Ash Whitefly looks forward to a bevy of Park Lands events in the coming year, but has reservations about the complaints, city councillors conflicts of interest and debt left in their wake. A mixed response The park lands events calendar is getting busy. The Park Lands Authority in winter reviewed its Events Management Plan about…
James Hurley, Callum Jones The Global Restructuring Group of Royal Bank of Scotland, which is 71 per cent-owned by the taxpayer, has been accused of stripping small businesses of assets to raise profitsStefan Wermuth/Reuters Campaigners have described an intervention from the chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland as offensive after he said that he…
Image copyright Getty Images Imagine a world in which no one could borrow money: no house, no car, no building that extension, and possibly no Christmas presents either. The ability to borrow is vital. Shylock, you might argue, gave money-lending a bad name. Indeed much of what we borrow is “good debt” – when the…
Energy suppliers have again provoked the industry regulators ire by turning a blind eye to customers struggles with rising debt before stepping in to help. Ofgem branded energy minnows First Utility, Ecotricity, Utility Warehouse, iSupplyEnergy and Spark Energy as the worst offenders. The only big six supplier to be named and shamed is Npower. Ofgem…
The President of the World Bank Dr Jim Young Kim has promised to help small island developing states get concessional financing to ease the burden of post disaster debt. He invited Caribbean leaders to put together a financial plan that can be presented to world leaders, who will meet in Paris on December 12 to…
A file photo of a steel plant. The liquidation value of Innoventive Industries is expected to be in the range of Rs130-140 crore. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint Mumbai: Innoventive Industries Ltd, a Pune-based steel products maker that is undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, faces liquidation after a committee of creditors (CoC) rejected two resolution plans, including one from…
Embattled Indian sandalwood producer Quintis controls at least 51,277 megalitres of water the largest volume of licenced water in the Northern Territory significantly more than any other agricultural, industrial or government entity, ABC Rural can reveal. NTCH Quintis water facts Quintis controls: 26 per cent of the Top End’s total allocated water 49 per cent…
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Naveen Jindal-promoted Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) is looking at a recovery after paying back more than Rs 10,000 crore in interest and Rs 6,000 crore in principal to its lenders since 2014. This is at a time when steel firms, barring three majors, are in a troubled phase. Since…