Parts of the world could face ‘nearly unlivable’ conditions by 2070 if humans do not tackle climate change, a new study warns. The researchers predict that nearly 3.5 billion people are likely to live in climate conditions that are ‘warmer than conditions deemed suitable for human life to flourish.’ Unless greenhouse gas emissions are dramatically … Read more
Bill Gates is spending billions of dollars building factories to develop a vaccine against coronavirus. The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropic billionaire said seven vaccine makers had secured funding but admitted that mountains of cash may be lost before a cure is found. He revealed the mammoth investment on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah after … Read more
Retail chiefs say billions of pounds worth of clothing is being prepared for huge ‘liquidation sale’ By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:56 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 23:10 BST, 4 April 2020 Billions of pounds worth of clothing is being prepared for a huge ‘liquidation sale’, retail chiefs have told The … Read more
For ten years, we were told there was no magic money tree. But austerity is over. In war, everything is different – and what we are witnessing is a classic case of war financing by the Government. The Chancellor Rishi Sunak is putting no limit on what he spends both to combat the coronavirus pandemic … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s employment support package will cost the taxpayer billions of pounds a month, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said tonight. IFS director Paul Johnson said the final cost to the Exchequer of paying up to 80% of the wages of workers whose jobs were under threat from the coronavirus outbreak was ‘unknowable’. … Read more
‘People like us, we need power’: Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti reignite their rivalry in a dramatic new trailer for season five of Billions By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:50 GMT, 20 March 2020 | Updated: 05:03 GMT, 20 March 2020 Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti face off in a new trailer … Read more
The scale of the Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Covid-19 rescue package for Britain’s hard-pressed businesses — big corporations and smaller enterprises — is startling in both its scale and ambition. At its core is a promise to help the bigger corporations survive the crisis with £330 bn of easy credit from the Bank of England that … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Billions up for grabs from training By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 14 March 2020 Learning Technologies Group may also see sales rise, as companies and governments reflect on the impact of coronavirus. The company provides digital training courses for businesses … Read more
Crackdown on tax avoidance and evasion to raise billions for Treasury coffers By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 22:28 GMT, 11 March 2020 The Government said that new measures will recover £4.7bn in tax in tax by 2024/25 that would otherwise have been lost A crackdown on … Read more
Asset managers M&G and Standard Life see billions pulled out of funds in sign savers are shunning active stock-pickers By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:49 GMT, 10 March 2020 | Updated: 22:49 GMT, 10 March 2020 Two of Britain’s biggest asset managers saw investors pull billions of pounds out of their funds … Read more