Main non-China producer says it may need public funds to weather coronavirus downturn

Behaviour of Brazil’s ‘walking crisis’ president sparks backlash among one-time allies

European Commission and MEPs warn regulator over watering down Priips performance scenarios decried as misleading

Shortly before his departure as FT editor, Lionel Barber was granted a rare interview with Angela Merkel, whose period in office is nearing its end. In conversation with Marc Filippino, Mr Barber offers his thoughts on the German chancellor as she battles to keep the flag of multilateralism flying in an increasingly unilateralist world.

Contributors: Lionel Barber, former FT editor, and Marc Filippino, audio producer. Producers: Marc Filippino and Fiona Symon

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First country to get a vaccine could have an economic as well as a health advantage

American producers are coming under pressure on several fronts

Investors are looking to the future, but should beware of over-optimism

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

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

‘There are no warranties when you take on an insolvent company’

Some families of medics who die in service will receive higher payouts than others under current rules

Executive points to ‘heaps of liquidity’ as members get access to cash due to coronavirus

Editor who raised the profile of the Financial Times’ coverage in Japan

A trailblazer who broke the glass ceiling in Washington

A sharp-eyed editor and foreign correspondent who turned a killing phrase

The technology has significant potential to shake up the construction sector

The pushback against globalisation will come from protectionists, national-security hawks and greens

Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Hannah Kuchler and Gideon Rachman assess the next stage of the coronavirus crisis

Gideon Rachman talks to Joseph Nye about the role of morality in shaping foreign policy

Private equity firms in separate discussions to back coronavirus-hit Serie A

New Sipp dealing account has no annual management fee

First-time buyers receive £600 cashback if they save for 10 out of 12 months before taking out a Halifax mortgage

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Russia's coronavirus outbreak worsens and Federal Reserve research finds a correlation between deaths from the influenza pandemic in 1918-1920 and extremist voting in Germany in 1932 and 1933

BT halts dividend for first time since dot com bubble two decades ago, BA parent IAG warns of further cuts as recovery set to take three years and shoemaker Puma warns worse to come as profits halve in first quarter

Some big moves in the payments platform space: Ant Financial Group, the owner of China’s Alipay payment platform, has announced it’s taking a minority stake in Swedish payments platform Klarna . Klarna has a strong European presence and a flagship product that lets shoppers buy now and pay later in interest-free installments (typically 14 or […]

At a time when more transactions than ever are happening online, payments behemoth Stripe is announcing three new features to continue expanding its reach. The company today announced that it will now offer card issuing services directly to businesses to let them in turn make credit cards for customers tailored to specific purposes. Alongside that, it’s going […]

A lot of enterprise cybersecurity efforts focus on malicious hackers that work on behalf of larger organizations, be they criminal groups or state actors — and for good reason, since the majority of incidents these days come from phishing and other malicious techniques that originate outside the enterprise itself. But there has also been a […]

Investors seek better-quality government bonds

Augmented reality still has Apple’s enthusiasm behind it, but can that keep the whole industry afloat? On Wednesday, Apple debuted a new iPad Pro, the hallmark feature of which was a lidar time-of-flight sensor baked into the camera, which is designed to make augmented reality experiences more realistic and immersive. For most potential users, the […]

It’s time for unloved UK equities to take their place in investors’ portfolios

Companies lean heavily on equity in effort to dent blow from coronavirus

Canberra’s call for an inquiry into the origins of coronavirus has provoked threats from Beijing

Chinese ecommerce giant to help expand 50-floor Axa Tower

Catering and ground-handling company excluded from Canberra’s coronavirus support scheme

Bank alleges collapsed Singaporean company raised money through duplicate invoices

For the most part, its unravelling ought to be of deep concern. But we need a new social compact

As with other industries reeling in the wake of the pandemic, watchmakers were facing battles long before the virus struck

Popular programme is sparking debate about social change during holy month of Ramadan

In the early 2000s, VMware introduced the world to virtual servers that allowed IT to make more efficient use of idle server capacity. Today, Run:AI is introducing that same concept to GPUs running containerized machine learning projects on Kubernetes. This should enable data science teams to have access to more resources than they would normally […]

A lot of enterprise cybersecurity efforts focus on malicious hackers that work on behalf of larger organizations, be they criminal groups or state actors — and for good reason, since the majority of incidents these days come from phishing and other malicious techniques that originate outside the enterprise itself. But there has also been a […]

It’s not a converted industrial warehouse in Brooklyn. Or a stately, century-old building in the Flatiron. But YC-backed Regalii’s atypical office location up in the Dominican-heavy Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan has given it plenty of insights into its working-class immigrant customer base. The startup, co-founded by several Latino founders who personally knew the hassles of sending money home, […]

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that his state would issue a mail-in ballot to every registered voter for November’s election. Newsom issued the decision as an executive order in coordination with other California officials. The order will require all county election officials to provide mail-in ballots to voters, but it also provisions for in-person […]

Germany has U-turned on building a centralized COVID-19 contacts tracing app — and will instead adopt a decentralized architecture, Reuters reported Sunday, citing a joint statement by chancellery minister Helge Braun and health minister Jens Spahn. In Europe in recent weeks, a battle has raged between different groups backing centralized vs decentralized infrastructure for apps […]

It’s a brutal time for marijuana startups. I’m hearing some are raising at 1/5th of their 2019 valuation amidst rampant competition, tall taxes, and slow legalization. The struggles for marijuana’s best-known startup, delivery service Eaze, continue as today it’s losing one of its top partners. $75 million-funded weed brand empire Caliva has dropped Eaze in […]

The COVID-19 pandemic crisis has underlined the need for greater multilateral cooperation, including the need to improve the global trading system, Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff said on 7 May. Speaking at a webinar hosted by the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning, DDG Wolff said trade will play an important role in Africa’s economic recovery from the crisis, particularly through increased intra-African trade.

CEOs are more optimistic about growth than international counterparts, despite concerns about over-regulation and the Government's response to Australia's fiscal deficit, according to a PwC report launched today.

The sale of New South Wales' and Queensland's utility assets will be among the most eagerly anticipated power deals globally in 2015, according to a PwC report released today.

If we continue to ignore the rising economic success of our Asian neighbours we will lose our place as a G20 economy by 2030.