Sales at Zara owner Inditex top pre-pandemic levels as customers return stores and online sales soar By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 9 June 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 9 June 2021 The owner of Zara said sales have recovered in the last five weeks and were ahead of pre-pandemic levels. … Read more
Research shows that men with higher testosterone levels are less likely to suffer negative outcomes from COVID-19. The data surprises scientists, who believed the hormone was linked to worse outcomes.
Nine U.S. states, including seven in the Northeast and two in the West, have administered at least one coronavirus vaccine dose to 70% of their adult populations.
Global levels of the greenhouse gas methane had their biggest spike ever last year, according to researchers in Colorado. Levels of the colorless, odorless gas, which have been steadily rising since 2007, jumped by 14.7 parts per billion in 2020, double the increase from 1983, when records started. Methane is shorter-lived than carbon dioxide, also … Read more
Spark of hope at last for savers as rates have risen from the rock-bottom levels of earlier this year By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 18 May 2021 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 18 May 2021 Atom Bank now pays 0.85 per cent on its one-year fixed-rate bond Savings rates have risen … Read more
Delaying the second dose of Pfizer vaccine by 12 weeks like the UK does triggers THREE FOLD higher levels of protective antibody in older people, study finds UK study found that people who got a second dose 12 weeks after the first triggers 3.5 fold more antibodies British health officials stretched interval to 12 weeks … Read more
Investors snapped up Greggs shares after the budget baker said profits were set to return to pre-pandemic levels. It upgraded its forecasts thanks to a strong recovery since shops reopened on April 12. Sales at its 2,100 shops have been higher over the past four weeks than in the same period of 2019. In a … Read more
The motoring industry showed shoots of recovery in April with dealers posting strong sales despite showrooms being shut for half of the month. A total of 141,583 new cars were registered in April, an ‘artificial’ 30-fold increase on the same month a year ago, when dealerships were forced to shutter their businesses. Showrooms were given … Read more
Your Apple Watch may tell you when you’ve had too much to drink or if your blood sugar is too high. In recent SCC filings, UK medical tech company Rockley Photonics listed Apple as its ‘largest customer,’ which could add its non-invasive sensors to the devices to measure a number of markers in the blood. … Read more
Global sea levels could rise by up to 13ft if the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet collapses, a ‘significantly’ worse outcome than scientists had predicted, study warns. Harvard University researchers were working on another project when they realised the West Antarctic ice sheet was producing more water than usual. Rising global temperatures mean there is a possibility … Read more