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

Franklin Templeton funds have lost $1.2bn on biggest Argentine positions

Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist policies have sparked protests and intercommunity violence across India. Against this backdrop, a proposed data protection bill that will allow his government free rein to spy on its citizens is causing particular concern. Madhumita Murgia discusses the bill with Benjamin Parkin in Mumbai.

Contributors: Madhumita Murgia, European technology correspondent, Benjamin Parkin, Mumbai correspondent. Producers: Persis Love and Fiona Symon

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Nation’s pharma industry has matured but is still a lot better at incremental innovation than major breakthroughs

Group says 230 jobs will be lost at Selby site at it looks to beat 2025 fossil fuel deadline

A collapse in demand is reducing prices even as central banks print money

Energy companies facing climate protests need to limit the wasteful use of their products

Hedge fund chief bets on stockmarket recovery after profiting from coronavirus sell-off

Return of dispersion comes after years of similar returns across sectors

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

Valuations do not reflect the risks that still lie ahead from coronavirus

Lockdowns have elevated the sector that some analysts thought would fall furthest in a recession

Supermajors’ status as reliable income stocks questioned as earnings plunge

Eskom will remove 6,000 megawatts of demand to avert total collapse of national grid

Petrochemicals group to launch sale of up to $2bn in shares as part of debt reduction push

Pandemic could dwarf other disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, John Neal says

Executive points to ‘heaps of liquidity’ as members get access to cash due to coronavirus

Right-hand man to President Carter from Iran hostage crisis to Salt Two arms treaty 

Pexip deal marks bright spot in otherwise bleak European IPO market

ExxonMobil and Chevron deploy plans for cutbacks but preserve dividends

Marathon cuts capital spending by $1.4bn in anticipation of 30% drop in output

For some analysts the industrial metal looks cheap, even given the Covid-19 slowdown

In contrast with many global peers, Petrobras has made scant efforts to diversify into green energy

Withdrawal fees soar to £104m and banks save £120m in ATM shake-up

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

It will be hard to help worthy US companies without also aiding private equity

As US health workers suffer from inadequate protection, there are signs of a shifting world order

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

First New York listing by a Chinese company since Luckin Coffee debacle

Quarter after quarter, familiar stories have appeared. The smartphone market, once seemingly bulletproof, has suffered. The list of factors is long, and I’ve written about them ad nauseam here, but the CliffsNotes version is: costs are too high, innovation is too incremental and most people already own a device that will be plenty good for […]

Tech companies are getting so large that Russia is fast-tracking laws aimed at developing "digital sovereignty." How will these regulations affect tech companies looking to do business in the country?

The lead European Union privacy regulator for most of big tech has put out its annual report which shows another major bump in complaints filed under the bloc’s updated data protection framework, underlining the ongoing appetite EU citizens have for applying their rights. But what the report doesn’t show is any firm enforcement of EU […]

The pandemic may feel all-encompassing at the moment, but Confluent announced a $250 million Series E today, showing that major investment continues in spite of the dire economic situation at the moment. The company is now valued at $4.5 billion. Today’s round follows last year’s $125 million Series D. At that point the company was […]

During the waning days of the first dot-com boom, some of the biggest names in venture capital invested in marketplaces and directories whose sole function was to consolidate information and foster transparency in industries that had remained opaque for decades. The thesis was that thousands of small businesses were making specialized products consumed by larger […]

Quarter after quarter, familiar stories have appeared. The smartphone market, once seemingly bulletproof, has suffered. The list of factors is long, and I’ve written about them ad nauseam here, but the CliffsNotes version is: costs are too high, innovation is too incremental and most people already own a device that will be plenty good for […]

Companies lean heavily on equity in effort to dent blow from coronavirus

Cheaper parts of the market can lag a lot more before the current global downturn ends

During the waning days of the first dot-com boom, some of the biggest names in venture capital invested in marketplaces and directories whose sole function was to consolidate information and foster transparency in industries that had remained opaque for decades. The thesis was that thousands of small businesses were making specialized products consumed by larger […]

When Britain leaves, the power imbalance between Berlin and Paris will be laid bare

The relationship of unequals has seen both Beijing and Moscow wrongfooted by the crisis

During the waning days of the first dot-com boom, some of the biggest names in venture capital invested in marketplaces and directories whose sole function was to consolidate information and foster transparency in industries that had remained opaque for decades. The thesis was that thousands of small businesses were making specialized products consumed by larger […]

Quarter after quarter, familiar stories have appeared. The smartphone market, once seemingly bulletproof, has suffered. The list of factors is long, and I’ve written about them ad nauseam here, but the CliffsNotes version is: costs are too high, innovation is too incremental and most people already own a device that will be plenty good for […]

Greater Sydney generates 23% of the Nation's GDP and will be a city of 8 million, up from 4 million, in the next 40 years.

Australian small businesses can unlock an additional $49.2 billion in output over the next ten years by making better use of existing technology, PwC analysis commissioned by Google released today shows.

With record low margins and stubborn expense to income ratios, the major banks must quickly seize the opportunity of the technology revolution or fail to keep pace with expectations.

Australian oil and gas companies will need to think bigger and embrace customers in Asia, rapidly evolve their business models, and become much more responsive to emerging trends, if they are to thrive in a challenging new global marketplace.

Zhihu may not be as well known outside of China as WeChat or ByteDance’s Douyin, but over the past eight years, it has cultivated a reputation for being one of the country’s most trustworthy social media platforms. Originally launched as a question-and-answer site similar to Quora, Zhihu has grown to be a central hub for […]

Your chances of closing your first big sale are going to be directly related to how well you’re targeting prospective customers.