Lenders of Electrosteel apply for insolvency case against company – Economic Times

KOLKATA: Lenders to beleaguered Electrosteel Steels have urged the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to admit insolvency proceedings against the West Bengal-headquartered company. Electrosteel Steels, which owes more than Rs 10,200 crore to an SBI led consortium of lenders, is among the 12 cases identified by the Reserve Bank of Indias (RBI) advisory panel for…

IOC Won’t Help with Estimated $35-40 Million Debt from 2016 Rio Olympics – Bleacher Report

Joshua Paul/Associated Press The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has no interest in helping the city of Rio de Janeiro clear a debt of roughly $35-40 million from last year’s Olympic games.  Per the Associated Press (via Sports Illustrated), the organisation’s executive board made the decision after a meeting in Switzerland on Sunday. In a statement, the IOC…

Lanco sub-contractors gear up to fight against encashment of bank guarantees – Hindu Business Line

The RBI has directed lenders of Lanco to initiate corporate insolvency proceedings against the company under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Mumbai, July 10:   A week after New Delhi-based Hindustan Powerprojects encashed bank guarantees of Lanco Infratech worth 500 crore, due to unfulfilled contractual obligations at the latters 2,520MW Anuppur thermal power plant, the sub-contractors…

Interest rate hike: Most Canadians would struggle to pay just $130 more a month, survey shows – Globalnews.ca

More than seven in 10 Canadians rate their ability to budget for an interest rate increase of one percentage point as less than optimal, a nationwide survey found. The prospect of climbing rates has nearly half of Canadians on edge, according to a recent Ipsos poll conducted by MNP, which runs one of the largest personal insolvency…

Longhorn announces job cuts in new restructuring plan – Capital FM Kenya (press release) (blog)

Speaking to Capital FM Business, Group Managing Director Simon Ngigi says the process has been necessitated by the emerging challenges affecting the publishing industry in the markets they operate that include digital disruption, piracy, and government policies/FILE By KENNEDY KANGETHE, NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 10 Longhorn Publishers Limited has announced new job cuts in a…