The only US company that manufactures a drug being fast-tracked as a potential treatment for coronavirus suddenly doubled the price earlier this year, data shows. Rising Pharmaceuticals, in New Jersey, increased the price of anti-malarial drug chloroquine from around $3.87 per 250mg pill to $7.66, according to data seen by the Financial Times. Meanwhile the … Read more
Will petrol prices fall to £1-a-litre within weeks? Oil price more than halves in less than a month By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 23:32 GMT, 19 March 2020 Motorists could see petrol fall to £1 a litre within weeks, according to the AA. The motoring … Read more
Disney’s hotly anticipated new streaming service will be free for new and upgrading O2 customers for six months – welcome news for those who are currently, or soon to be heading into, self-isolation. Existing O2 customers will also be able to enjoy Disney+, which offers original shows such as The Mandalorian, and despite paying the … Read more
New video footage shows two Tennessee brothers donating boxes of hand sanitizer after they were ordered to cease trying to sell 17,700 bottles online because of suspected price gouging by the state’s attorney general. Matt and Noah Colvin of Hixson, who bought the bottles of hand sanitizer and sold some of them for as much … Read more
Katie Price has reportedly lost £107,000 on her perfume business as the firm which outsourced the products went bust. Jigsaw International – which went into liquidation in 2017 – is said to have owed the former glamour model, 41, £132,000, but has only managed to recover £25,000, according to The Mirror. The firm helped create the … Read more
Cruise lines keen to attract passengers in the face of the coronavirus outbreak are introducing a tempting package of offers to entice them on board. The spread of the virus has led to port closures and itinerary changes as well as on-board restrictions and even, in extreme cases, entire ships being quarantined, leaving many reluctant … Read more
With markets opening this week to the biggest crash in oil price since the 1991 Gulf War, motorists would have been rubbing their hands together with the prospect of paying significantly less the next time they brimmed their cars. However, so far we’ve only seen a measly cut of 2p off a litre of unleaded … Read more
Tullow Oil slashes workforce as it reveals recent oil price rout could sink it By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:17 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 23:17 GMT, 12 March 2020 Tullow Oil’s future was in doubt last night it revealed that the recent oil price rout could sink it. The energy … Read more
Oil price slump will wipe out North Sea tax revenues, says the Treasury watchdog By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:59 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 22:29 GMT, 11 March 2020 The slump in the oil price could almost wipe out tax revenues from the North Sea, according to the Treasury watchdog. … Read more
Car dealer Lookers sees share price plunge 20% and delays results after finding suspected fraud in its books The number of annual new car registrations last year was its lowest for 6 years New chief executive Mark Raban was the former CFO of Marshall Motor Holdings Lookers originally sold bicycles and bicycle parts before becoming … Read more