BUSINESS LIVE:  BP slashes dividend; Easyjet raises flight capacity; Diageo profits slide 

BUSINESS LIVE: BP slashes dividend; Easyjet raises flight capacity; Diageo profits slide By This Is Money Published: 08:04 BST, 4 August 2020 | Updated: 08:06 BST, 4 August 2020 BP has slashed its dividend payout to 4p per share. This is the first time it has cut the payment since the Deepwater Horizon disaster, after … Read more

Coronavirus ‘breakthrough’ as inhaled drug treatment slashes ICU admissions by 79%

Scientists believe they have found an inhaler (pictured) that blocks coronavirus from progressing in the lungs An inhaled drug cuts the risk of Covid-19 patients falling seriously ill with the life-threatening infection, according to scientists trialling the experimental treatment.  Initial results from the trial of more than 100 hospitalised Covid-19 patients found it prevented 79 per … Read more

TALK OF THE TOWN: Amazon slashes price on new book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

TALK OF THE TOWN: Amazon slashes price on new book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from £20 to £13.60 before it is even released By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:01 BST, 19 July 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 19 July 2020 The much talked-about book about … Read more

Amazon Summer Sale slashes bestselling LEGO sets by up to 30%

The Amazon Summer Sale slashes bestselling LEGO sets by up to 30%- including Harry Potter LEGO By Emily Knott For Mailonline Published: 13:48 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 13:48 BST, 8 July 2020 We’ve spotted some great discounts and deals in the Amazon Summer Sale including up to 50 per cent off Amazon’s Echo … Read more

A third of people haven’t used a new plastic £20 note as coronavirus slashes the use of cash

A third of people haven’t used a new plastic £20 note despite them being in circulation since February as coronavirus slashes the use of cash New notes were issued from February 20, about a month before lockdown started Reports have pointed to a decline in people using cash during the lockdown   In April, the spending … Read more

Wrong direction! Liam Payne slashes the price of his sprawling California estate for a third time

Liam Payne has knocked even more money off his sprawling southern California estate in a bid to finally offload the property, DailyMail.com can reveal. The One Direction star listed the semi-remote, Spanish-style home for $10,750,000 – a $3.25million drop from the price he had originally listed it for. Liam first listed the five bed home … Read more

Gambling chief in line for £30m bonus slashes staff’s pay

Gambling chief in line for £30m bonus slashes staff’s pay after dodging £3.5m fine for suicide scandal By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 1 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 June 2020 Playtech’s boss asked his staff to take a pay cut weeks before the gambling software company tried to … Read more

Seven slashes the salaries of some of its biggest stars by a whopping 20 per cent

‘Everyone is doing what they can to get through this’: Channel Seven slashes the salaries of some of its biggest stars by a whopping 20 per cent amid the COVID-19 crisis By Jessamy Tredinnick and Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:31 BST, 11 April 2020 | Updated: 04:38 BST, 11 April 2020 Channel … Read more

Coronavirus lockdown slashes air pollution in China by 25% ‘and could 36,000 lives a month’

Emissions Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the biggest contributors to global warming. After the gas is released into the atmosphere it stays there, making it difficult for heat to escape – and warming up the planet in the process.  It is primarily released from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and … Read more