Deloitte faces record £15m fine over audit of software group Autonomy

Deloitte faces record £15m fine over ‘reckless’ audit of UK software group Autonomy before it was sold for £9bn By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 9 July 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 9 July 2020 Deloitte is facing a record £15million fine over its ‘reckless’ audits of a British software group … Read more

Facebook stock hits record high of $247.65 per share despite ad boycott

On June 17, Color Of Change along with the NAACP, ADL, Sleeping Giants, Free Press, and Common Sense Media authored an open letter asking corporations to cease advertising on Facebook for the month of July. These are the key figures behind those organizations: Rashad Robinson – Color of Change President Founded in the wake of … Read more

WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus…

Another global coronavirus record is broken as a staggering 212,326 people are diagnosed with Covid-19 in a DAY, World Health Organization confirms Previous record had been 190,566 cases recorded worldwide on June 28  Figures now show 1.3million people have been diagnosed in the past week There were more than 180,000 cases recorded in a day … Read more

August Alsina doubles down on affair with Jada Pinkett Smith as she prepares to set record straight

Jada Pinkett Smith is preparing to set the record straight on an alleged affair with musician August Alsina. The two-time Emmy nominee and husband Will Smith have since denied his claims that a four-year long relationship took place with Will’s consent. But August doubled down on his claims Friday, when he took to Instagram with … Read more

US breaks COVID-19 case record for second day in a row with more than 53,000 new virus infections

The US has broken a one-day record for new coronavirus cases with more than 53,000 infections in 24 hours on Thursday, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The staggering increase set a new daily case record for the second day in a row after the nation observed over 52,000 new cases on Wednesday. According to … Read more

US economy ‘roaring back’ as firms hire a record 4.8million workers 

Donald Trump claims US economy is ‘roaring back’ as firms hire a record 4.8million workers By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 2 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 2 July 2020 Donald Trump claimed the US economy is ‘roaring back’ as official figures showed firms hired a record 4.8m workers last … Read more

EIGHT states hit record highs for daily coronavirus infections

New daily coronavirus infections are surging in the US, with more than 47,000 new cases confirmed Tuesday marking an increase of more than 80 percent over the new cases reported in a single day just two weeks ago, according to a Reuters tally.   Steep national increases in cases are driven by a handful of states, … Read more

India sees another record number of coronavirus infections

India has reported a daily record of nearly 20,000 new infections as several Indian states reimpose partial or full lockdowns to stem the spread of the coronavirus. India’s health ministry has recorded 548,318 COVID-19 total cases as of Monday, a jump of nearly 100,000 in a week in the world’s fourth-worst affected country after the … Read more

Households save a record amount of money last month

Britons spent a little more, paid back a little less and tucked away a lot more last month, with savings increasing a record £25.6billion, figures from the Bank of England show. It means households have stashed away a collective £56.6billion between March and May during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the data reveals. It comes … Read more

Mortgage approvals fell to record low in May amid crash fears

Mortgage approvals tumble to record low as lenders axe deals amid fears house prices will collapse Just some 9,300 mortgages to buy homes were handed out in May That’s down from around 15,800 in April and 90% below the February level Mortgage approvals are a third lower than the worst month of the financial crisis  … Read more