Twitter sales plunge 27% but users grow

Twitter sales plunge 27% but users grow amid ‘global conversation’ about coronavirus pandemic By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 30 April 2020 | Updated: 22:25 BST, 30 April 2020 Twitter revealed record numbers of new accounts but swung into a loss as the coronavirus crisis hit spending by advertisers. The US … Read more

John Lewis sales plunge by up to a third despite online order surge

John Lewis sales have taken a nose dive after it was forced to shut stores across the country in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The embattled high street retailer was already facing one of the toughest periods in its history at the start of the year as group profits plunged to £146 million, down … Read more

Primark owner furloughs 68,000 workers as fashion chain’s sales plunge from £650m a month to zero

The UK’s high street woes continue amid the coronavirus lockdownas 68,000 Primark staff are furloughed across Europe and Cath Kidston’s 60 stores face permanent closure. The owner of budget fashion firm Primark also revealed a £248 million hit for unsold stock as all its stores remain shut. Associated British Foods boss George Weston said the … Read more

Bank Holiday Glumday! Temperatures PLUNGE from 73F to 41F

Bank Holiday Glumday! Temperatures PLUNGE from 73F to 41F as the Easter heatwave is replaced by chilly northerly winds and the risk of FROST Sunbathers across the country flouted the coronavirus lockdown rules over the weekend to bask in the heat But parts of the UK will suffer bitterly cold temperatures overnight with Scotland anticipating … Read more

Taking the plunge… but will his ship come in? ROALD DAHL’s tense tale Dip In the Pool

There was no point in pretending that he had the slightest chance of winning the pool now – not unless the goddam ship started to go backwards.  They’d have to put her in reverse and go full speed astern and keep right on going if he was to have any chance of winning it now. … Read more

London markets open 5% down after 291-point plunge

London markets open 5.3% down after 312-point plunge to 5,564 in response to Trump’s EU visitors ban in bid to stem spread of coronavirus FTSE 100 plunges yet again today as investors are rattled by travel restrictions  Donald Trump imposed ban in an attempt to halt the coronavirus pandemic Index of Britain’s leading companies falls … Read more

Lookers sees share price plunge 20% after announcing results delay

Car dealer Lookers sees share price plunge 20% and delays results after finding suspected fraud in its books The number of annual new car registrations last year was its lowest for 6 years  New chief executive Mark Raban was the former CFO of Marshall Motor Holdings Lookers originally sold bicycles and bicycle parts before becoming … Read more

Here are 10 morale-boosting reasons why Britain shouldn’t plunge into coronavirus despair 

The number of infections is accelerating, stock markets are plummeting and airlines are cancelling flights.  Shops have run out of hand sanitiser and increasing numbers of people are wearing face masks — if they can manage to buy one at an affordable price. But are we panicking too much over Covid-19?  Clearly, the disease is … Read more

Studio 10 is ‘facing the AXE’ after ratings plunge to a worrying new low

Studio 10 is ‘facing the AXE’ after ratings plunge to a worrying new low – as insiders claim Denise Drysdale is the morning show’s ‘only hope’ Do you know more? Email [email protected]  By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:39 GMT, 8 March 2020 | Updated: 00:32 GMT, 9 March 2020 Studio 10 is … Read more

Asian stock markets plunge overnight with worse to come in coronavirus panic

Asian markets plummeted overnight, tracking a collapse in New York and Europe as the coronavirus spread rapidly around the world with the WHO warning the deadly epidemic was now at a ‘decisive point’. Tokyo and Jakarta were hammered more than four percent, while Shanghai, Sydney, Seoul and Bangkok tanked more than three percent each. The … Read more