What do the FCA credit card and overdraft proposals mean for consumers?
The FCA this morning proposed banks should offer customers in financial difficulty an interest-free overdraft up to 500, and let them put credit card and loan repayments on hold for three months. Read more...
To Safeguard Its Future, Tennis Seeks Unity. Even With the French Open.
As play is delayed to at least mid-July, small tournaments and many players are at risk of significant financial losses, and the French Opens unilateral rescheduling has added to the chaos. Read more...
Coronavirus Sweeps Through a San Antonio Nursing Home
The virus infected 67 of the facilitys 84 residents, killing one, with several infected employees working at other facilities in Texas. Read more...
First-home buyer numbers surge by 26 per cent in one year, Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals
The number of Australian first-home buyers taking out a loan surged by more than a quarter last year - even as house prices in Sydney and Melbourne continued to climb to even more unaffordable levels. Read more...
Once Scrutinized, an Insurance Product Becomes a Crisis Lifeline
The I.R.S. stepped up its crackdown on abuses of captive insurance in January, but the vehicle may prove its worth during the coronavirus outbreak. Read more...
Sailor Brinkley-Cook covers face with scarf after taking backlash for wearing N95 mask amid shortage
She defended herself 'My mom is an artist and does projects that require her to wear a mask so she had a stash of them in her art studio. We didn't buy them upon hearing about the spread of COVID-19.' Read more...
White House likely to advise people in coronavirus hot spots to wear masks
The White House is expected to issue guidance for people in areas hard hit by the coronavirus to wear face coverings to help stop the spread of the disease, an administration official said on Thursday. Read more...
'Lego Batman' producer, then Treasury sec?
Treasury secretary pick Steven Mnuchin is an executive producer on Warner Bros.' "The Lego Batman Movie," which pulled in an estimated .6 million from U.S. audiences during its opening weekend. Read more...
SpaceX's blows up third Starship prototype in catastrophic failure resulting from a pressure test
SpaceX's Starship can be seen imploding in a live stream of a 'cryo' test that filled the craft with a propellant that lowers the temperature in an effort to simulate future trips into space. Read more...
SPORTS AGENDA Jurgen Klopp takes scheduling fight to UEFA while families are ripped off at Wembley
SPORTS AGENDA BY MIKE KEEGAN It is understood that the German manager will be present at a UEFA forum, and will no doubt make his feelings on the scheduling matter very clear. Read more...
Wimbledon The original grand slam
Wimbledon is an English tradition - with its strawberries and cream and grass courts - and the original grand slam. But what makes it so special? Read more...
China - the cradle of the coronavirus pandemic - has bounced back with astonishing speed
While the West struggles with lockdown and social distancing, life in China is returning to normal as restrictions are partially or wholly lifted, transport between cities resumes, and factories start working. Read more...
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL Cate Blanchett to star as the US divorcee Wallis Simpson
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL Cate Blanchett is to be approached about playing the Duchess of Windsor after an author sold the film rights to her biography of Wallis Simpson, The American Duchess. Read more...