Taxpayers funding ‘debt collection’ for toll road giants as bills mount up – 9news.com.au

Australia is in the middle of a toll crisis, with unpaid bills clogging the court system and diverting police resources as people face gigantic financial penalties. With bills running to the hundreds of thousands of dollars, ordinary Australians are being arrested and brought to face court. Victoria Legal Aid’s Damien Stock said unpaid toll bills…

Many of Those Billion-Dollar Startups You Hear So Much About Are Ridiculously Overvalued – Fortune

Unicorns arent real, and neither are the valuations ascribed to many of the startups that say theyre worth $1 billion or more. About half of private companies with valuations exceeding $1 billion, known as unicorns, wouldnt have earned the mythical title without the use of complex stock mechanics, according to a study by business professors…

Revealed: How many secured approval for mortgage – but couldn’t find a home to buy – Independent.ie

Stock picture Revealed: How many secured approval for mortgage – but couldn’t find a home to buy Independent.ie A big gap has opened up between the numbers getting approved to take out a mortgage and those who end up drawing one down. http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/property-mortgages/revealed-how-many-secured-approval-for-mortgage-but-couldnt-find-a-home-to-buy-35995718.html http://www.independent.ie/incoming/article35941093.ece/81868/AUTOCROP/h342/page17_property.jpg Email A big gap has opened up between the numbers getting…

Customers hug supermarket boss after shops opens back up – Mackay Daily Mercury

THE IGA at Bucasia has reopened with a fresh new look. Cornetts Supermarkets chief executive officer Graham Booysen, who has opened the store on Thursday, said there would be a focus on delivering fresh produce to customers. Cornetts owns 31 supermarkets across the state, including Sarina, Collinsville, Clermont, Dysart and Middlemount. Mr Booysen said he…

Acquire Learning’s CareerOne sold to new company called Career Media Group – Brisbane Times

Administrators of collapsed education company Acquire Learning have sold it’s single biggest asset – online job search site CareerOne – to a media group.  Cor Cordis announced on Thursday it had sold Acquire’s  90 per cent stake in CareerOne was sold for an undisclosed sum to Octomedia. Creditors will discover the sum at the next creditors meeting in September.  Job…