BUDGET 2020 AT A GLANCE: The key points of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s crucial speech as it happens By Alex Sebastian For This Is Money Published: 12:26 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 12:42 GMT, 11 March 2020 As the newly-installed Chancellor Rishi Sunak gets to his feet to deliver his and this Government’s first Budget … Read more
London markets rise by 2.1% with FTSE 100 opening 124 points up at 6,084 after Bank of England’s emergency cut in interest rates to combat coronavirus FTSE 100 index of Britain’s biggest firms up 124 points or 2.1% to 6,084 today It comes after Bank of England base rate was cut from to 0.25% from … Read more
Global markets are in freefall again today and the contagion will spread to the UK when the markets open this morning as coronavirus cases raced towards 110,000 worldwide. The FTSE 100 is predicted to open at least 300 points down this morning after Japan’s Nikkei index plummeted 6.2 per cent overnight, while the Australian stock market suffered … Read more
Legal loophole is allowing a man with 66 points on his driving licence to stay on the roads along with 10,000 others Magistrates can let drivers carry on if ban would cause ‘exceptional hardship’ Loophole allowed 10,589 motorists to stay on the roads in recent years 1,792 were women and 8,797 were men and many … Read more
Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 1,000 points in early trading Sunday night amid a price war over crude oil, marking the greatest plunge in oil markets since the Gulf War in 1991. Oil prices plunged 30 percent after the start of electronic trading late Sunday, pointing to a more than 1,000-point loss … Read more
Shares tank after shock US rate cut: Dow falls 786 points as Trump urges Fed to do more and Carney vows help for UK firms By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 23:17 GMT, 3 March 2020 | Updated: 23:17 GMT, 3 March 2020 Shares on Wall Street tumbled last night after the first … Read more
Here’s a look at the new streaming challengers and what you get with each: NEW PLAYERS Disney+ Disney’s entertainment service, featuring shows and movies from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic. Launch date: November 12 Price: $7 a month or $70 a year. Getting Disney Plus with ESPN Plus and Hulu, both owned … Read more
Dow flip-flops and closes down more than 100 points after failed rally tacks on losses to brutal selloff on fears of coronavirus pandemic wreaking economic havoc US stock indexes closed lower on Wednesday marking the fifth day An earlier rally had sent the Dow up 400 points but stocks dropped again The S&P 500 is … Read more
The best and worst airports across the UK have been named in a new study, with Glasgow Airport taking the top podium position and London Stansted languishing in last place. The ranking has been produced by flight tips site The Points Guy UK in an inaugural annual report after an ‘extensive review’ of the largest … Read more