Tesco investors reject chief’s £6.4m pay deal

Tesco shareholders inflict one of the biggest-ever FTSE 100 pay revolts on the supermarket group By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:09 BST, 26 June 2020 | Updated: 22:33 BST, 26 June 2020 Tesco shareholders inflicted one of the biggest-ever FTSE 100 pay revolts on the supermarket group yesterday.  More than 67 per … Read more

Bayer to pay out up to $10.9BILLION to settle lawsuits claiming Roundup weedkiller caused cancer 

Bayer AG has agreed to pay up to $10.9 billion to settle thousands of US lawsuits claiming that its widely-used weedkiller Roundup causes cancer. The German drug and pesticide maker says it has come to terms with about 75 percent of the 125,000 filed and unfiled claims overall, according to a statement published on Wednesday   … Read more

Major providers set to pay just 0.01% interest with easy-access deals

The £6.8bn High Street savings robbery: All major providers set to pay just 0.01% interest with easy-access deals from next month By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 23 June 2020 | Updated: 23:47 BST, 23 June 2020 Loyal savers are missing out on billions of pounds in interest by sticking with … Read more

NYPD cop is suspended without pay after bodycam footage appeared to show him using a chokehold

New York Police Department has suspended an officer for slamming a black man to the ground on Sunday and putting him in a chokehold – eight days after Governor Andrew Cuomo banned the tactic. The man, who gave his name to officers as Ricky Bellevue, was standing with two white men on the boardwalk at … Read more

NYPD cop is suspended without pay after bodycam footage appeared to show him using a chokehold

New York Police Department has suspended an officer for slamming a black man to the ground on Sunday and putting him in a chokehold – eight days after Governor Andrew Cuomo banned the tactic. The man, who gave his name to officers as Ricky Bellevue, was standing with two white men on the boardwalk at … Read more

Cut fat-cat pay before jobs, bosses are told

One of Britain’s most powerful investors has told bosses to take the axe to their bloated pay packets first if they intend to cut costs by slashing jobs. Aviva Investors, which manages £346billion of investments, has revealed it is urging boards to cut executive pay before making large scale redundancies. It comes as a survey … Read more

Health insurers urged to cut premiums for five million Britons who pay for care

Health insurers urged to cut premiums for five million Britons who pay for care after almost all 8,000 private hospital beds were seconded to the NHS during pandemic Former Pensions Minister Baroness Altmann called on insurers to cut premiums  Five million Britons pay a monthly average of £120 to access swift private care Almost all … Read more

Tesco facing investor revolt over pay rules

Tesco facing investor revolt over pay rules after departing boss is handed a controversial bonus boost By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 19 June 2020  Tesco is facing an investor revolt over a controversial decision to change its pay rules and hand outgoing boss … Read more

Caribbean countries say companies that benefited from slave trade should pay reparations

Caribbean countries have said that British financial institutions which benefited from the slave trade should go further than saying sorry by paying reparations.  Apologies for their role in slavery have already been made by both Lloyd’s of London and pub chain Greene King. Both firms also pledged to make financial contributions after their founders were … Read more