First country to get a vaccine could have an economic as well as a health advantage

The president has turned his populist fire on big business, but is he attacking corporate greed or political opponents?

Retail services group’s new Shop app needs a price gimmick to lure buyers in

Trump ally Tom Barrack’s investment group in talks with lenders over hotel and nursing home debt

Two experts debate the long-term impact on inflation of the Covid-19 rescue packages

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is building the case for his own impeachment

The Jimmy Choo shoe designer says jewellery has influenced her work

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

Earnings of $3.6bn exceeded expectations ahead of collapse in global oil demand

Business contestants battle for $1m prize money in glitzy televised extravaganza

Nikkei 225 average drops 16 per cent over the week amid broad pandemic-linked sell-off

Country becomes first in world to halt all stock, bond and currency trading

Strategy shift comes shortly after $1.4tn fund’s CIO tweeted he was stepping down

Our columnists’ thoughts on corporate and global debt, and economists’ Covid-19 approach

Former chancellor urges lenders to keep credit flowing and not just weather the storm

Strategic decisions by chief executive make the Dutch company a safe bet

Personal care group boosted by stockpiling frenzy ahead of lockdown

Billionaire investor hits winning bets in global macro after closing to external money

Coronavirus-linked turmoil draws many investors out into the open

Investors say ‘astounding’ number of unemployment claims in US had been priced into markets

Failed outsourcer’s work on Liverpool and Birmingham hospitals running years behind schedule

Chief Jon Lewis admits outsourcer has ‘more to do and requires more investment’ than expected

Taylor Wimpey and Barratt halt work in effort to stem spread of coronavirus

Move comes amid escalating political row with London’s mayor over coronavirus risks

Activist investor sought to take control of strategy at French group led by Arnaud Lagardère

French energy group makes emissions pledge as first-quarter profits drop 35%

Coronavirus exposes nation’s post-Fukushima vulnerability

Corporate bond links income and capital to inflation

More options for savers seeking real returns

James Max, the FT columnist, takes questions from readers about the misery of household chores

Russia's coronavirus outbreak worsens and Federal Reserve research finds a correlation between deaths from the influenza pandemic in 1918-1920 and extremist voting in Germany in 1932 and 1933

Zeitgold has raised a Series B round of $29.2 million (€27 million). Overall, the company has raised more than $54 million (€50 million). The company is building a software platform for small companies to automate bookkeeping as much as possible. Vintage Investment Partners is leading today’s round with existing investors Battery Ventures, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, […]

Like other accelerators, Techstars, a network of more than 40 corporate and geographically targeted startup bootcamps, has had to bring its marquee demo day events online. Over the last two weeks of April, industry-focused accelerators working with startups building businesses around mobility technologies (broadly) and the future of the home joined programs in Abu Dhabi, […]

Banked, a London-based fintech using open banking to enable account-to-account payments at checkout (and beyond), has raised £2.35 million in further seed funding. The round was led by Force Over Mass, with participation from previous investors Backed and Acrew Capital, along with a number of high-net-worth individuals, such as Paul Forster (co-founder of Indeed.com). It […]

The Europas Awards — which have been recognising the hottest European tech startups in since 2009 — are now open for the public voting stage, prior to the formal judging process. The entries have been sorted and sifted by journalists to compile an editorially-driven ‘long list’ of some of Europe’s most exciting startups and investors. […]

VC fund Runa Capital was launched with $135 million in 2010, and is perhaps best known for its investment into NGINX, which powers many web sites today. In more recent years it has participated or led investments into startups such as Zipdrug ($10.8 million); Rollbar this year ($11 million); and Monedo (for €20 million). HQ’d […]

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

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

The coronavirus pandemic is significantly slowing the growth of Facebook’s ads business, but investors seem pleased with the company’s performance in Q1 after Facebook released its earnings report Wednesday. The company beat Wall Street expectations on revenues, sharing that they had made $17.74 billion while falling short on earnings per share at $1.71. The company […]

This week we continue to look at how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting the world of apps, plus the use of live-streaming apps as fundraising tools and more.

Trump impeachment hearings go public

TV debate vacates centre ground

UK election campaign fights for national health

COP25 attempts to confront climate change

Democrats gear up for US impeachment

Boris Johnson rules out trade deal extension

The world faces increasing temperatures

Tensions in Iraq and North Korea greet Trump’s re-election plans

Carlos Ghosn takes the stage

‘Phase one’ deal provides only limited relief in US-China trade war