Plutus Payroll still in negotiations over IT contractor payment drama – CRN Australia

Unpaid IT contractors are still scrambling for answers in the wake of pay management service Plutus Payroll suddenly suspending operations following what it described as a “commercial dispute”. Plutus Payroll informed contractors on Monday night that it had suspended business activities, effective immediately. Plutus said some payments scheduled between 27 April to 2 May may…

A plan to introduce ID numbers for company directors could be in the works – SmartCompany.com.au

The government will consider introducing identification numbers for directors of Australian companies, after the Productivity Commission labelling it a necessary reform to the countrys insolvency practices. On Thursday Small Business Minister Michael McCormack handed down the governments response to the commissions final report from its review of business set-ups, transfers and closures in Australia, which considered the…

Germany says no debt relief being prepared for Greece – Reuters

* Handelsblatt said measures under consideration * EU source says document it cites started as ESM paper (Recasts with German finance ministry statement) May 4 No debt relief measures are being readied for Greece, Germany’s Finance Ministry said on Thursday after the Handelsblatt business daily reported measures were under consideration. The implementation of reforms that…

Ukraine’s Banking Sector Reconstruction Brings Asset Sales and Opportunities in Equal Measure – Emerging Europe (registration)

Valeria Gontareva, governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), might be leaving office, but is often commended for the banking sector restructuring and consolidation that has been long-awaited by foreign investors. We are still not at the end of the road, but compared to where we were a few years ago, when we had…

Greece’s lenders ready debt relief options for discussion – report – Yahoo Finance

BERLIN (Reuters) – Greece’s international lenders are preparing possible debt relief measures for Athens for discussion by euro zone finance ministers, the German business daily Handelsblatt reported on Thursday. The European Commission, the ESM euro zone rescue fund, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)have prepared various debt measures in a document…