Investors endure a £60m blow as almost half of FTSE firms slash their dividend payouts By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 11 June 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 11 June 2020 Forty-eight FTSE 100 firms have slashed dividends – in a huge blow to investors and savers. Chemicals giant Johnson Matthey … Read more
‘Involuntarily celibate man, 23, accidentally amputated his own hand making a bomb to blow up hot cheerleaders’ Cole Carini arrived at a hospital on Tuesday with a missing hand, missing fingers on his other hand, and shrapnel wounds on his neck Carini was subsequently interviewed by police who obtained a warrant to search his home … Read more
Burberry becomes latest blue-chip company to cancel dividend in attempt to absorb £241m hit from pandemic By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:05 BST, 22 May 2020 | Updated: 22:05 BST, 22 May 2020 Tough times: The luxury retailer ditched a payout worth £120m Burberry became the latest blue-chip company to cancel its … Read more
Grim economic news is something we have had to get used to in the past two months but yesterday was something of a body blow. Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement that he was extending the jobs retention scheme until October is the most ominous of all the amendments and additions to the bailout for the economy … Read more
Double blow for borrowers as furlough scheme and mortgage holidays come to an end By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 6 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 6 May 2020 Thousands of homeowners who have taken a mortgage repayment ‘holiday’ because their finances were squeezed by the coronavirus could receive a … Read more
Oil deals a cruel blow: Shell’s decision to slash dividend and suspend share buybacks hurts investors, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 30 April 2020 | Updated: 22:26 BST, 30 April 2020 For everyone managing a pension or investment fund, Shell’s decision to slash its dividend by two-thirds … Read more
A TikTok user has gone viral after revealing a simple, yet effective hack that allows you to blow out the candles on a birthday cake without spreading germs across the frosting – allowing all those celebrating a new year during the pandemic to still enjoy the much-loved tradition. The clip, which was posted by Washington-based … Read more
Insurance giants axe dividends worth £1.3bn in fresh blow to beleaguered savers By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 8 April 2020 | Updated: 22:19 BST, 8 April 2020 Insurance giants have axed dividends worth £1.3 billion in a fresh blow to beleaguered savers. Aviva, Direct Line, Hiscox and RSA Group all … Read more
Despite desperate pleas from the industry, the Government still has yet to offer airlines a tailormade bailout deal. Companies’ calls for a safety net will likely become louder after the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global industry body, released its latest set of alarming numbers. It now reckons European airlines could lose £63billion in … Read more
Robin Hayes is coming to London from the US – and he’s bringing his $8billion low-cost airline with him. The chief executive of America’s sixth largest carrier, JetBlue – currently being violently buffeted along with rivals by the impact of the coronavirus crisis – already has a production line of Airbus 321LR aircraft fired up … Read more