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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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JPMorgan and Goldman throw weight behind exchange start-up

MEMX is hoping to disrupt the US equities market when it launches in July




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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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Neiman Marcus creditor eyes online business in bankruptcy fight

Hedge fund calls for court investigation into 2018 transfer of MyTheresa




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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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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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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




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Four groups swoop for British Steel’s French factory

Bids complicate Chinese investor’s efforts to buy out whole of troubled company




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Aluminium industry faces huge supply glut

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




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Uranium enters bull market after Covid-19 hits supply

Prices rebound from March lows after miner Kazatomprom slashes production




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BA to cut up to 12,000 jobs as aviation outlook darkens

Parent company IAG warns it will take ‘several years’ to return to 2019 passenger levels




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Ryanair to axe up to 3,000 jobs as it warns over slow recovery

Europe’s largest low-cost airline expects return to 2019 passenger levels to take 2 years




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Clean energy groups dodge coronavirus crisis

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




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Nigerian border closures cut smuggling but drive up prices

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




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South African Airways seeks bankruptcy protection

First state company to enter business rescue since end of apartheid




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Global firms under scrutiny in Isabel dos Santos alleged corruption leak

McKinsey, BCG and PwC named in records showing allegations of looting by Angolan billionaire




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Angola’s state diamond group seeks global partners to become a top 3 producer

Endiama chief wants ‘radical change’ in overhaul of country’s scandal-hit gem industry




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UAE groups implicated in suspected violation of Libyan arms embargo 

Two Gulf companies shipped jet fuel to renegade general Khalifa Haftar, documents show




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US stocks close up 3.4% in positive start to week

S&P 500 records fourth gain in five sessions, despite new leg down for oil prices




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Coronavirus fears hit UK property market as viewings dry up

Buyers and sellers worry about risk of infection, say agents




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Unions and parent groups urge against early return to school

Calls for safety assurances despite concern over educational impact




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UK regulator to seek court ruling on business interruption insurance

Decision comes amid row between companies and insurers on what is covered under policies




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UK companies to shun business interruption insurance

Dissatisfaction grows as watchdog calls on courts to act quickly on Covid-19 disputes




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How to choose chic knobs for cupboard doors

Look for something elegant and distinctive but not overbearing




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Trying to write fiction in superfictional times

Crises have inspired classics of literature — so is the great Covid-19 novel already under way?




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Income-seeking investors face an uphill struggle 

Even dividends from stalwarts Shell and BP may be in doubt in the fallout from the Covid-19 crisis 




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How coronavirus will change fashion’s supply chains

Disruptions set to revive local manufacturing as designers look to avoid reliance on distant hubs




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Smokers stock up on tobacco and nicotine products

Legal marijuana producers also report spike in demand during lockdown 




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LVMH and L’Oréal upbeat on recovery

Luxury and beauty bellwethers predict gradual rebound once coronavirus shutdowns end




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Retail: fast fashion, interrupted

Coronavirus is highlighting more than the industry’s wasteful ways; its iniquitous supply chain is also in the spotlight




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Coronavirus and the threat to US supremacy

Two questions serve as a reality check on excessive American declinism




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Liberty Global and Telefónica agree £31bn deal to merge UK groups

Combination of O2 and Virgin Media set to transform British telecoms market




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Liberty Global and Telefónica dial up changes in ‘deal of decade’

O2 and Virgin Media’s £31bn merger is one of the biggest examples of virtual dealmaking during pandemic




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Biggest US energy groups lay out oil crash strategy

ExxonMobil and Chevron deploy plans for cutbacks but preserve dividends




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North America set for first plant supplying cobalt for electric cars

Glencore-backed First Cobalt to open Canada refinery this year in attempt to cut reliance on China




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Small caps: Group NBT surges on Hg offer




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Santander Upfront Interest Bond

Three-year savings account will pay immediate returns straight away




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Gas suppliers follow EDF’s 5 per cent price cut

First big energy supplier to pass on lower wholesale costs




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HMRC launches coronavirus income support scheme for self-employed

Cash from successful claims could reach bank accounts by end of the month




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Plumbing group Ferguson considers stateside listing

Loss would be a blow to London market and unpalatable to some UK-based fund managers




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Companies’ silence on virus is storing up problems

Listed businesses have been conspicuously slow in estimating disruption to operations




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Mexico’s Grupo Lala chief to join JAB beverages arm

Mauricio Leyva to advise German family company on expanding beverages arm




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Entrepreneurship: Nubank shakes up Brazil’s banking bureaucracy

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




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Embraer says Boeing used false claims to ditch $4bn tie-up 

Brazilian jet maker to seek damages from US group, which counters it is within its rights to terminate deal




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City watchdog looks to shake up savings market

New rules require banks to stick with a single rate after introductory deals




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Why I won’t be taking up a savings challenge

Putting aside £100 a week is just a pipe dream — and what would it achieve anyway?




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Retired customers find it harder to break up with their bank  

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