As the coronavirus pandemic presents the ultimate leadership test for chief executives, the FT provides insights into their successes and setbacks

Experienced and adaptable bosses are more effective than rigid commanders

Andrew Hill will be answering questions on Monday at 12pm and 5pm

Easy tomatoes, beans and lettuce to sow or plug in the garden or on a patio

Routine operations ban to be eased but capacity to handle virus resurgence will remain

Dr Kate Gaynor’s executive education was soon tested as general manager of a Chinese hospital

UN official warns that war-ravaged country cannot deal with an outbreak of the disease

Funeral homes are full in working class section of Queens where immigrants pursue American dream

Africa’s biggest crude exporter seeks $7bn in emergency funds in face of imminent recession

Claer Barrett explores some of the biggest issues facing small investors with investment columnist Merryn Somerset Webb and Fidelity’s Maike Currie. 

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Entertainment group scraps dividend as executives promise it will weather storm

Consumers who use tax preparation services or software could have to wait months for money

Pandemic boosts shift towards digital wallets and currencies

Maduro’s economic rescue plan offers little hope to people struggling to get by 

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

Efforts to improve diversity and inclusion must not be sidelined as companies rebuild

Donald Trump has dashed hopes for an imminent peace deal with the Taliban that were intended to pave the way for the US to withdraw the last of its troops from Afghanistan. Jyotsna Singh discusses how this leaves the war torn country as it prepares for presidential elections at the end of the month, with Stephanie Findlay and Farhan Bokhari.

Contributors: Jyotsna Singh, Delhi reporter, Stephanie Findlay, South Asia correspondent, and Farhan Bokhari, Producers: Jyotsna Singh and Fiona Symon

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Around the world a pensions crisis is looming. Retirees are having their pensions cuts while governments and fund managers look for new strategies. Josephine Cumbo, pensions correspondent and Robin Wigglesworth, global finance correspondent tell Claer Barrett why pension funds are investing in riskier assets and what this means for the future of retirement.

Contributors: Claer Barrett, personal finance editor, Josephine Cumbo, pensions correspondent and Robin Wigglesworth, global finance correspondent. Producer: Persis Love

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Popular funds have survived a period of intense market stress

Aircraft maker says strong demand for offering has removed need for government funding

Aero-engine maker prepares for biggest single reduction of staff in more than 30 years

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

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

Priority status as grid suppliers helps Orsted and Iberdrola weather drop in demand

Crash into negative prices jolts producers into cutting back

DIY investors and those in pensions drawdown scramble to adapt as stock markets plunge 

Those in pensions drawdown are at risk of  pound cost ravaging

Retirement plans have suffered tumbling asset values and ballooning liabilities

How do democracies measure up against autocratic regimes in handling the pandemic?

It is easy to take advantage of frightened people who have accepted infringements on freedom

Price wars and coronavirus have disrupted the sector, possibly moving peak demand even closer 

Shares in security software maker dropped sharply after revelations of data harvesting

How to navigate government help schemes, the benefits system, redundancy pay and help from banks

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

What if Italy cannot service its debt and a future government is tempted to default?

Samsung overnight released its earnings guidance for the first quarter of 2020, stating that it expected sales of $45.4 billion and an operating profit of roughly $5.3 billion. The company’s fiscal year is aligned to the standard calendar year, and it will announce official earnings results on April 23. Those numbers are slightly up from […]

Transport demand will rebound while the pandemic will reboot the use of plastics

Impact of lockdown weighs on company earnings but stock markets look for optimism

With police enforcing the lockdown, it may mean new roles for some old telly favourites

Health secretary pledges to increase tests to 100,000 a day in England by enlisting big companies and private labs

Democratic politics functions on the premise that accountability improves outcomes

Robert Shrimsley on why he’s braced for a return to the most dismal of decades

Pandemic's economic impact compared with historic crises of 1930s and 2008

This time it is capital markets, rather than banks, that have to reform

Quitting Europe would see Washington deliver to Beijing its most important strategic ambition

The $55tn industry has emerged scared and shrunken but largely intact

Investors braced for years of lower payouts by some of the most reliable dividend-paying stocks

PSA and Fiat Chrysler to shut factories as demand tumbles and supply chains disrupted

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.

While plenty of tech stocks have seen their market caps dive in the past month, Groupon has taken a harder hit than most. The company’s share price has dropped more than 70% in the past five weeks. The reckoning came for Groupon’s leadership today with both CEO Rich Williams and COO Steve Krenzer ousted. In […]