MARKET REPORT: Pearson pledges to pay dividend

MARKET REPORT: Textbook publisher Pearson pledges to pay out its dividend despite a drop in revenues By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 24 April 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 24 April 2020 Textbook publisher Pearson has pledged to pay out its dividend despite a drop in revenues.  The education group will … Read more

TikTok pledges $375 MILLION in coronavirus aid with a portion going to its online community

TikTok pledges $375 MILLION in coronavirus relief aid with a portion of it going to its online community of artists who need money for essentials TikTok is helping those impacted by the coronavirus by donating $375 million The funds will be used to help medical staff purchases supplies they need They are also giving money … Read more

China pledges to import more US goods if Trump scraps new tariffs

China pledges to import more US goods if Trump scraps new tariffs as world’s two largest economies agree trade pact By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:57 BST, 15 January 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 15 January 2020 The US and China moved a step closer to resolving their 18-month trade war after … Read more

Ivy boss Richard Caring pledges to feed thousands of medical staff by opening up kitchens

Ivy boss orders up thousands of dishes for the NHS: Hospitality mogul Richard Caring pledges to feed thousands of medical staff by opening up kitchens at his luxurious restaurants including at private members’ club Annabel’s Richard Caring pledges to feed thousands of NHS workers in coronavirus crisis Mr Caring, aged  71, will open his restaurant kitchens … Read more

Stock market losses hit £793bn as Fed pledges unlimited emergency cash

Stock market losses reach £793bn as US Federal Reserve pledges unlimited emergency cash By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 23 March 2020 | Updated: 22:08 GMT, 23 March 2020 More than £60billion was wiped off the stock market yesterday – taking total losses since the coronavirus pandemic hit to £793billion.  On … Read more

Taliban pledges not to kill healthcare workers as fear of a coronavirus spreads in Afghanistan 

The Taliban have pledged their readiness to cooperate with healthcare workers instead of killing them, as fear of a coronavirus epidemic spreads in Afghanistan.    Whatever reservations the militants previously held over eradicating the crippling disease, they have now clearly grasped the dangers posed by the pandemic sweeping the rest of the world. In the past … Read more

Together we can do this: Tesco boss urges calm and pledges to keep food coming into stores

Tesco’s chief executive Dave Lewis It’s been a tough week for the whole country. No one is untouched. No one immune to challenges we face as a country. Covid-19 is bringing huge changes to the way we live and work. Sadly, we are closer to the beginning of all this than the end, but it’s … Read more

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledges the Olympics will go ahead as planned

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledges the Olympics will go ahead as planned despite other high-profile sporting events falling victim to coronavirus pandemic Abe said the Tokyo Olympics would go ahead as scheduled in July this year Donald Trump suggested yesterday that they should be postponed by a year Japan has so far reported more … Read more

Network Rail pledges 41,000 staff and £2m cash boost to tackle fly-tipping and litter

We’ve all seen it, we all hate it, and we’re doing something about it – the litter and graffiti that’s a disgrace to our railways. That’s why I’m delighted that Network Rail is supporting the Daily Mail’s campaign to back the Great British Spring Clean. From great Victorian stations to soaring viaducts, our railway network … Read more

Donald Trump closes the borders with Europe and pledges financial aid for the sick

President Donald Trump told the nation he was ordering an immediate shut-down of all travel from Europe to the United States as he addressed the nation on the coronavirus in a prime time Wednesday speech. ‘We will be suspending all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days,’ Trump announced, in … Read more