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By BETHAN SEXTON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 07:49 EST, 24 December 2024 | Updated: 11:09 EST, 24 December 2024 Christmas Eve travel plans for millions of Americans have been thrown into chaos after American Airlines was forced to ground all its flights due to a technical issue.A snow storm which blew in on the East Coast at the same time as the outage has only added to the travel woes, with the wintery conditions bringing flights to standstill at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.The disruption comes on one of the busiest days for festive travel, with hundreds of flights already delayed or…
By KINTA WALSH-COTTON FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 18:13 EST, 9 November 2024 | Updated: 18:27 EST, 9 November 2024 Jackie ‘O’ Henderson and her former toy boy Jack Tyerman have allegedly had a falling out over the radio star’s bestselling memoir The Whole Truth.The media personality, 49, was first romantically linked to the model in August 2023 when he was spotted at her luxury Sydney pad. While the relationship is said to have fizzled into a friendship, now it seems the pair don’t even have that, as an insider suggests the ‘hot tradie’ was furious the KIIS FM host mentioned…
Google Maps users have been urged to act now to avoid permanently losing their important data.Starting next year, the popular navigation app will begin deleting users’ personal Timeline from its servers. Originally known as Location History, this feature tracks Google Maps users’ every movement, keeping a record of places visited and routes taken.However, according to emails received by Google Maps users, this feature is set to vanish from June 9, 2025, along with almost a decade of user data. Google says it will be moving users’ movement history from the cloud to a more secure on-device option.While this will give users more…
Polar bears are getting horrific injuries on their feet – and it’s all due to climate change, a new study warns. Scientists who studied the mammals in the Arctic over 10 years found lacerations, skin ulcers and hair loss on more than 40 of the creatures. The experts think warmer temperatures are melting the snow, turning it into slush. This slush is then refreezing at spiky angles, causing lacerations for the mammals who are used to stepping on the relatively soft snow. Polar bears already have to contend with longer Arctic summers and an overall loss of sea ice, which is reducing access to…
By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 22:06, 9 April 2025 UK employers scaled back hiring to the lowest level since the pandemic at the start of this year as Rachel Reeves’s £25billion National Insurance raid took its toll.Just 20 per cent of firms increased their workforce in the first quarter, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) found, the lowest level since the first three months of 2021.Business leaders have said the rise in employer taxes could lead to job losses, lower wages and price rises this year.The BCC’s survey of more than 5,000 businesses also revealed 17 per cent shrank their teams in…
Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has issued his first statement since he was deposed by rebel groups and fled to Russia less than two weeks ago.Assad, speaking from Moscow where he sought refuge, said that ‘at no time during the events that have taken place in Syria’ did he intend to step down or flee, adding that he remained in Damascus until the last possible moment.He claimed to have left the capital for Russia’s Hmeimim air base near Latakia in the early hours of December 8, shortly before Islamist rebels from Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and other militias seized the…
Last week Victoria Beckham revealed her high-maintenance approach to fighting the frizz: she takes her celebrity hairdresser to the ladies with her and sets up an impromptu salon.The designer, 49, clearly keeps stylist Ken Paves not only on speed-dial, but constantly to hand. Victoria was confronted by Florida’s notorious humidity as she celebrated David signing footballer Lionel Messi for his team, Inter Miami.The rest of us will be facing either mugginess and perma-drizzle here in Blighty, or searing 40+ degree heat should we be heading to Europe this summer. Assuming we don’t have a hairdresser in our entourage, what’s to…
By JEFF PRESTRIDGE Updated: 16:50 EST, 9 November 2024 Global dividends are in a sweet spot and according to recent research from asset manager Janus Henderson they are poised to increase by 6 per cent next year.It’s a view that the manager of investment fund Aegon Global Equity Income shares. Mark Peden says there is currently a ‘deluge’ of dividends across global stock markets. ‘We’re enjoying a decade of dividends,’ he says.Peden is a fervent believer in global equity income investing. He set up the Aegon fund 12 years ago and it has been a resounding success, delivering an attractive…
Each month, This is Money puts a senior fund or investment manager to task with tough questions for our I’m a fund manager series to find out how they manage their own money.We want to know where they’d invest for the next year – or even next 10 years – and what pitfalls to avoid. This week, we spoke to Greg Eckel, portfolio manager of Canadian General Investments (CGI). In the hot seat: We quiz Greg Eckel on the companies he backs, whether Bitcoin and Tesla are worth it and the age-old question of growth versus valueCanadian General Investments is a closed-ended equity fund…
Everybody loves a good discount and that’s exactly what is being offered to buyers of investment trusts. These stock market-listed investment companies offer access to a world of tempting portfolios, from handpicked selections of UK shares to clusters of shares in income-generating renewable energy firms.Investment trusts have unique properties which mean they are well placed to provide a steady stream of income – in good times and bad (see box). What is more, they can be held in an Individual Savings Account (Isa) so that all returns are completely tax free.But in recent months, they have fallen out of favour…