CAPITAL GEARING TRUST: Long-term growth and cash preservation

CAPITAL GEARING TRUST: Focusing on long-term growth and preserving cash rather than providing an income By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 10 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 10 July 2020 WHAT IS IT? It aims to grow investors’ money over the long term, rather than providing an income, and particularly … Read more

Volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean is experiencing a ‘growth spurt’

Volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean is experiencing a ‘growth spurt’ – adding nearly 500 feet of land in under a month Nishinoshimay, a volcanic island,  sits some 600 miles south of Tokyo, Japan  Experts observed multiple eruptions since May that have added to its land mass Since June, some 500 feet has been added … Read more

Treatment that burns fat and stimulates muscle growth in mice could reverse physical ageing

Reversing physical ageing could be as simple as giving people a treatment that encourages their body to burn fat and promote muscle growth, study finds.  Researchers from the University of Bonn worked from the idea that a fatter stomach and shrinking muscles are common signs of ageing that ‘could be reversed’.  This treatment – which … Read more

Janet Street Porter wears a plaster on her nose after having a skin cancer growth removed

Janet Street-Porter has appeared on This Morning with a large plaster across her nose after having a skin cancer growth removed. The presenter, 73, smiled as she reassured the show’s hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield that although her bandage looked ‘frightening’ she was ‘fine’. She explained how she had the procedure a week ago, after … Read more

Data shows 23% of US counties are seeing uncontrollable COVID growth

About 23 percent of counties across the United States are now seeing an uncontrollable growth in new COVID-19 infections, according to a data map – as model projections show Phoenix could see 28,000 new cases a day by July 18.  A color-coded data map, compiled by spatial analytics company Esri, shows how the US is … Read more

Plants can absorb tiny pieces of plastic through their roots that stunt their growth

Plants can absorb tiny pieces of plastic through their roots that stunt their growth and reduce their nutritional value, study shows Waste plastic can break down into tiny particles that pollute the environment US and Chinese researchers have shown that these pollutants can get into plants They found that nanoplastics build up in Arabidopsis differently based … Read more

Baillie Gifford American has a 10-year plan for growth

Baillie Gifford American is not a fund for income seekers, but it has a 10-year plan for growth By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:54 BST, 13 June 2020 | Updated: 21:54 BST, 13 June 2020 Investment fund Baillie Gifford American has an outstanding performance record. Over the past five years, it has … Read more

Shaun Ryder reveals he faced a cancer scare in lockdown due to a benign growth on his testicle

‘I now think I’m not invincible’: Shaun Ryder reveals he has faced a cancer scare in lockdown after discovering benign growth on his testicle By Ellie May Donohoe For Mailonline Published: 01:56 BST, 9 June 2020 | Updated: 09:44 BST, 9 June 2020 Shaun Ryder has revealed he faced a cancer scare during lockdown due … Read more

Just five FTSE 100 companies deliver on dividend growth 

REVEALED: Coronavirus cuts leave just five FTSE 100 firms that have delivered on a decade of dividend growth Just five companies in the UK’s blue chip index have paid a dividend every year for the past decade and forecast dividend growth of at least 2 per cent this year The same can be said for … Read more

House price growth started to slow before lockdown official figures show

The pace of house price growth seen since the start of the year had already begun to slow down in February before the market was frozen by the virus lockdown, new official data shows. While property prices have risen by an average of £2,000 to £230,000 in the last year, the monthly upturn in prices … Read more