Rowena Chiu, former assistant to Harvey Weinstein, tells the story of her alleged abuse by the former Hollywood producer and discusses how to prevent non-disclosure agreements from being used to silence the victims of crime with Pilita Clark and Kate Beioley.

Contributors: Pilita Clark, business columnist, Rowena Chiu, former assistant to Harvey Weinstein, and Kate Beioley, legal correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Start-ups and consumer giants are trying to find a solution to the deluge of plastic packaging that ends up in landfill or polluting our oceans. Finding a solution will be far more complex than just recycling more, Leila Abboud and Leslie Hook tell Pilita Clark. Read Leila's article here or listen to Ellen MacArthur talk about the plastics in our oceans here.

Contributors: Pilita Clark, business columnist, Leila Abboud, consumer industries correspondent, and Leslie Hook, environmental correspondent. Producers: Fiona Symon and Persis Love.

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Hundreds of millions of people turn to the web each day to seek answers to medical concerns. But the information they share is far from secret. Madhumita Murgia, the FT's European technology correspondent, has been looking into what happens to the personal health information we share with these websites, and she tells India Ross what she discovered..

Contributors: India Ross, tech creative producer, and Madhumita Murgia, European technology correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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2019 was the year when Saudi Arabia launched a long awaited share offering in state oil company Aramco, when Softbank lost its gloss, when accounting giants tightened their belts and when capitalism went 'woke'. Janine Gibson discusses the corporate year and what it spells for next year with Tom Braithwaite and Brooke Masters.

Contributors: Janine Gibson, editor, special projects, Tom Braithwaite, companies editor, and Brooke Masters, comment and analysis editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Iranian military leader and commander of the Quds Forces, Qassem Soleimani, was killed on the 3rd of January in a targeted US air strike at Baghdad airport, Iraq. What did Soleimani mean to Iranians and why did the US order the airstrike that killed him? Najmeh Bozorgmehr discusses the story with Andrew England.

Contributors: Andrew England, Middle East editor and Najmeh Bozorgmehr, Tehran correspondent. Producer: Persis Love

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Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has been in power for two decades and now it looks as though he intends to stay indefinitely. He has launched an overhaul of the country’s power structures that could allow him to extend his control after his official term ends in 2024. Katie Martin discusses the move with Max Seddon in Moscow and Ben Hall, Europe editor.

Contributors: Katie Martin, capital markets editor, Max Seddon, Moscow correspondent, and Ben Hall, Europe editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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The sentencing of Trump ally and political strategist Roger Stone was mired in controversy after the US president criticised a juror and the original prosecutors in the case. The same week, Donald Trump granted clemency to seven white collar criminals. Does the president have too much power over the judicial system? Brooke Masters discusses with Edward Luce and Kadhim Shubber.

Contributors: Brooke Masters, opinion and analysis editor, Edward Luce, US national editor and columnist and Kadhim Shubber, US Legal and enforcement correspondent. Producers: Fiona Symon and Persis Love.

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Western governments pledged trillions of dollars in stimulus measures to limit the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday. The FT’s global business columnist Rana Foroohar explains what it could mean for Wall Street and Main Street. Plus, Impossible Foods raises $500m in a round that will help the US-plant based burger group to see through the economic upheaval caused by the current crisis, and Joe Biden solidifies his status as the frontrunner to take on Donald Trump in November.

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Investors have bet on Gilead’s remdesivir as solution to coronavirus crisis

Fund managers and energy-hungry tech companies bankroll ‘solar-plus-storage’ projects

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

As Beijing connects the region, the Philippines weighs ‘shutdown’ risk

A boom in projects across the Permian Basin comes amid coronavirus fears and a global oil price war 

Supplier says sector should be ‘back of the queue’ for additional government support

Suffolk residents cry foul as French group seeks to continue process despite lockdown  

Customers and investors may appear immune to staff complaints but regulators have not lost interest

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

Currency softens beyond key level as investors brace themselves for more interest rate cuts

S&P 500 falls after Big Tech raises red flags over virus impact and US-China tensions ratchet higher

Potential adversaries could seek to exploit vulnerabilities triggered by pandemic, warn analysts

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

Global lockdown forces watchmakers to accelerate their digital transformation. Plus: Frédéric Arnault talks about Tag Heuer’s foray into smartwatches; smart jewellery translate sound for deaf people; and the value of vintage motorsport-themed watches is only going one way: up.

Smart jewellery can help people with disabilities but funding is needed

The need to raise donations led MIT’s Media Lab to a terrible misjudgment

Adam Neumann transformed shared offices but failed to charm stock market investors

Private banks are fighting to advise billionaires who want a lot for their money

Despite public anger, corporate regulation is likely to remain fragmented

Phones, TV and games constantly vie for our attention — but how much do they add to our lives?

Return of dispersion comes after years of similar returns across sectors

ISAL facility remains unprofitable as aluminium producers face weaker demand and prices

Homeowners must use ‘cleaner alternatives’ for coal fires and wood-burning stoves from 2021

Hundreds will lose jobs in £1.2bn turnround plan even as Jingye says 3,000 will be saved

Radioactive material at risk of supply shocks given small number of dominant mines

Lenders and lessors had little alternative but to accept the debt-for equity swap

Producers’ realised prices are lower than they appear, while traders are braced for more turmoil

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

State utility Eskom removed power to stave off grid collapse

Pretoria has waived rules that prevented mining groups generating electricity for their own use

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

Many decide to hold on to cash, triggering disputes with landlords in commercial and residential sectors

Interest rate disparity could add nearly £2,500 per month to the cost of servicing a £5m mortgage 

Cancelling payouts should not become a loyalty test

Sector faces existential moment as Trump wades into debate over Covid-19 claims

Black journalist forced America to confront the evils of lynching

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

Former pensions minister says the crisis means greater flexibility is needed 

The Pensions Regulator and former minister Sir Steve Webb take part in online debate 

Court rules government guidance that bans boycotts against foreign countries is unlawful

Homeworking prompts decline in demand for consumer group’s skin and haircare products

Consumer goods group missed its moment but there is much to keep investors onside