The Tesla Model 3 was the UK’s most registered new car last month as the logjam of UK pre-orders for the electric car continued to arrive while the nation’s auto dealers were in lockdown. Official figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders this morning confirmed a 97.3 per cent decline in passenger … Read more
London markets close slightly down by 0.16% or nine points on 5,763 after US stocks fell amid fears of renewed US-China trade war London markets opened flat today on 5,763 points as US-China tensions flared Rolls Royce tumbled on reports it was considering job cuts to ride out the slump Trump pinned the blame for … Read more
Throughout history, major economic crises usually have a ‘Black Monday’. The Great Depression and the Global Financial Crisis each had one. The famous one in 1987 saw the Dow Jones experience its biggest one-day percentage fall in history. In March though, world markets had two Black Mondays. On March 9, the Dow lost more than … Read more
When will wet markets be banned across the globe? As this photo from Indonesia shows, it’s not just China. EVGENY LEBEDEV issues a call for action By Evgeny Lebedev For The Mail On Sunday Published: 23:31 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 05:28 BST, 26 April 2020 Since I have begun to write on the … Read more
World’s most powerful hedge fund and founder of Hargreaves Lansdown both tip markets to crash again this year By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 22:29 BST, 18 April 2020 The founder of Britain’s biggest stockbroker and the world’s most powerful hedge fund have tipped markets … Read more
Former Beatles frontman Sir Paul McCartney has branded Chinese wet markets ‘medieval’ in light of the coronavirus pandemic and called for them to be banned. Sir Paul slammed the Chinese government for allowing the food markets to continue, saying, ‘they might as well be letting off atomic bombs’. The animal rights activist was speaking to American … Read more