The pandemic delivered the deepest and swiftest American downturn in modern history in the first half of 2020, with unemployment soaring to 22m and output plunging. As the presidential election campaign enters its final 60 days, the strategy of Democrat candidate Joe Biden is to pin the blame for the cruel economic fallout on Donald … Read more
North Korea ‘executes five Economic Ministry workers after they criticised Kim’s policies at a dinner party’ It is thought the communist party officials were shot by firing squad on July 30 The five men had openly discussed stagnant economy in militarised nation state Their families are said to have also been transferred to a political … Read more
There are markets on both sides of the Atlantic that are prone to sporadic bouts of mania – and it looks as if we are witnessing a frenzy now even as the coronavirus crisis twists and turns. Seemingly economic gravity-defying stints are being put in by the property market in the UK and the stock … Read more
Industry leaders warn future of thousands of businesses ‘hangs in the balance’ as High Street is left behind in UK’s economic recovery By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 21 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 21 August 2020 The future of thousands of businesses ‘hangs in the balance’ as the High … Read more
Ministers should be doing more to get workers back into the office, a Daily Mail poll reveals. Voters fear that Britain’s economic recovery will be hampered if staff continue to stay away from city centres. The survey, conducted by JL Partners, found that 47 per cent want the Government to step up efforts to encourage … Read more
‘Over expansion’ of universities is leaving poorer students with ‘heavy debts for little economic benefit’ think tank warns as it calls for ‘radical reform’ of sector Dr Lee Jones and Dr Philip Cunliffe penned the report on universities’ struggles They recommend closing and merging some as well as making entry harder Universities are already facing … Read more
BUSINESS LIVE: Bank of England warns Britain still facing record economic slump as it keeps interest rates on hold at 0.1%; ITV’s profits plummet 93% By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: 08:11 BST, 6 August 2020 | Updated: 08:11 BST, 6 August 2020 The Bank of England has warned that Britain is facing a record … Read more
The scale of the Covid-19 jobs bloodbath has been laid bare as a Mail audit found 135,000 jobs in Britain are facing the axe. Analysis of the threat of redundancies since the virus took hold has revealed 230,000 jobs are set to go both here and abroad at more than 100 of Britain’s biggest firms. … Read more
The scale of the Covid-19 jobs bloodbath has been laid bare as a Mail audit found 135,000 jobs in Britain are facing the axe. Analysis of the threat of redundancies since the virus took hold has revealed 230,000 jobs are set to go both here and abroad at more than 100 of Britain’s biggest firms. … Read more
Rescuers searched for survivors in Beirut yesterday after a cataclysmic explosion at the port sowed devastation across entire neighbourhoods, killing more than 100 people, wounding thousands and plunging Lebanon deeper into crisis. Bullet holes remain studded into walls around Beirut, a reminder of the brutal and bloody civil war that ended 20 years ago but … Read more