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EasyJet ‘may need to raise £1bn cash’ through a rights issue

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EasyJet ‘may need to raise £1bn cash’ through a rights issue Analyst Mark Manduca says it may have to raise between £700m and £1bn Manduca warned that several things ‘could worsen this outcome’  By Ben Harrington For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 9 May 2020 | Updated: 10:23 BST, 10 May 2020 A top … Read more

Anderson Cooper opens up about why he asked his ex Benjamin Maisani to help raise his son

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Anderson Cooper has revealed he asked his ex, Benjamin Maisani, to help raise his newborn son because he thinks ‘it’s good to have two parents’.   Anderson, 52, dated nightclub owner Benjamin, 47, for a decade before they split in 2018 –  but the former couple will be co-parenting Anderson’s son, Wyatt, who was born through … Read more

Hiscox to raise £400m as it fights firms over coronavirus payouts

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Insurer Hiscox turns to investors to raise £400m as it fights small firms over coronavirus payouts By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:53 BST, 5 May 2020 | Updated: 23:39 BST, 5 May 2020 Hiscox said it would sell up to 58m shares, which at last night’s price of 692.4p would be worth … Read more

Katy Perry, Lil Nas X and Hailey Bieber will raise awareness for COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund

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Katy Perry will be joining forces with Haily Bieber, Rita Ora and Lil Nas X, among others, for a good cause. The stars will be raising funds to support and raise awareness for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization (WHO)​, which is powered by the ​United Nations Foundation. ​The event will take … Read more

Boy, 9, with cerebral palsy was inspired by Colonel Tom Moore to raise money for charity

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A child with cerebral palsy has set himself the challenge of walking 100 laps up his road, aided by just his walker, before his tenth birthday on 18 May – after being inspired by Colonel Tom Moore. Ethan Beadrow, nine, from Manchester, who can’t stand unaided, appeared on Good Morning Britain alongside his mum Catherine … Read more

European leaders pledge to raise more than £6billion to help find a vaccine for coronavirus

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European leaders have pledged to raise billions of pounds to help find a vaccine and treatments for Covid-19 as part of an ‘international alliance’ fighting the disease. An online pledging conference due to be held on Monday will aim to pull in 7.5billion euro (£6.6billion) in funding to support the global response to the coronavirus … Read more

Parents of four-year-old boy with cancer say he’ll die in lockdown if they don’t raise £250,000

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A desperate couple whose four-year-old son may spend the rest of his life in lockdown – after being given as little as four weeks to live – are asking kind-hearted strangers to help raise the £250,000 they need for ‘last chance’ immunotherapy to treat his cancer in Spain. Battling stage four neuroblastoma, a rare childhood … Read more

Chris Evans puts possessions up for sale to raise cash for the NHS 

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Chris Evans is auctioning off some of his prized possessions including Concorde seats, arcade games and a throne to raise money for the NHS.  The Virgin Radio presenter is putting items including film posters, antique furniture and the 2012 Olympic Torch under the hammer in a bid to send the cash to hero doctors and nurses … Read more

Instagram launches ‘live fundraisers’ that let nonprofits raise money in a real-time stream

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Instagram launches ‘live donations’ that allow nonprofits to raise money from followers who tune into their real-time streams The donations let nonprofits run fundraisers via Instagram Live Users can donate directly in the app during a livestream  Instagram also released ‘I Donated’ stickers that can be posted to Stories The feature looks to capitalize on a … Read more