RUTH SUNDERLAND: Coronavirus raises the potentially explosive problem of dodgy corporate debt By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 15 March 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 15 March 2020 Charting the right economic course through the coronavirus is almost as difficult as calibrating the right medical response. The two, of course, are … Read more
British banking is at a tipping point. Twelve years on from the financial crisis, the Big Four lenders have survived but neither their share prices nor their reputations have recovered. And now, with Brexit, only one has a settled boss in place – and she has only just been appointed. The leadership of the other … Read more
A heartbroken son fears his mother could become Britain’s next coronavirus victim after she was placed in a coma. The woman, in her 60s from Sunderland, was the first person in the city diagnosed with the virus. A man in his 80s with underlying health conditions became the sixth person to die from COVID-19 on … Read more
Who would be in Rishi Sunak’s shoes? The young Chancellor – he is yet to turn 40 –has only been in Number 11 for about a month, after the previous occupant unexpectedly resigned. No wonder he has been fortifying himself with cups of strong Yorkshire Tea. By all accounts he is a sharp and impressive … Read more
Nissan backs Brexit Britain by ploughing £400m into its Sunderland car plant By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 6 March 2020 | Updated: 23:36 GMT, 6 March 2020 Nissan is ploughing £400million into its Sunderland car plant in a vote of confidence in Brexit Britain. The Japanese car maker yesterday unveiled … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Global markets will ride out the coronavirus crisis Global stock markets have fallen to their worst levels since 2016 China’s supply chain dominance makes the epidemic more problematic than SARs, as China only accounted for 5% of world economy in 2003 Markets will bounce back but investors will have to be patient By Ruth Sunderland … Read more
Markets were still reeling yesterday following the turmoil on Monday due to fears over coronavirus, and we are not out of the woods, either in terms of the health crisis or as investors. No one, not even the world’s leading epidemiologists, knows how this is going to unravel. What we do know is that coronavirus … Read more