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WeWork sues SoftBank for backing out of $3bn deal

Move escalates hostilities between investors who helped drive sky-high valuation of office group before its crash last year

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Exxon Mobil Corp
Exxon slashes capital investment by $10bn 

US energy group to preserve cash for dividend as oil demand collapses in face of coronavirus

Accountancy
Accountancy firms weigh up reputational risk of furloughing staff

UK’s top six companies debate whether it would be ‘appropriate’ to accept government funds

Private equity
Air Liquide sells hand sanitiser business to private equity group

EQT Partners in exclusive talks to buy Schülke as it ramps up production during coronavirus pandemic

Plus500 Ltd
Plus500 revenue soars nearly 500% as volatility fuels boom in bets

Turbulent markets triggered by coronavirus pandemic boost activity for online trading platform

AXA SA
Axa criticises regulatory confusion over dividend policy

Chief executive Thomas Buberl says different guidance between countries ‘difficult to accept’

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Executive Pay
The CEO’s coronavirus conundrum: how much pay to sacrifice?

After calls to ‘share the pain’, bosses are taking lower salaries to quell investor anger

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Energy: how Texas learned to love solar power

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

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SoftBank: inside two weeks of turmoil that squeezed Masayoshi Son

How the Japanese billionaire was forced to take drastic action to shore up confidence in his tech empire

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Rolls-Royce shows it's the cuts that count

Warren East jettisons his targets; VCs should not abandon their start-ups

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Business disruption insurance: can it help with coronavirus?

Insurers insist pandemics are excluded from policies but the wording may leave loopholes

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