Airline boss insists coronavirus crisis WON’T blow him off course – and makes a promise… 

Robin Hayes is coming to London from the US – and he’s bringing his $8billion low-cost airline with him.  The chief executive of America’s sixth largest carrier, JetBlue – currently being violently buffeted along with rivals by the impact of the coronavirus crisis – already has a production line of Airbus 321LR aircraft fired up … Read more

Blow for savers as shares soar 9% before rally fizzles out 

Stock market rollercoaster: Blow for savers as shares soar 9% before rally fizzles out ending the day just 2.5% up By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 13 March 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 13 March 2020 Investors have endured the worst weekly rout on financial markets since the Great Recession, as … Read more

UK firms must brace for virus hammer blow, experts warn 

UK firms must brace for virus hammer blow as tactics used during 2008 crash may not work, experts warn Many now fear the virus outbreak could deter investment and damage trading  Ministers have fewer options to fight back against a hit to consumer spending  The IFS urged the Chancellor to consider deferment of tax payments … Read more

SpaceX rocket EXPLODES as it fails pressure test in a blow to Elon Musk’s plans for mission to Mars 

SpaceX rocket EXPLODES as it fails pressure test in a blow to Elon Musk’s plans for manned mission to Mars The prototype of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket failed to take off during testing on Friday night in Boca Chica, Texas Footage shows the spaceship, known as SN1, exploding, sending the stainless steel cylinder flying off … Read more

Fresh blow for Woodford savers: Payouts from gated fund delayed

Fresh blow for trapped Woodford savers: Payouts from gated flagship fund delayed for a further ten days By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 10 January 2020 | Updated: 09:39 GMT, 11 January 2020 Savers trapped in Neil Woodford’s flagship fund have been hit with a further setback after finding out they … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Profit scare deals blow to building supplier SIG

The second profit warning in three months walloped shares in building materials supplier SIG and wiped around £150million off the company’s value. The Sheffield-based roofing and insulation seller has been hit hard by a drop-off in new construction projects in Europe, particularly in the UK and Germany. It now expects profit for 2019 to come … Read more

Neil Woodford suffers another blow as Eddie Stobart ousts its boss and suspends share trading 

Neil Woodford suffers another blow as Eddie Stobart ousts its boss and suspends share trading Neil Woodford owns 23 per cent of the haulage group The suspension of Stobart shares means Woodford and other investors will not be able to buy or sell any of them  By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, … Read more