Online marketplaces must be responsible for what they sell, says consumer organisation Beuc

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Foreign investor subscriptions less than 11% as data confirms scaled back ambitions

State-owned oil company’s $1.7tn valuation falls short of kingdom’s ambitions

State funds and families encouraged to buy shares in pursuit of Prince Mohammed target

Stock climbs by maximum amount after world’s biggest IPO

Beirut hit by another sovereign bond downgrade amid political crisis

London-based Ashmore bet heavily on the country’s short-term debt

Investors seeking safe haven for cash are driving a real estate boom

Goldman exercises option to sell more stock, bringing total proceeds to $29bn

Wall Street banks that advised on record IPO snub oil group with tepid ratings

Fans cheer prospect of Ashley exit but obstacles remain to getting deal across line

Khalid al-Falih to lead a new government ministry for investment

Kingdom to raise crude production and offer deep discounts just as coronavirus hits demand

Decision to drive down crude price after Russia row will hit revenue

Middle East-focused group’s discovery follows revelations over undisclosed debt

Capital expenditure expected to fall 23% at state energy company

State-backed company says it can sustain 12m barrels a day for up to a year

Rare sign of investor confidence in industry battered by coronavirus pandemic

Berlin’s property boom is the setting for Cüneyt Kaya’s film

The much-loved film critic traces how the nation’s film industry found its voice in a three-part series on BBC4

Shelagh McLeod’s film is a small, warm drama of space and family

Small changes promise big differences to female chefs mixing work and family life

EU-funded projects are returning migrants to a dangerous conflict zone, critics say

Indian entrepreneur claims a small group of executives were involved at the hospital group

Kingdom battles to protect economy in face of oil rout and fallout from pandemic

Pompeo insists Washington is still participant of accord despite 2018 withdrawal

Tala al-Jabri is among a rising number of female professionals in the kingdom

Critics of AI platforms doubt whether they eliminate human interviewers’ prejudices

Trade union issues warning as coronavirus fears leave 11,000 crew members stranded at sea 

Mobile operator’s move could potentially delay sale already affected by coronavirus upheaval

This cornucopia of vegetation in ceramic and bronze is the apotheosis of the style

Downing Street says any changes will be ‘very limited’ to avoid second peak of infections

Indigenous protests over gas project are snarling rail traffic and hurting businesses

Naturalist and broadcaster says £106bn rail scheme will destroy 700 wildlife sites

UK transport company has come under pressure from US activist to sell school bus and transit divisions

Support for five networks around England follows coronavirus rescue packages for bus and train sectors

Three quarters of leisure operators say margins too thin to support fewer customers, according to survey

In China, a shrinking bottom line has intensified the already tense affair of splitting profits

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Deutsche Bank's radical overhaul, Andrea Orcel's lawsuit against Santander and Ireland's plans to expand Dublin as a financial centre. With special guest Michael D'Arcy, Irish financial services minister.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Olaf Storbeck, Frankfurt financial correspondent, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss what Citigroup's results tell us about the US bank earnings season, Standard Chartered chief Bill Winters' defiant response to investor criticism of his pay packet, and how banks are tackling the problem of money laundering, With special guest Brandon Daniels of Exiger 

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Robert Armstrong, US banking editor, David Crow, banking editor, and Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss how the overhaul at Deutsche Bank is going, catch up with the challenges facing challenger banks and look at why Citigroup is coming under pressure to restructure. With special guest Mark Mullen, chief executive of Atom Bank

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, David Crow, banking editor, Nick Megaw, retail banking correspondent, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producers: Andrew Georgiades and Fiona Symon

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss push-payment fraud in the UK and who should compensate the victims, why Deutsche Bank is coming under pressure from investors to appoint a new investment banking chief, and why JPMorgan Chase in the US has been selling off loans from its balance sheet. With special guests: Stephen Jones, chief executive of the banking association UK Finance and Rushanara Ali, Labour MP and member of the UK Treasury Select Committee.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, and Robert Armstrong, US financial editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Move in response to UN call to focus on preventing Covid-19 outbreak in war-torn country

Financial Action Task Force said Gulf state not doing enough to stem dirty financial flows

An activist who dug his own course in pursuit of reform

In fashion, timing is everything. When coronavirus turned the world upside down, these new brands had to pivot quickly to survive

‘The Impossible Collection’ offers a 9.5kg overview of the designer’s whole career

From shouts of “he’s behind you” at a Christmas pantomime to truly “immersive” productions in which audience members shape the action, audience participation is rife. The radical Belgian theatre company Ontroerend Goed – known for shows that test theatrical as well as moral boundaries – are now staging their latest play, Audience, at London’s Soho Theatre. Sarah Hemming, FT theatre critic, talks to Matthieu Sys, an actor in Audience, Neville Hawcock, the FT’s deputy arts editor, and the critic Suzi Feay about the changing role of the audience. Produced by Griselda Murray Brown  

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