Why the oil price has gone negative: Crude market facing a perfect storm as plunging demand leaves over-supplying producers paying to get rid of the black stuff By Alex Sebastian For This Is Money Published: 14:03 BST, 21 April 2020 | Updated: 14:03 BST, 21 April 2020 Unprecedented is a word in wide – but … Read more
Accountant Grant Thornton facing another probe following the collapse of government contractor Interserve By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 11 April 2019 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 11 April 2019 The FRC is investigating Grant Thornton’s sign off of Interserve’s financial statements in 2015, 2016 and 2017 Grant Thornton faces … Read more
Royal Mail boss Rico Back facing calls to return to UK from his Swiss penthouse – or quit By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 17 April 2020 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 17 April 2020 Royal Mail’s boss is facing calls to return to the UK from his Swiss penthouse – or … Read more
Senator Robert Kennedy’s widow, Ethel, has reportedly been a fan of revolutionary Che Guevara for years despite her family’s struggle against communism during the 1960s. The 92-year-old has a ‘subversive streak’ and even named her dog ‘Che’ after meeting with former Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro, during the height of the Cold War, her son revealed. Her adoration … Read more
IMF warns countries including the UK are facing a ‘massive’ rise in debt due to the Covid-19 outbreak By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 22:06 BST, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 22:36 BST, 15 April 2020 Countries including the UK are facing a ‘massive’ rise in debt due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the … Read more
Rural America is seeing higher death rates from the novel coronavirus than its urban counterparts because of an aging population, a new report suggests. The research examined the impact of age on the potential death rate in each US county. A demographer found that more than half of the country’s rural counties would have significantly … Read more
MEMOIR THINGS I LEARNED FROM FALLING by Claire Nelson (Octopus £12.99, 272 pp) Dehydration is a God-awful business,’ says Claire Nelson. ‘Over time, your tongue becomes increasingly dry and scratchy, thickening like a wool mitten. My lips stuck to my gums like Velcro. ‘From there, you feel it in your head; a slowly increasing pressure … Read more