Spanish and Italian bans on short selling follow US Federal Reserve’s liquidity injection

Competitive landscape is unclear as food delivery becomes a utility

Political goodwill for Spire Healthcare could act as a tailwind once virus impact eases

Price in local currencies of commodities such as copper and coffee has surged

Ambitious plans for renewable energy rarely feature in government strategy

From coffee to copper, exporters enjoy higher profits

Pressure rises on investors to blacklist companies associated with Brazilian deforestation

Treasury also licenses Chevron to operate in crisis-hit nation for a further 3 months

Investor group led by the CofE launches database to track tailings dams after Brazil disaster

The fintech company aims to disrupt other Latin American markets with its smartphone-based services

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

Pledges to donate Covid-19 test kits pour in from groups including Vale and Petrobras

In our increasingly cashless society, parents are turning to apps and payment cards designed for youngsters

Finding a good credit card deal when you’re older is more difficult

Bank blames low-interest environment and impact of banking regulation

Withdrawal fees soar to £104m and banks save £120m in ATM shake-up

Bond market movements blamed for removal of nearly 175,000 cash prizes from monthly draw

Lockdown presents a golden educational opportunity, particularly if you work in investment

NS&I scraps planned cuts to prize fund rate 

US job gains since financial crisis wiped out. Switzerland faces sharpest economic contraction since 1974. UK and eurozone business activity hit by historic collapse this month as lockdowns choked Europe’s biggest economies.

The worldwide Covid-19 death toll rose by 6,365 on Tuesday, pushing the total through 200,000

Eurozone GDP in historic fall, millions more Americans file for unemployment, Shell cuts dividend for first time since second world war and UK's AstraZeneca combines with Oxford on a potential vaccine

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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

The US private sector shed a record 20m jobs in April as coronavirus lockdowns and the resulting closure of non-essential businesses led to historic joblessness

Swiss company announces ‘challenging’ results a day after its chief executive quit

The Nobel laureate talks to Anjana Ahuja

Jim Ratcliffe-led chemicals group adds top-flight team to growing sports portfolio

Concern over use of chemicals drives research into alternatives

New York company wins bidding against Kerry for nutrition and biosciences unit

Projections suggest $300m in annual cost savings and $400m of revenue benefits

US flavouring group seeks first-mover advantage with purchase of nutrition venture

Mark Cutifani says polyhalite a ‘very differentiated’ product to potash

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

Products vital to combat coronavirus could become more expensive and scarce

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

At the start of the year, it looked like Europe would be in for a “Summer E-Scooters / E-Bike War,” as both regional startups and U.S.-backed unicorns vied for the pockets of city commuters. Consolidation came when German startup Circ was taken over by U.S. competitor Bird at the start of the year. Still on […]

AskRobin, an Estonia-founded fintech that operates a financial services marketplace for “underbanked” customers in Latin America, has picked up $1.7 million in funding. The seed round is backed by VC funds Change Ventures, Vereeni Early Stage Fund, BENE Asia Capital, and Lemonade Stand. In addition, a number of tech entrepreneurs from Estonia participated, such as […]

Countingup, the business current account that “automates” your accounting, has raised £4 million in self-described bridge funding. Leading the round is ING Ventures, with co-investment from Triple Point, CVentures, and BiG Start Ventures. Founded by Tim Fouracre, who previously founded cloud accounting software Clear Books, and now boasting 20,000 business customers, Countingup’s long term vision […]

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 […]

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