A pedestrians at a bus station in Vientiane, Laos, on Saturday, June 24, 2023. Valeria Mongelli | Bloomberg | Getty Images An alarming debt crisis has unfolded in Laos in recent years, raising worries about the tiny nation’s obligation to its biggest creditor China. China became the largest foreign investor in Laos in late 2013…
Growing numbers of federal employees are about to come under whats known as continuous vetting. Public databases automatically monitored by security officials to make sure you havent been criminally charged or suddenly incurred large debt. Those with national security clearance are mostly under continuous vetting already. Now the Office of Personnel Management plans to expand…
The Western Australia Court of Appeal has provided clarity concerning questions of insolvency practitioner independence following pre-administration services and whether those pre-administration services can disentitle insolvency practitioners to remuneration. ASIC appealed the first instance decision of Justice Martin in the Western Australian Supreme Court, Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Jones [2023] WASCA 130. This…
Acutus Medical, Inc. (Acutus or the Company) (Nasdaq: AFIB), today announced a realignment of resources and corporate restructuring. Scott Huennekens, Chairman of Acutus, commented, Following an extensive strategic review by the Companys Board of Directors, we are taking the hard but necessary steps to streamline our operations. In light of the current financing environment and…
Scammers call or email, pretending to be from the VA or your home loan servicer. They claim if you pay them an upfront fee, they can get you a loan modification or refinancing to avoid foreclosure, so you can keep your home. But thats illegal. Do you know your rights when it comes to getting…
Dear Paul,I’ve been working for a little while since graduating, but I have a large HELP debt. My priority is to save to buy a house, but I also want to contribute to super and I’m conscious of reducing the student debt because of indexation.I’m unsure if I should focus on saving a deposit and/or…
If youre wondering where to watch Quiz Lady online, you have come to the right place, as we have all the streaming details. Directed by Jessica Yu, the movie follows two estranged sisters, Anne and Jenny, who take a long journey and enroll in a quiz show as a way of earning cash to pay…
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Quiz Lady. Summary Anne and Jenny’s mom owes a gambling debt of $80,000, which leads to Ken holding Anne’s dog hostage as collateral. Anne dislikes the final round of Can’t Stop the Quiz, which involves charades, and replaces her neighbor with her sister Jenny as her charades partner. While Quiz Lady…
The Supreme Court today (07.11.2023) commenced its hearings in a batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of various provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) relating to Personal Guarantors Insolvency Resolution Process. The central contention raised by the petitioners challenging Sections 95(1), 96(1), 97(5), 99(1), 99(2), 99(4), 99(5), 99(6), and 100 of the Code…
It has emerged that Ukreximbank has asked the Commercial Court of Kyiv to declare Ukraine International Airlines bankrupt. The continued war in the country against Russia has caused a shutdown of their airspace, which has resulted in commercial operations being suspended for around 18 months up to now. Without further ado, lets get into it…