One big lesson from the latest crash for small investors: Five years is not long enough any more

It is a canard of investing wisdom that short term stock market gyrations should not really matter.  If you have invested for the long term in a way that suits your objectives and attitude to risk, just sit tight. But what is short term and long term?  Five years has always been the standard stipulation … Read more

Deloitte and EY join their Big Four rivals by cutting partners’ pay

Deloitte and EY join their Big Four rivals by cutting partners’ pay as accountancy industry plunges into crisis By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:06 BST, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 22:36 BST, 15 April 2020 Deloitte and EY have joined their Big Four rivals by cutting partners’ pay as the accountancy industry … Read more

Scientists closer to unlocking mystery behind how neutrinos helped spread matter after Big Bang

New study brings scientists one step closer to unlocking mystery behind how matter prevailed over antimatter during the Big Bang An experiment is casting light on how matter formed in the early universe A new study shows that neutrinos oscillate into electron neutrinos at a higher rate than their antimatter counterparts This challenges principals of physics like … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: UK Big pharma in the fight against covid-19

Britain’s world class big pharma companies were always going to be a huge asset in the fight against Covid-19 and in finding solutions, not just to this pandemic, but to future similar events. We have now been offered insights into their thinking. Glaxosmithkline, where Emma Walmsley’s first years as chief executive were marked by some … Read more

DEBORAH ROSS: Miriam’s big fat problem? Her show’s all over the place

Miriam’s Big Fat Adventure Monday & Tuesday, BBC2 Rating: Breeders Thursday, Sky One Rating: I had always thought Miriam Margolyes was one of those (rare, very rare) women who are perfectly fine with the way they look. I certainly remember one episode of The Real Marigold Hotel where she declined a makeover offered by some Russian … Read more

From Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian to Big Little Lies: The best on demand TV to watch this week

DISNEY + The Mandalorian ‘Is it true that you guys never take off your helmets?’ a prisoner asks his captor, the eponymous Mandalorian in the first episode of this eight-episode Star Wars spin-off. ‘Is it true that you guys never take off your helmets?’ a prisoner asks his captor, the eponymous Mandalorian in the first episode … Read more

Cambridge University worker pictures big wildcat ‘the size of a Labrador’ roaming around his garden 

A huge wildcat ‘the size of a Labrador’ with ‘big claws’ has been pictured roaming around a back garden in Cambridge.   The mysterious cat was seen by a Cambridge University worker who was watching from his kitchen window and took a photograph.   The man, who asked not to be named, said it wasn’t the first … Read more