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Tucked away in the National Archives, among state documents and papers of historic significance, is a humble letter written by an anonymous woman. The script is a beautiful cursive, and although the paper is blotted and torn, the poignancy shines through, 100 years after the writer posted it when Britain was in the throes of … Read more
A record-breaking 28 trillion tonnes of ice — enough to cover the whole of the UK in a sheet over 300 feet thick — melted from the face of the Earth between 1994–2017. Researchers from the University of Leeds carried out the first ever global survey of ice loss using data collected from satellites orbiting … Read more
The world’s ten richest people, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Bill Gates, have seen their collective wealth increase by half a trillion dollars since the start of the Covid pandemic, according to a new report. The business magnates could even pay to vaccinate the entire world with their profits from the last year, the … Read more
How To Spend A Trillion Dollars Rowan Hooper Profile £14.99 Rating: … Read more
TACKLING COVID • Mount a national vaccination program, contain COVID-19, and safely reopen schools, including by setting up community vaccination sites nationwide, scaling up testing and tracing, eliminating supply shortage problems, investing in high-quality treatments, providing paid sick leave to contain spread of the virus, addressing health disparities, and making the necessary investments to meet … Read more
The total market value of all cryptocurrencies rose above $1 trillion for the first time on Thursday as Bitcoin surged to a record high. Bitcoin has jumped more than 900 percent from a recent low of $3,850 in March, breaking $40,000 for the first time on Thursday as governments increase spending to blunt the economic … Read more
Britain’s £10 TRILLION price tag: Value of entire UK includes £1.9trn of housing and £138bn of trains and buses, ONS figures reveal Figures show that Britain and everything in it is worth £10,049,743,000,000 The country’s housing stock was calculated to be worth £1.9trillion alone Huge Covid-related public borrowing is likely to have dragged down the total … Read more
Pandemic drives national debt to highest since 1960: Government set to borrow a record £400bn this year By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 20 November 2020 | Updated: 22:04 GMT, 20 November 2020 The staggering cost of the coronavirus pandemic has pushed the national debt to its highest level since 1960. … Read more
Britain’s £500,000,000,000 borrowing binge: UK Covid bill set to hit half a TRILLION this year By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 2 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 2 November 2020 Government borrowing is set to balloon to a record £500billion this year as fresh lockdowns slam the economy into reverse. … Read more
The future: Worldwide, more than £5trillion is invested in ETFs Easy, cheap and abundant. That is the lure of Exchange Traded Funds – and investors are increasingly giving in to their appeal. These investment funds, that typically track the performance of specific stock market indices or the value of precious metals such as gold, are … Read more