Could your savings rate turn negative? The This is Money podcast on the weird world of upside down rates By This Is Money Published: 10:33 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 10:33 BST, 23 May 2020 The threat of negative interest rates is looming large for savers. This week, a government bond auction saw UK … Read more
Jesy Nelson has admitted that she used to wake up at 6:30am to check Twitter for negative comments and cancelled shows as she couldn’t ‘bear people looking at her’. The Little Mix star, 28, bravely spoke about her trolling ordeal in her 2019 BBC documentary Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out, which has since won multiple awards. Jesy … Read more
Bank of England could turn interest rates NEGATIVE as part of efforts to prop up the economy amid coronavirus crisis, says governor Andrew Bailey Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has been giving evidence to MPs He said it would be ‘foolish’ to rule out turning the Bank interest rate negative The UK government has … Read more
Boris Johnson blasted Sir Keir Starmer for being ‘negative’ today as the Prime Minister faced a tough grilling over Government failures in the coronavirus testing regime. They clashed as Mr Johnson and his leading ministers faced growing criticism over its early handling of the pandemic and a decision to abandon widespread testing for non-medics. Routine … Read more
Almost a third of negative coronavirus test results could be wrong, scientists say, leaving thousands believing they are virus free. People who are wrongly told they don’t have the virus when in fact they do – called a ‘false negative’ – could be spreading the disease if they think they are safe to return to work. False … Read more
On Monday evening, the value of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil, or Texas Light Sweet, declined to an unprecedented MINUS $40.32. It was the blackest of days for black gold. Since the wildcat Colonel Edwin Drake successfully managed to drill oil out of the ground in Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859, thereby creating … Read more
The new five-minute test being used to diagnose people with the novel coronavirus, and touted by President Donald Trump, is producing false negatives, a new study claims. Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic tested 239 specimens of the virus among five of the most commonly used test including Abbott Laboratories’ ID NOW test. The test was … Read more
Ricky Gervais has reportedly risked a feud with the Beckham family after ‘liking’ a negative tweet about being ‘done’ with the family. The 58-year-old comedian’s interaction with the now-deleted tweet was linked to a story about Victoria’s fashion company furloughing 30 members of its staff. The controversial post obtained by the Sun which Ricky had … Read more
The price of U.S. oil crashed into negative for the first time in history Monday as demand dries up and producers effectively pay buyers to take barrels off their hands. In the latest never-before-seen number to come out of the economic coma caused by the coronavirus pandemic the cost to have a barrel of U.S. crude … Read more
Oil price crashes into negative territory for the first time ever as coronavirus collapses demand By Hugo Duncan and Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 20 April 2020 The oil price crashed into negative territory for the first time ever last night following a collapse … Read more