Congress has agreed to a $900 billion coronavirus relief package, Senate leaders announced Sunday. The deal finally delivers long-overdue help to businesses and individuals and provides money to deliver vaccines to a nation eager for them. It establishes a temporary $300 per week supplemental jobless benefits and $600 direct stimulus payments to most Americans – half … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Synairgen soars 27% as US authorities agree to step up trials of the UK drug maker’s Covid treatment By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 18 December 2020 The string of Covid vaccines in development has been in the spotlight for weeks. But … Read more
Magazine publisher Future agrees deal to buy the owner of price comparison site Go Compare for £594m Insurance mogul and GoCo chair Sir Peter Wood could net £50m from the deal Future also produces FourFourTwo, ProCycling, and Horse & Hound magazines Shares in the Bath-based firm have shot up over twentyfold in the last six … Read more
AA shares jump as roadside recovery group agrees seals £219m deal with two private equity firms – but there could be a ‘limited’ number of job cuts AA is being snapped up by Towerbrook and Warburg Pincus PE groups Shares in FTSE 250-listed AA have rose over 7% early this morning By Jane Denton For … Read more
BUSINESS LIVE: Inflation rises to 0.7%; RSA Insurance agrees takeover; Halfords profits more than double By This Is Money Published: 08:10 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 08:19 GMT, 18 November 2020 The FTSE 100 is expected to start the morning on the retreat as worries over the growing infection rate across Europe and the … Read more
Footballer Marcus Rashford is celebrating after Boris Johnson agreed to provide free school meals over the winter holidays in another U-Turn. The Prime Minister personally phoned the Manchester United star personally after he played in his team’s Premier League clash against Everton on Saturday to alert him to the decision to give £170 million of … Read more
James Murdoch’s wife Kathryn has voiced her agreement that her family, which owns Fox News, must ‘put their country above their profits’ and disavow President Donald Trump‘s claims of widespread voter fraud. Kathryn Murdoch, 47, expressed the sentiment in a tweet on Friday, saying she agreed with CNN host Jake Tapper, who had stated: ‘The Murdochs … Read more
Lancashire has agreed to move into the toughest Tier Three lockdown after securing a bigger bailout from the government, it was revealed today. The deal – expected to be announced formally at 11am – emerged as Boris Johnson threatens to force Greater Manchester into the top category despite a furious rebellion from local leaders and … Read more
Edward Snowden’s book, Permanent Record, was released last year. It offers by far the most expansive and personal account of how Snowden turned from obscure NSA worker to whisleblower, a move which set off a national debate about the extent of government surveillance by intelligence agencies desperate to avoid a repeat of the September 11 attacks. … Read more
Bill Gates said the Trump administration appointed Dr Scott Atlas as the new coronavirus adviser because he ‘agrees’ with the White House’s ‘crackpot theories.’ In an interview with STAT News, the co-founder of Microsoft, whose foundation has committed $350 million for COVID-19 initiatives, criticized the federal government’s response to the pandemic. This includes the hire … Read more