Stock market losses hit £793bn as Fed pledges unlimited emergency cash

Stock market losses reach £793bn as US Federal Reserve pledges unlimited emergency cash By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 23 March 2020 | Updated: 22:08 GMT, 23 March 2020 More than £60billion was wiped off the stock market yesterday – taking total losses since the coronavirus pandemic hit to £793billion.  On … Read more

Taliban pledges not to kill healthcare workers as fear of a coronavirus spreads in Afghanistan 

The Taliban have pledged their readiness to cooperate with healthcare workers instead of killing them, as fear of a coronavirus epidemic spreads in Afghanistan.    Whatever reservations the militants previously held over eradicating the crippling disease, they have now clearly grasped the dangers posed by the pandemic sweeping the rest of the world. In the past … Read more

Together we can do this: Tesco boss urges calm and pledges to keep food coming into stores

Tesco’s chief executive Dave Lewis It’s been a tough week for the whole country. No one is untouched. No one immune to challenges we face as a country. Covid-19 is bringing huge changes to the way we live and work. Sadly, we are closer to the beginning of all this than the end, but it’s … Read more

Dierks Bentley pledges $90k to hourly employees as his Nashville bar shuts down

Dierks Bentley pledges $90k to help hourly employees as his Nashville bar shuts down due to coronavirus By Kellie Chudzinski For Dailymail.com Published: 03:22 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 03:22 GMT, 17 March 2020 As the world grapples with the global pandemic of the novel Coronavirus, celebrities are pitching in for employees affected by … Read more