ALEX BRUMMER: Glaxo looks to a post-Covid, post-Brexit future

Despite its amazing vaccine credentials, GlaxoSmithKline has not had a good war against Covid-19. It has been disappointing for chief executive Emma Walmsley that results from its collaboration with France’s Sanofi have fallen way behind, and it has dropped a partnership with China’s Clover. No one can accuse GSK of despairing. Along with its pre-tax … Read more

Teacher at top private school loses claim she was forced to quit over ‘c*** teaser’ comment

Victoria Scott, 49, has lost her employment case after claiming she had been forced out for blowing the whistle over a music teacher’s lewd comment A singing teacher who quit her job at a top private school in protest after a male colleague demanded a 16-year-old girl be ‘more of a c*** teaser’ during auditions has … Read more

Kourtney Kardashian earns flirty comment from rumored beau Travis Barker on Instagram

Kourtney Kardashian is rumored to be dating longtime pal and musician Travis Barker. And the 41-year-old KUWTK star received some major admiration from the 45-year-old Blink-182 drummer on Tuesday as she uploaded a sultry bikini snapshot to Instagram. ‘Orange you glad I’m still posting trip pics?’ captioned Kardashian, which inspired Barker to write ‘Yessss’ in … Read more

VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Government must step in to stop a cashtastrophe

Stop this cashtastrophe: Government must step in to protect a vital payment method, says VICTORIA BISCHOFF By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:24 GMT, 2 February 2021 | Updated: 22:24 GMT, 2 February 2021 It has been more than two years since a damning report warned that Britain was in danger of sleepwalking … Read more

Indian Super League side Odisha sack their manager Stuart Baxter after rape comment

Indian Super League side Odisha SACK manager Stuart Baxter after English boss, 67, launched a bizarre rant and claimed his players must ‘rape or be raped to get a penalty’ on live television Stuart Baxter was furious with refereeing after a defeat in Indian Super League  He made comment that his players must ‘rape or … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: The Reddit digital rebellion will likely end in tears 

The raw delight with which Reddit and other chat rooms are taking on hedge funds and the financial establishment is understandable.  How enticing it is that for a small retail commitment of cash, there is the promise of great gains at the end of the rainbow. It is not just holders of exchange traded funds … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Covid changing old financial order

RUTH SUNDERLAND: The financial system is changing, accelerated by Covid, which has sped up dismantling of old-style banking and use of fintech The WallStreetBets is problematic for all regulators because it isn’t clear whether the mass-trading amounts to market manipulation  To a young generation of day traders, anything seems possible  Beneath the anarchic behaviour, WallStreetBets … Read more

HAMISH MCRAE: All workers are key to speed of Covid recovery

HAMISH MCRAE: With the swift roll-out of the vaccines and extensive testing, the UK is well positioned to escape its present straitjacket By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 30 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 30 January 2021 We have to get everyone back to work. This is not simply an … Read more