BERLIN (Reuters) – Lufthansas (LHAG.DE) supervisory board approved plans to invest 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) in up to 61 additional planes to expand its Eurowings budget business after German rival Air Berlin was declared insolvent. Air Berlins creditors have selected Lufthansa and British budget carrier easyJet (EZJ.L) to negotiate over a carve-up of its…
Fashion fail: Topshop Australia calls in administrators exit ???High-profile fashion retailer Topshop Australia has collapsed under debts and entered voluntary administration, with the future of its stores and workers under a cloud. Administrator James Stewart, of Ferrier Hodgson, said the company would continue to trade as normal while it considered its “optimal operating structure”. “It…
New data from the Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) has revealed that excessive credit use has overtaken unemployment/loss of income as the most common cause of personal insolvency. The government agencys research found that of a total 25,225 cases of non-business related personal insolvency for the 2016-17 period, 8,870 (slightly over 35%) were due to excessive…
The job of an insolvency resolution professional (IRP) is not all about exercising power just because he or she is is empowered, said Ashish Chhawchharia , partner restructuring services, Grant Thornton Advisory , which is now engaged in supporting ongoing insolvency proceedings at many firms including two of the large dirty dozen cases -Alok Industries…
Catching up with online surfwear retailer Surfstitch.com recently was an eye opener to what the business has been going through following the recent announcement that its holding companies had gone into voluntary administration. On 24th August 2017, SurfStitch Group Ltd announced it had gone into voluntary administration having been beleaguered with several legal issues, including…
A Moray engineering company has gone into liquidation with the loss of more than 30 jobs. Brown Engineering of Fochabers was established in the 1970s. It specialised in the manufacture, installation and maintenance of plant and machinery and pipework for the distilling and malting and oil and gas industries. Liquidators KPMG said 32 of the…
By JAINDI KISEROMore by this Author I am well aware that the obsession of the moment in this country right now is politics. But I have decided to return to the issue of the government-backed bailout of Uchumi Supermarkets Ltd. I am compelled to do so in reaction to comments and inquiries by suppliers and…
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(Reuters) – American International Group Inc (AIG.N) said on Monday it will reorganize into three new units and will no longer have separate commercial and consumer businesses, marking the first major strategic move by new Chief Executive Officer Brian Duperreault. Under the new structure, AIG will have a general insurance business, a life and retirement…
IU will provide one-stop shop for details on all financial transactions Mumbai, September 26: Indias first information utility (IU), a one-stop shop for details on all financial transactions of lenders, information utilities under the insolvency and bankruptcy, has got a go-ahead. On Tuesday, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) granted it a renewal…