Many travails exist beyond being judged by your sex

Other people’s working lives are endlessly interesting — always something to learn

Everything from what you wear to your posture plays a role in how impressions are formed

Claer Barrett and Daniel Thomas hear readers’ experiences of accessing job retention scheme 

A celebrated journalist’s guide to crisp, accurate expression is full of sound advice

An entertaining inquiry into the relentless advance of American expressions among the British

Sérgio Moro was the face of nation’s long-running ‘Car Wash’ anti-corruption probe

Forecast of a quick rebound from crisis without sustaining any persistent damage is disputed

Heavy redemptions during coronavirus-induced sell-off  spark concerns

‘Anna Karenina principle’ suggests every unhappy economy is unhappy in its own way

Maker of Budweiser and Corona to cut costs by renegotiating contracts such as sponsorship deals

Many US Democrats had pushed for an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump after the Mueller probe into Russian meddling in the last US election released its findings. But it took a July telephone conversation between Mr Trump and Ukraine’s new president to persuade Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the US house of Representatives, that it was time to act. Katie Martin discusses what happens next and what we know so far with Demetri Sevastopulo, Washington bureau chief.

Contributors: Katie Martin, capital markets editor, and Demetri Sevastopulo, Washington bureau chief. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Ukraine has found itself at the centre of the US impeachment inquiry, just as new president Volodymyr Zelensky set out to fulfill his election promise to end corruption. Pilita Clark asks Ben Hall, the FT's Europe editor, what it is about Ukraine creates so much trouble in far flung places and whether it could end up harming Donald Trump's chances of re-election.

Contributors: Pilita Clark, business columnist, and Ben Hall, Europe editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Argentina’s Alberto Fernández signals country is in no state to contemplate new deals

California utility discloses $5bn pre-tax charge tied to claims

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Charity Commission intervened over £350,000 of payments to Duke of York’s private secretary

Companies from Boeing to HSBC have discovered the danger of delaying hard choices

Smaller companies in ‘epic rally’ on optimism over coronavirus and policy support

Business tycoon’s GFG Alliance makes first foray into fast-growing market after long court battle

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

Chinese producer moves to offload some of its majority holding in Australia’s Greenbushes project

Grounded travellers are facing downgrades but some airlines are rewarding loyalty

Virgin Atlantic could be followed by British Airways in abandoning UK’s second-biggest gateway

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

Non-bank lenders put on downgrade watch as sector braces for wave of borrowers not paying

Airlines and airports say 14-day isolation period would be a ‘death blow’ to industry

FCA warns failure to act could count against provider’s regulatory record

We need more and better surveys from across the globe to help us take the right course

Reducing pensioners to ‘old dears’ ignores their wisdom and physical vitality

Some families of medics who die in service will receive higher payouts than others under current rules

UK fintech plans to use recent $500m fundraising to buy rivals hit by coronavirus pandemic

Every major asset class has been disrupted

S&P 500 closes lower as investors await more evidence of progress against virus and extra stimulus

Companies with strong balance sheets are best placed for post-crisis rebuild

Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Hannah Kuchler and Gideon Rachman assess the next stage of the coronavirus crisis

An esoteric choice they may be for private investors, but if you’re selective they can add value

Jim Ratcliffe-led chemicals group adds top-flight team to growing sports portfolio

Projections suggest $300m in annual cost savings and $400m of revenue benefits

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 […]

Many zombie companies will fail, no matter how much is sprayed around by the Fed

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

Happy Saturday and welcome back to an Equity Shot, a short-form episode of Equity where we drill into one particular topic. There was so much news this week in our main areas of focus — startup funding rounds, new venture funds, that sort of thing — that we had to exclude earnings from the main […]

Good morning and welcome back to TechCrunch’s Equity Monday, a jumpstart for your week. Equity had a busy last few days, so to help you catch up: Friday’s episode was a lot of fun (Duolingo, Figma, OMERS, and aquafaba), and we also dropped an Equity Shot on Saturday, digging into the first major technology earnings week. […]

Facebook has been struggling to keep its VR hardware supply chains open for months, but at the same time they’ve reportedly been hard at work on the next generation of their popular Quest headset. According to a report in Bloomberg, Facebook had been planning to release a new version of the Oculus Quest later this […]

Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners said on Friday it will invest $1.5 billion in Reliance Jio Platforms, joining social conglomerate Facebook and Silver Lake that have also made bets on the Indian telecom giant in recent weeks. The planned announcement, which would give the U.S.-headquartered software-focused buyout firm Vista Equity Partners a 2.32% stake in […]

The coronavirus may be decimating some corners of the economy, but the impact on the digital music, as evidenced by the world’s biggest music streaming company, appears to be minimal. Today Spotify reported its earnings for Q1 with revenues of €1.848 billion ($2 billion at today’s rates) and an inching into a positive net income […]

After a quarter in which eBay, tussling with an activist investor, completed the sell-off of its ticketing business StubHub for $4 billion and saw appointed a new CEO after its previous one departed, while also weathering waves of surging demand and dodgy supply resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, today the e-commerce company reported its Q1 […]

Despite traffic for many online properties being at an all-time high, advertising has fallen off a cliff because of the downturn in consumer activity outside the home and the wider economic pressures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. And today, Twitter reported quarterly earnings that bore this trend out. The ad-based social networking and media company said that […]

Traditionally dominated by big players like Adobe and Autodesk, the world of design has been flush with a newer wave of startups that are creating collaboration spaces and new cloud-based tools designed to address the needs of creatives. Today, two of those players are combining. Dribbble, an online community for designers that lets them post […]