EU hosts online pledging event but €7.5bn target for vaccines, testing and treatment will only be first step

Premium offered for shares as group seeks to pay back debt owed by its parent company

Cost of hiring a very large crude carrier rises past $200,000/day

UK government support needed to ensure supply of food and medicines

Subsidies and freebies to retain cash-strapped users add to sector’s financial burden

The flower is a motif found in writers from Eliot to Proust to Turgenev

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

The annual parade of work by living composers went online, performed from living rooms

Leaked Whitehall plan reveals concerns 3 years ago over extra support for sector

First time in five years that rail groups have not paid into state coffers

Plant-based alternative sales jump 200 per cent in US amid slaughterhouse closures

David Crow and guests discuss the scandal that has engulfed Credit Suisse, including the apparent suicide of a security consultant involved in a corporate espionage operation for the bank, US bank Wells Fargo's new chief executive, and the merits of the European Central Bank's interest rate policy. With special guest Jean Pierre Mustier, president of the European Banking Federation and chief executive of Italian bank UniCredit.

Contributors: David Crow, Banking editor, Sam Jones, correspondent in Zurich, Laura Noonan, US banking editor, and Patrick Jenkins, financial editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Behind the Money is a podcast from the Financial Times that takes listeners inside the business and financial stories of the moment, with reporting from FT journalists around the world. You can find Behind the Money wherever you get your podcasts, including FT.com/behindthemoney.

When credit markets seized up earlier in March, more than 130 companies rushed to their lenders to draw down at least $124bn of emergency credit lines to shore up cash, with Ford and General Motors drawing among the largest amounts. We look at how the auto industry is preparing for the economic uncertainty that lies ahead. With the FT's Peter Campbell and Gillian Tett.

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Pandemic stopped protests in Iraq, Algeria and Lebanon, but crisis likely to fuel fresh wave of unrest

President says restrictions will apply to green card applicants aiming for permanent residency

From Dickens’ London to Wordsworth’s Lakes via the painter George Shaw’s suburban “edgelands”, the British landscape has long permeated writing and visual art. On the opening of the British Library’s exhibition Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands, Jan Dalley talks to the poet Owen Sheers; the exhibition’s curator Jamie Andrews; and FT art critic Jackie Wullschlager. The travel writer Robert Macfarlane is on the line. Plus, Faber's 1998 recording of Harold Pinter reading his poem “Joseph Brearley 1909-1977” © Faber & Faber Produced by Griselda Murray Brown  

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Efforts to restore historic buildings to their original splendour tell us as much about today’s tastes as they do about yesterday’s  

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Businesses like buying contemporary art to show off their forward-thinking and investment savvy. Fair enough – but it still sits oddly with artists’ desire to provoke and subvert  

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Reduction is second in under a month as country braces for an extended coronavirus lockdown

Rwanda’s president says continent needs at least $100bn in foreign support to weather shock

Newer employees like their appraisals upfront and often

Olga Zoutendijk’s appointment as chair of ABN Amro is a landmark, and the bank is better for it

Why women must conquer their fear of networking and do it anyway

The Lancet editor on Britain’s response to coronavirus — and being labelled a pariah

Office providers warn chancellor that companies will go bankrupt without relief

All attempts to remove President Nicolás Maduro from power have failed

Big investors must adopt a tougher stance on balance sheet resilience

Renowned investor warns market correction is not over but there is value in commodities

The US president holds ownership interests in golf resorts in Scotland and Ireland

The race for the US Democratic presidential nomination is hotting up with a huge field of 23 candidates all hoping run against Donald Trump in 2020.  Courtney Weaver has focused in on one of the candidates, Kamala Harris, and she talks to Neville Hawcock about how the campaign for the Democratic nomination is shaping up. Read Courtney's article here

Contributors: Josh Noble, weekend news editor, Neville Hawcock, acting deputy editor, FT Weekend Magazine, and Courtney Weaver, Washington correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Paul Volcker, who died at the weekend, was one of the most influential monetary policy makers of the 20th century. The FT’s Gillian Tett spoke to the former central banker at his home in New York last year about his views on good government, regulating finance and US China relations. In this podcast, she shares some excerpts from the conversation.

Contributors: Katie Martin, markets editor, and Gillian Tett, chair of the FT editorial board (US). Producers: Fiona Symon and Aimee Keane

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Varying efforts to stem rise in homicides across Latin America have failed

Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell says other countries could face big ‘second wave’

Eighth consecutive cut could heap fresh pressure on already struggling lira

Business cannot expect emergency cash without sensible conditions

Legislation cuts taxes for some enterprises while increasing VAT

Virus’s swift and unforgiving economic effect may silence activists

Mortgage products tracking base rate vanish as ‘the numbers no longer stack up’ 

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

Regulatory action sought to prevent intervention from having unintended consequences

The time it takes for employees to be assessed is putting companies in delicate legal territory

Scale of unemployment underscores urgency of additional emergency relief funds

Pandemic may spur greater use of robotics in food industry to cater for virus-wary customers

Yoox-Net-a-Porter and Paul Smith join list of brands that have suspended ecommerce sales

Sportswear maker warns sales could drop as much as 40% in second quarter

The UK’s decision on Huawei should give the US cause for reflection as much as reproach

Arguments for authoritarianism and against democracy will be made with increased boldness

ExxonMobil and Chevron deploy plans for cutbacks but preserve dividends

3.19 per cent deal comes with a fee of £1,495

Pension funds need to spend less time on ESG and get back to basics