Caring Counselor Offers Real Help in Student Debt Crisis – NerdWallet (blog)

Student loan counselor Taunya Kennedy knows what its like to be overwhelmed by debt. The 45-year-old single mother has a mortgage and credit card balance, and still shoulders her own college loans after years of postponing payments. On top of working full time for the nonprofit credit-counseling agency Money Management International, Kennedy earns extra income…

Creditors to meet in Dubbo after Spectrum Window Fashions goes into liquidation – Western Advocate

DOORS SHUT: The former premises of Spectrum Window Fashions on Havannah Street. A BUSINESS owned by former Bathurst mayor Gary Rush has gone into voluntary liquidation owing money to the Australian Tax Office and some suppliers. Chris Chamberlain of Chamberlains SBR has been appointed liquidator for Spectrum Window Fashions Pty Ltd after a general meeting of the…

Channel Ten enters voluntary administration … Verizon closes $5.9 billion Yahoo acquisition … Kmart’s “aggressive … – SmartCompany.com.au

By Dominic Powell and Emma Koehn. The Ten Network has been placed into voluntary administration after shareholders Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon did not guarantee a $250 million loan to cover the stations $200 million debt, reports the Herald Sun. Administrators from KordaMentha have been appointed, and are currently undergoing a financial and operational assessment of…

SumoSalad places leasing entities in voluntary administration over shopping centre rent dispute – SmartCompany.com.au

SumoSalads founder says the game has significantly changed since the healthy food franchise network signed a range of current shopping centre leases, prompting the company to put two leasing entities in voluntary administration as negotiations with landlords over rental terms heat up. On Tuesday, administrators at were appointed to two companies relating to the lease agreements…

Fifield: Ten’s voluntary administration a ‘wake-up call’ to opponents of proposed media reforms – MuMbrella

Minister for Communications and the Arts Mitch Fifield has called on Bill Shorten and Labor to show they care about the Australian media industry and support the proposed media reforms, following the news of Tens voluntary administration this morning. In a statement, Fifield said Tens announcement of voluntary administration was a wake-up call to the…