economic adversity

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

SoftBank-funded fintech challenger Ualá expands rapidly amid the pandemic

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

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

COP25 attempts to confront climate change

Carmaker puts brakes on dividends and buybacks in order to preserve liquidity

2020 and 2021 will be one of the periodic transitional eras in gaming as Sony and Microsoft debut their shiny new consoles, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. To ease the process (and spur adoption of the next generation), EA may make its upcoming titles free to “upgrade” to your chosen console. On an […]

Voters will not tolerate another NHS winter flu crisis with too few medical staff

As borrowers and spenders of last resort, governments must act now to avert a depression

Sonos has introduced a trio of new hardware today, adding three new smart speakers to its lineup, including the Sonos Arc soundbar that includes Dolby Atmos support, as well as Sonos Five, the next version of its Sonos Play:5 speaker, and a third-generation Sonos Sub. All of these will require the new S2 app that […]

Executive decree set to prop up prices in hopes of saving domestic shale industry