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Stelios complains to regulator as easyJet row intensifies

Founder urges FCA to act as he presses airline to cancel multibillion pound Airbus order




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Virus outbreak on French warship sparks military weakness fears

Potential adversaries could seek to exploit vulnerabilities triggered by pandemic, warn analysts




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US regulator grants exemption for drone flight during lockdown

Oil and gas company in Texas given approval to use unmanned aircraft to inspect vital infrastructure




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Airbus is ‘bleeding cash’, says chief executive

Guillaume Faury tells employees in letter that lockdown threatens manufacturer’s existence




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Airbus: braced for impact

The pandemic has made airlines reluctant or unable to accept new jets




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Boeing investors could wait ‘years’ for dividend to return

Aircraft maker’s chief executive says focus will be on rebuilding balance sheet post-pandemic




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Boeing cuts jobs and production as aircraft demand sinks

‘We will be a smaller company for a while,’ says chief David Calhoun




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Boeing taps bond market for $25bn to tide it over corona crisis

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




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Hedge funds bet on gold as refuge from ‘unfettered’ currency printing

Big-name investors such as Elliott and Caxton act on concerns over debasement of money




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Traders brace for reform of US data releases

Banning computers from ‘lock-ups’ forces rethink on how markets respond




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FCA researchers outline $5bn ‘tax’ imposed by high-speed trading

Paper released by UK regulators homes in on tactic known as latency arbitrage




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Fund managers push LSE for shorter trading hours

Eight-and-a-half-hour day is needlessly long, say customers




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EU regulator allows short delay to new rules on failed trades

Industry bodies had been lobbying for longer postponement over fears of hit to bond markets




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Intercontinental Exchange chief defends eBay approach 

NYSE owner did not ‘lose its mind’, says Jeffrey Sprecher




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US market data shake-up aims to narrow HFTs’ advantage

SEC sets out proposal to provide investors with faster, broader trading figures




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Banks fear Ion/Broadway deal will push up forex fees

Acquisition allows group to build bigger share of the $6.6tn-a-day market




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LSE’s $27bn deal for Refinitiv faces heat in Brussels

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




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TP ICAP hits record trading volumes from market volatility

UK interdealer broker forecasts low single-digit revenue growth for the year




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Banks press exchanges for virus contingency plans

Industry associations demand detail to manage risk of trading from home




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ABN Amro takes $200m hit from failure of a single client

Dutch bank was forced to close out positions at substantial loss




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NYSE to review circuit-breakers after sharp drops

US benchmark S&P 500 can drop a maximum 7 per cent before first protection kicks in




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LSE to pay dividend after riding market turbulence

Frantic trading across financial markets pushes revenues up at the exchange and financial data group




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Interactive Brokers takes $88m hit from crude futures collapse

Shares in brokerage firm drop overnight after it discloses payments to clearing houses




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Refinitiv’s data-race struggle highlights LSE challenge

Business being bought from Blackstone-led consortium has lost ground to Bloomberg




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US options exchanges prepare to reopen trading floors

Arca in San Francisco and Box in Chicago will throw open their doors on Monday




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Neiman Marcus creditor eyes online business in bankruptcy fight

Hedge fund calls for court investigation into 2018 transfer of MyTheresa




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Prince Andrew repaid own charity after queries from regulator

Charity Commission intervened over £350,000 of payments to Duke of York’s private secretary




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My favourite pieces: Sandra Choi travels far for good accessories

The Jimmy Choo shoe designer says jewellery has influenced her work




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Watches to watch: 10 models from this year’s announcements

Watchmakers press on with new releases, despite the coronavirus




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Fashion lovers snap up revamps of famous watches

Tweaked timepieces popular with public but some original makers cry foul




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Wearables speak up for the deaf and the lonely

Smart jewellery can help people with disabilities but funding is needed




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Lockdown lunches: how to make French onion soup

Tim Hayward helps the FT's Daniel Garrahan turn his kitchen into a Parisian bistro




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Invent a greener milk carton for the world

Tetra Pak’s innovation overtook the glass bottle but it needs to be improved




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Jeffrey Epstein found the weakness of universities

The need to raise donations led MIT’s Media Lab to a terrible misjudgment




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Dyson and the art of making quick decisions

Companies from Boeing to HSBC have discovered the danger of delaying hard choices




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The perfect apple and the Cosmic Crisp

The biggest brand launch since the Pink Lady is changing the nature of the fruit




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A diamond is not forever at a fashion house

LVMH’s $14.5bn bid for Tiffany shows power passing from gem miners to luxury marketers




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The Ride of a Lifetime — life at the top of Disney

The story of Robert Iger’s career as a leader is a thoughtful tale of surviving disruption




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China’s internet interference is TikTok famous

The video app loved by teenagers is powered by artificial intelligence and protectionism




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The trends that shaped a decade of domestic life

From high-tech to hygge, our homes changed at top speed in the 2010s — what will the 2020s bring?




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Investors hunt for ‘survivors’ in US earnings season

In crisis mode, profits and growth matter much less than ability to ride out a downturn




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Stockpickers failed to take ‘big chance’ in market rout

Rise of volatility and dispersion was supposed to bring a change of fortunes versus passive




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China’s US stock market flops raise governance concerns  

Companies suffer steep share-price falls while Luckin implosion highlights risks




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Charts that Count: why the market ignores the layoffs

FT's Robert Armstrong looks at a disconnect between the US stock market and the economy




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Coronavirus fallout deals small US companies a double blow

Small-cap stocks underperformed large-caps throughout the bear market and rally




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US stocks fall following new wave of jobless claims

European equities slip after ECB launches fresh push to bolster region’s banking system




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Energy group EN+ to buy back stake from Russia’s VTB

Recently sanctioned London-listed company seeks to simplify ownership structure




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Rio weighs closure of Icelandic smelter as it struggles with power costs

ISAL facility remains unprofitable as aluminium producers face weaker demand and prices




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Gupta completes acquisition of bankrupt Indian steelmaker

Business tycoon’s GFG Alliance makes first foray into fast-growing market after long court battle




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Sanjeev Gupta pledges to invest €2bn as part of emissions fight

Liberty Steel to modernise European plants in effort to become carbon neutral