Scottish Mortgage defends £2bn Tesla stake

Scottish Mortgage defends £2bn Tesla holding after selling out of Facebook and shrinking Amazon stake By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 6 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 6 November 2020 Britai’s oldest investment trust has defended its near-£2billion stake in Tesla after selling out of Facebook and trimming its holding … Read more

Bezos cashes in £2bn with Amazon shares up more than 70% this year

Bezos cashes in £2bn with Amazon shares up more than 70% this year as pandemic drives more shoppers online By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:53 GMT, 5 November 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 5 November 2020 Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has sold more than £2billion of shares as he cashes in on … Read more

China’s richest man Jack Ma loses £2bn after Ant float is blocked

China’s richest man loses £2bn in one day after Ant Group float is blocked by Beijing By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 4 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 4 November 2020 China’s richest man Jack Ma had more than £2billion wiped off his fortune in one day after Beijing blocked … Read more

West End set for £2bn Christmas sales slump

Retailers, hotels and restaurants in London’s West End braced for £2bn slump in sales over Christmas season By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 31 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 31 October 2020 Retailers, hotels and restaurants in London’s West End are braced for a £2billion slump in sales over the … Read more

US tech titans are raking in £2bn a day during coronavirus

As coronavirus crisis tears through corporate Britain, US tech titans are raking in £2bn a day By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:27 GMT, 29 October 2020 | Updated: 22:34 GMT, 29 October 2020 America’s technology titans are raking in nearly £2bn a day even as the coronavirus pandemic ravages the global economy, … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Rolls-Royce investors back £2bn cash call

MARKET REPORT: Rolls-Royce shareholders back British engineer’s £2bn cash call, throwing it a lifeline as its tries to survive coronavirus crisis By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 00:37 GMT, 28 October 2020 | Updated: 00:37 GMT, 28 October 2020 Rolls-Royce shareholders have backed the British engineer’s £2bn cash call, throwing it a lifeline … Read more

Steelworkers cheer £2bn pension deal: 30,000 set for retirement boost 

Steelworkers cheer £2bn pension deal: 30,000 set for retirement boost as insurance firm agrees to buy out the old British Steel Scheme By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 21 October 2020 Thousands of steelworkers will be hoping to receive a boost to their pension … Read more

Wealth manager Quilter sees assets rise by £2bn thanks to markets recovering

Wealth manager Quilter sees assets rise by £2bn thanks to markets recovering but new client money was largely absent Quilter’s assets reached £109.5bn in three months to end of September  Major migration of assets from existing platform to our new platform underway By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: 11:16 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: … Read more

RAF’s new £2bn fighter jet will have its own ‘virtual on-board assistant’

The virtual top guns: New fighter jets will be flown by on-board computer if RAF pilot gets stressed The new BAE Tempest can be flown by a pilot or by a computer ‘co-pilot’  The high-tech jet is due to be in service by 2035 following a £2bn investment According to BAE, the operator could become … Read more

Post Office deposits top £2bn last month for the first time in 2020

The amount of money deposited at Post Office branches topped £2billion last month for the first time this year as cash usage continued to recover after the coronavirus lockdown. The 7.7 per cent annual rise in the total amount deposited and a more than 10 per cent jump in the number of trips to pay … Read more