World’s top central banks offer three-month dollar…

Bank of England teams up with central banks in Canada, Japan, Europe, the US and Switzerland in extraordinary co-ordinated global response to coronavirus crisis Banks agreed to offer three-month credit in US dollars cheaper than usual rate   Move follows a surprise rate cut by the Federal Reserve amid Covid-19 crisis  Fed’s move was designed to … Read more

Police shoot man dead in central London but incident is not being treated as terror-related

Police shoot knife-wielding man dead in central London but incident is not being treated as terror-related Suspect armed with two knives shot dead by armed officers in Westminster Metropolitan Police confirmed the incident is not being treated as terror-related Officers saw man ‘acting suspiciously’ before he drew knives and was Tasered Roads were closed as after … Read more

From New Amsterdam to Baghdad Central and Dirty Money: The best on demand TV this week   

AMAZON  New Amsterdam Based on the book Twelve Patients: Life And Death At Bellevue Hospital by Eric Manheimer, this medical drama stars The Blacklist’s Ryan Eggold as Dr Max Goodwin, the new medical director at one of America’s oldest public hospitals.  The Blacklist ’s Ryan Eggold (above, with Janet Montgomery) plays Dr Max Goodwin, the new … Read more

Liquidity injection from China’s Central Bank turns the trading screens green on New Year’s

MARKET REPORT: New Year Beijing bounce for stock markets as China central bank pumps an extra £87bn into the economy  Chinese Central Bank gives the market a whooping £87billion kick-start  Move comes off the back of the US-China trade war and a weak year for the SSE  FTSE, DAX, and the DOW were nudged up … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Shares bounce back as central banks cut interest rates

Markets regained steam as traders pinned their hopes on other central banks following the US example and cutting interest rates. Investors initially balked at the Federal Reserve’s shock move on Tuesday to make the first emergency cut to rates since the financial crisis. The measure was intended to combat the effects of the rapidly spreading … Read more