Group has halted work at number of mines due to pandemic

Oil price collapse and crumbling health system put Latin American nation at risk

Work dries up under lockdown but returning home could be more perilous than staying put

Finance minister Paulo Guedes has had his liberal economic agenda sidelined by emergency measures

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

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The ESG spotlight has turned to how companies treat their employees, customers and suppliers

Plaintiffs plan fresh challenge against central bank’s emergency bond-buying programme

Hong Kong protests against a proposed extradition law that would allow criminal suspects to be handed over to China are continuing, despite a concession by the Hong Kong chief executive to suspend the proposed law. Naomi Rovnick discusses discusses what’s at stake for China and what the protesters are seeking to achieve, with Tom Mitchell in Beijing and Sue-Lin Wong in Hong Kong.

Contributors: Suzanne Blumsom, executive editor, Naomi Rovnick FT Live reporter, Sue-Lin Wong, South China correspondent and Tom Mitchell, Beijing bureau chief. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Greece’s centre-right New Democracy party has returned to power after defeating the far-left party Syriza at the ballot box on a promise of reviving the economy through tax cuts, reduced bureaucracy and more foreign investment.  Katie Martin discusses the new government and the challenges it is facing with Ben Hall and Kerin Hope.

Contributors: Naomi Rovnick, FT Live reporter, Katie Martin, capital markets editor, Ben Hall, Europe editor, and Kerin Hope, Athens correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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As the coronavirus continues to spread, what is the risk that this will push the global economy into recession and what can central bankers and policymakers do to help avoid this? Katie Martin discusses the economic shock caused by the virus with the FT's economics editor Chris Giles.

Contributors: Katie Martin, capital markets editor, and Chris Giles, economics editor. Producers: Fiona Symon and Andrew Georgiades

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Shutdowns likely to shift energy use from fossil fuels towards wind and solar

London bourse’s transformative acquisition is facing more scrutiny than expected

The Jimmy Choo shoe designer says jewellery has influenced her work

Thousands of jobs at risk as coronavirus pandemic leads to a fall-off in demand

UK airport reports slump in passenger demand as calls resurface for expansion to be axed

Biggest US oil company takes $2.9bn charge to account for crude’s plunge

Benin crossing has been shut for three months, halting trade on vital frontier

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

Former pensions minister says the crisis means greater flexibility is needed 

Industry regulator calls for vigilance over actions of employers during pandemic

Consumers seeking quick cash unload designer bags, jewellery and luxury watches

Alternative providers fear it will harm competition in market for loans to small business

Jean Pierre Mustier’s nascent turnround derailed as bank slips to first-quarter loss

Commission warns pandemic will wipe out growth in all member states and result in an uneven recovery

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

Service would allow retail investors to place own orders on market

Production costs to rise by 61% when industry invests in carbon capture

Competitive landscape is unclear as food delivery becomes a utility

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

Chief expects weak demand from mills outside China to offset supply disruptions elsewhere

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

The Nobel laureate talks to Anjana Ahuja

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

Deep Render, a London startup and spin-out of Imperial College that is applying machine learning to image compression, has raised £1.6 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Pentech, with participation from Speedinvest. Founded in mid-2017 by Arsalan Zafar and Chri Besenbruch, who met while studying Computer Science at Imperial College London, Deep Render […]

Facebook has a new connectivity app called Discover to help those who can’t afford to get online access information on the web. The service, available through mobile web and Android app, allows users to visit any website in text format (no video, images, audio and other elements that eat up large amounts of data) and […]

Investment strategies have failed to prepare the country for the technology shock

But statistics that show how many days one country is behind another are humbug

No surprise, really, that 5G smartphone sales are on the way up. Frankly, there’s really no other way to go, according to the latest numbers from NPD’s Mobile Phone Tracking. The firm noted that 5G handsets accounted for less than 1% of total sales in the U.S. The hurdles are also what you’d expect: namely, […]

Volkswagen and Daimler report billions of dollars in lost profits due to impact of coronavirus

Investment in company’s new China entity is led by state-owned enterprises

Wunderlist is going away, but fans of the productivity app may find some consolation in founder Christian Reber’s announcement that he is launching a new startup called Superlist. “Superlist will be more than just a todo app, but never as bloated as the project management software you loathe to use,” he tweeted. “Slick, fast, and […]

Cutting the cord with cable or satellite TV used to mean a cost savings. But with the growing number of streaming services on the market, many consumers are finding that becoming a cord cutter is just as expensive, if not more so, as being a pay TV customer. As a result, many consumers continue to […]

A rebranded and expanded version of the CBS All Access streaming service will arrive this summer, ViacomCBS announced this morning. The service, now run by ViacomCBS following the merger, today offers a mix of live TV, on-demand video, original programming, streaming news, local broadcast stations and sports. Now the company is accelerating its plan to […]

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The UK’s data protection watchdog confirmed today the government still hasn’t given it sight of a key legal document attached to the coronavirus contacts tracing app which is being developed by the NHSX, the digital transformation branch of the country’s National Health Service . Under UK and EU law, a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) […]

Apple has announced new iPad Pro models in a press release. In addition to better specifications, Apple is also releasing a new Magic Keyboard with backlit keys, a trackpad and a hinge that allows you to move the iPad freely. The iPad Pro looks more or less like the existing iPad Pro. You can choose […]

Deep Render, a London startup and spin-out of Imperial College that is applying machine learning to image compression, has raised £1.6 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Pentech, with participation from Speedinvest. Founded in mid-2017 by Arsalan Zafar and Chri Besenbruch, who met while studying Computer Science at Imperial College London, Deep Render […]

Could Retirement Interest Only mortgages be an option for many older people?