Could your stock picking skills beat the market this year? In this week's FT Money Show podcast presenter Claer Barrett talks to FT Markets reporter Robert Smith about the results of our 2019 contest between readers and FT journalists. Plus we give you details of how to enter this year's competition. Next up, January's nearly over but you still have another 11 months to make good on your New Year's resolutions. If you had resolved to get a pay rise or sort out your pension this year, keep listening as help is at hand. 

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Producers have made impressive progress in a country where consumption per capita is heroic

How is the crisis changing our reading habits and accelerating the industry’s digital revolution?

Golfers need no reminding of their fallibility, especially on the back nine at Augusta

Former justice minister had accused president of political interference in police work

Iron ore giant in second disaster in 3 years after mud and waste surges through valley

US central bank accelerates purchases to stabilise market for securities backed by home loans

Asia-Pacific indices broadly higher after S&P 500 closes up 3.4%

Stocks rise but crude tumbles as world’s largest oil ETF cuts stake

Experts fear country is embarking on more white elephant projects

Two- and five-year yields hit record lows as futures investors anticipate negative rates

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

Competitive landscape is unclear as food delivery becomes a utility

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

Today Microsoft reported its third-quarter, fiscal 2020 quarter earnings, the period of time corresponding to Q1 2020 on the regular calendar. The technology giant generated $35 billion in revenue, up 15% from the year-ago period. That top line led to $13 billion in operating income (+25% YoY), and $10.8 billion in net income (+22% YoY). […]

The 10 per cent plunge in Enterprise Inns’ share price on Tuesday surprised the company.

Copper is well poised to make new all-time highs

Machine learning ops focuses on the ML model and datasets, as opposed to code. Data engineers run MLOps, but it’s likely that the specialized role of MLOps engineer will come about soon.

Founders hunting down capital in the middle of this pandemic may feel like they’re on a fool’s errand, but some investors are still offering financing, even if the terms might not be as good as they once were. One avenue that appears to remain open: corporate venture capital. The corporate route offers its own set […]

Founders hunting down capital in the middle of this pandemic may feel like they’re on a fool’s errand, but some investors are still offering financing, even if the terms might not be as good as they once were. One avenue that appears to remain open: corporate venture capital. The corporate route offers its own set […]

Australian carrier reviews operations and fleet due to coronavirus travel collapse

Back in 2018 Templafy — which had come up with a way for enterprises to more easily make templates out of standard documents (yes, it’s a thing) — raised an additional $15 million from existing investors as an extension of its earlier Series B round taking it to $40.2 million raised. The company integrates with enterprise infrastructure to […]

The Cloud Foundry Foundation (CFF) just went through a major leadership change, with executive director Abby Kearns stepping down after five years (and becoming a CTO at Puppet) and the CFF’s CTO Chip Childers stepping into the top leadership role in the organization. For the most part, though, these changes are only accelerating some of […]

At its Think Digital conference, IBM and Red Hat today announced a number of new services that all center around 5G edge and AI. The fact that the company is focusing on these two areas doesn’t come as a surprise, given that both edge and AI are two of the fastest-growing businesses in enterprise computing. […]

1. ICICI Bank Q4 net profit rises 26% to Rs 1,221 crore  Times of India
2. ICICI Bank Q4 profit grows by 26%, misses estimates on COVID-19 provisions; NPAs dip  Moneycontrol.com
3. ICICI Bank Q4 net up 26% at ₹1,221 cr but misses estimates on virus provisions  Livemint
4. ICICI Bank Q4 Results: Profit Rises 26% Even As Provisions Nearly Triple  BloombergQuint
5. ICICI Bank to announce Q4 numbers today: Here's what to watch out for  Moneycontrol.com
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Founders hunting down capital in the middle of this pandemic may feel like they’re on a fool’s errand, but some investors are still offering financing, even if the terms might not be as good as they once were. One avenue that appears to remain open: corporate venture capital. The corporate route offers its own set […]

Presenting the award for New Drama, which saw Chernobyl take out the win, the Friends star delighted fans with his presence, but left many surprised to see him there at all.

The TOWIE star, 28, admitted Chris' scuffle with a paparazzi photographer did not come as a surprise to her after they previously had an argument at the awards.

The pregnant star, 38, took to Instagram to share a sweet photo of herself with her friend Matthew Rowland, who took on the role of Dr. Pomatter, and his co-stars.

While plenty of celebrities are holed up in their Hollywood mansions amid the coronavirus pandemic, Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson are proudly giving back to the community.

Channel Seven planned to show world number one Barty's game after Nick Kyrgios' match with fellow Australian Jordan Thompson.

Kanye West dropped another lavish Valentine's Day surprise trip on wife Kim Kardashian as the couple enjoy a sweethearts getaway poolside with an ocean view.

England star Sancho was a member of City's academy and trained alongside De Bruyne but moved to Borussia Dortmund in 2017 before he had made a first-team appearance.

The unlikely skit, carried out in anticipation of the popular prison drama's return, sees Gemma,  37, trade her signature plus-size dresses for a pair of orange prison scrubs.

Orange is the New Black star Danielle Brooks was delighted by a surprise bee themed baby shower thrown by her best friend and mom in South Carolina.

Orange Is The New Black star Taryn Manning has sparked concern with a  worrying post about feeling 'isolated and terrorised'. 

Orange Is the New Black actress Laverne Cox, 47, from Alabama, was shocked to get a call from the Duchess of Sussex asking her to appear on her Vogue cover - and praised the ex-Suits star.

The eleven-time Olympic medalist proved to be a real ladies man as he escorted Carmen Electra to a nightclub after meeting her on a surprise date.

JACK GAUGHAN AT THE HIGHBURY STADIUM: Neil Critchley started coaching at Crewe's academy in his teens but taking charge of his first Blackpool fixture did not figure in the grand plan.

It's the cult Netflix show that's taking everyone by storm. But many fans may have failed to spot that British reality star Chantelle Houghton also makes an appearance in The Tiger King.

Ed Sheeran's incredible rise to music success has been documented by his dad John, in a never-before-seen exhibition set to open in his hometown of Ipswich on Tuesday.

TALK OF THE TOWN: Ed Sheeran, who was joined by James and Kutir chef Rohit Ghai, was pushing his luck as the London restaurant doesn't normally allow guests to bring their own bottle.

TV producer and chief executive of WhizzKid Entertainment Malcolm Gerrie, from Newcastle upon Tyne, had no idea why he'd been invited onto BBC Breakfast until his son Olly surprised him.

Two Siberian Huskies, Sky and Kakoa, from Arizona, were in for quite a shock as their owner dressed as a wolf to play a prank on them. Video of the hilarious encounter went viral on social media.

Jae Kim proposed to his girlfriend Maleea Brown on her 25th birthday by creating a level on Super Mario Maker 2 which spelled out: 'I love you, will you marry me?' in Seoul, South Korea.

Johnny Depp takes over as lead vocalist for a cover of David Bowie's classic song Heroes from Hollywood Vampires upcoming album Rise.

Due to recent 'revelations' made in the court case between Depp and ex wife Amber Heard, Disney executive have allegedly been 'lobbying' for the 56-year-old actor's return.

Ahead of the historic day, colourised archived images of the Allied liberation of Germany from the Nazis in the run-up to the end of World War Two have been released (pictured).

On Tuesday evening the 33-year-old Girls star was photographed kissing the movie icon, who has been single since splitting from Angelina Jolie in 2016, in front of other A listers in London.