Adam Meyer the South Florida betting expert who called himself “the sports consultant to the stars” was sentenced to prison on Friday for ripping off more than $45 million from one of his clients. Meyer’s bizarre methods included pretending he was other people, adopting a bad fake Chinese accent and making up a story that…
Bus Éireann may sell assets including property to part fund a voluntary redundancy scheme for staff as part of a revised survival plan for the company. Bus Éireann believes the board of its overall parent holding group, CIÉ, will provide it with additional funding in the short term if it produces a viable plan to…
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Students in Los Angeles protest the rising costs of student loans for higher education in September 2012. (David McNew/Getty Images) By Ese Olumhense Student loan debt now over $1.3 trillion A bipartisan coalition of legislators is making a move on a bill that would enable companies to offer tax-ree tuition assistance benefits to their employees…
Feedback from readers has revealed keen interest in ways of reducing the risks involved in helping children achieve home ownership. So crucial is parental support for potential first home buyers that financial institutions are even suggesting funding options to assist home buyers avoid paying costly mortgage insurance attached to purchases with high Loan Valuation Ratios…
A wheel relief NBRU’s General Secretary Dermot OLeary said ‘in deference to the Workplace Relations Commission’ the work stoppage is now halted AN all-out strike at Bus Eireann due to kick off on Monday has been called off. The NBRU have accepted invitation to talks on the transport companys financial crisis. A Bus Eireann strike…
Drakes drum This is the biggest story about Europe in the last five years, how the eu had beggared a sovereign country so parents cannot afford to feed their children, couples have to live with parents, while eu officials write grand statements. Nothing will change while the eu still exists. Spain and Italy next. junker…
Uncertainty surrounds the care of hundreds of vulnerable people as Gloucestershire home care company Cleeve Link has gone into liquidation. Hundreds are jobs are thought to be at risk after the Cheltenham-based company announced the news yesterday. Support has been offered to the service users and lifelines have been offered to Cleeve Link’s employees by…
When Red Adair was asked how he justified his legendary charges for extinguishing oil rigs blazes he had a simple answer: If you think its expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait til you hire an amateur. The quote comes to mind when Simon Freakley, uber-smooth boss of restructuring group AlixPartners, explains…
Jacksonville, Fl. Lyse Medinas parents moved to Jacksonville from Haiti so she could have more opportunities, but the change brought challenges. Medina tells our partners at Action News Jax, My dad is a taxi driver, and my mother isnt working right now because she has had several eye surgeries. Medina said there wasnt any money…