Companies suffer steep share-price falls while Luckin implosion highlights risks

Airline’s operations at London’s second biggest airport face brunt of 12,000 job cuts

Europe’s largest low-cost airline expects return to 2019 passenger levels to take 2 years

Incoming CEO tells investors and carrier’s 96,000 staff that he will not duck hard decisions

Crash into negative prices jolts producers into cutting back

Central African Republic has just three ventilators for its 5m people

Households urged to consider options such as reduced payments instead of delaying debt

Calls for safety assurances despite concern over educational impact

Sharma signals tapering of scheme as Johnson prepares to announce road map out of lockdown

‘There are no warranties when you take on an insolvent company’

As corporate insolvencies soar and firms try to hang on to their cash as long as possible, expect to hear a lot more about trade credit insurance.

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

Fraudsters are exploiting fears over pandemic to target pension savers, investors and online consumers

Judicial review sought over alleged breach of 2015 law, claiming cost benefits should go to scheme members

‘Drastic revisit’ of outlook at French bank as dividend cuts and cancellations hit equities trading

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Organisers expected to delay flagship event in order to let European domestic leagues finish

Dow wipes out gains of the Trump presidency amid fears antivirus measures are inadequate

US stocks shake off loan loss warnings from country’s largest banks

Settlement house delays payout and project to let small shareholders cash out

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

Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin, Taylor Wimpey and Vistry set to reopen some operations

It is not illegitimate to change borders, but it must be done through negotiation

It is an illusion to see victory for the former US vice-president as a geopolitical calendar reset

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

Alternative providers fear it will harm competition in market for loans to small business

Tag Heuer’s digital chief sees connected watches as a point of entry to the mechanical models

Companies are seeking to tap whatever sources of affordable funding are available

Price crash provokes supply cuts but ‘all bets are off’ if second wave of pandemic hits

World’s biggest gold miner reaps rewards of pandemic price effect and Goldcorp acquisition

Online broker is revamping its charging structure

Move means hard-hit industries face another year of high bills

Covert and overt ways to interest children in learning about money

UK-based education company is still more value trap than takeover candidate

Outbreak ripples across US, European and Asian equity markets

Production costs to rise by 61% when industry invests in carbon capture

Chief expects weak demand from mills outside China to offset supply disruptions elsewhere

Take advantage of tax allowances available despite the turmoil

Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez says no other option remains but to maintain the state of alert

The Nobel laureate talks to Anjana Ahuja

German chemicals group blames Brexit and trade tensions for earnings fall

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