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Image copyright Reuters Car rental company Hertz has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US after the pandemic saw its business plummet.The firm, which earns much of its income from car rentals at airports, said it had been affected by the sharp downturn in global travel.It will continue to operate while restructuring its debts.Hertz’s international…
Broadway star Nick Cordero’s health took a turn for the worse on Monday, not long after some of his former colleagues banded together for musical tributes to help support him over the weekend. Amanda Kloots, who has been documenting on Instagram her husband’s battle with COVID-19, shared on Tuesday that the “Rock of Ages” actor…
B&M has traded throughout the UK coronavirus lockdown. Photograph: Rachel Husband/Alamy The discount retailer B&M has said exceptionally strong demand for DIY and gardening products in the coronavirus lockdown drove a 22.7% jump in underlying UK sales over the last eight weeks. The group, which has traded throughout, said UK like-for-like sales growth had accelerated…
China’s economy shrank 6.8% in the three months of 2020, the country’s first such contraction on record and a stark sign of the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The news came as Chinese authorities revised the death toll in Wuhan, the hardest hit city and where the virus first emerged, up by 50%, to…
Good morning. Global markets are set to slump for a second day following comments from Fed Chairman Jay Powell on Wednesday that the economic recovery could be slow. Mr Powell said the threat of a lasting downturn could deepen without additional US government spending. 5 things to start your day 1) Raising taxes could hit a recovery from…
Image copyright PA Media Demand from property hunters rebounded as curbs on the sector were lifted in England – but the trend may be short-lived, analysis suggests.Buyer demand rose by 88% in the week estate agents were told they could resume viewings and people could move again, property portal Zoopla said.However, actual sales remained sluggish,…
PAYPAL has launched a new phone-to-phone contactless payment service to help people who are now too scared to use cash. Fears that notes and coins could aid the spread of Covid-19 has dramatically cut their usage. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates 1 PayPal is launching a new contactless…
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is still figuring out how to work from home. He wants to make sure his neighbors won’t be mad when he invites millions of strangers into his basement next week for a business party. He needs to find a way for those strangers to scream at him. He also has to…
10.39am BST10:39 Funds to support charities during the coronavirus crisis are “bedevilled by delay and a lack of transparency”, according to the chief executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO). Karl Wilding said of the £750m package announced by the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, “it remains unclear how roughly half of the £160m allocated…
Students are self-taping their performances for year-ending theatrical productions, which are geared toward talent rep audiences, in childhood bedrooms and dorms: “I think actually we’re going to get the students in front of more people than we would have before.” University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign student Brian Seungheon Kim passionately recites a monologue about Asian American…
Adam Waheed struggled to make it as a comedian soon after he moved to Los Angeles from Texas three years ago, never quite succeeding on the stand-up circuit. But the New York native, 27, is now making millions of dollars through social media, with 5.2 million followers on the video-sharing app TikTok.Waheed’s fast-paced, highly edited…
A GARDEN centre owner has “ripped up” an “unfair” order to stop selling garden products due to coronavirus – as nearby supermarkets sell the same products. Exeter City Council ordered Plants Galore to stop selling plants, seeds, bulbs and other garden items, in line with the Government’s ban on “non essential items” during the COVID-19…
Georgetown head coach and NBA Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing has tested positive for COVID-19, he announced on Twitter on Friday afternoon. Ewing, 57, is currently “under care and isolated” at a local hospital. “This virus is serious and should not be taken lightly,” Ewing said in a statement. “I want to encourage everyone to stay safe…
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