Hundreds of people in a former steel town in north-east England have been revealed to be directors of a range of pornography, dating, diet and travel websites. An investigation by the Reuters news agency found that at least 429 residents of Consett, County Durham, had been or still were being paid to serve as directors…
John Mawson and his wife Sandra live in a cramped one-storey home on a hill near Consett, an old steel town in the north east of England. They have been company directors for years, and between them serve 15 firms. But John had no idea what their companies did until a few years ago, when…
In 2014, Ukraine unveiled an ambitious roadmap to prosperity by 2020. The varied aims include applying for European Union membership, becoming one of the top 30 countries in the World Banks Doing Business ranking, overhauling the civil service and winning at least 35 medals at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Two years later, progress has…
ONLY 1,022 out of 3.6 million credit card holders have been declared bankrupt for failing to settle debts from January to June this year, says Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Othman Aziz. A majority of them were aged 45 and above, and only 10 of them were between 21 and 30 years old, he added. To…
By: ENS Economic Bureau | Mumbai | Published:November 25, 2016 3:21 am Model bye-laws, governing board of Insolvency Professional Agencies notified. The stage has been set for the introduction of a new category of professionals in India who will deal with the process of insolvency in the country. In a move that will speed up…
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), the apex regulatory body under the new bankruptcy code, has constituted two high-profile panels to advise it on key issues on the upcoming framework, which the government and various stakeholders see as a key reform. The advisory committees, which have representation…
A Taiwanese film titled “Betelnut Girls“() which tells the story of a single mother who while working as a “betel nut beauty” to make a living for her son, develops a romantic relationship with rookie cop, will be opening tomorrow Nov. 25 in theaters across Taiwan. The term betel nut beauty () is used to describe…
Leipzig-based sales company Deckert Distribution has acquired worldwide sales rights to Levan Koguashvilis Gogitas New Life, a production from Koguashvilis own label Kino Iberica in Georgia, made in co-production with Croatias Embrio Russias Moskvitch Studio and Tato Film, based in the Ukraine. Selected for Karlovy Varys Docu Talents workshop this year, Gogita follows a mans…
By Reuters Published: 21:18 +11:00, 24 November 2016 | Updated: 21:18 +11:00, 24 November 2016 e-mail By Alasdair Pal and Himanshu Ojha CONSETT, England, Nov 23 (Reuters) – John Mawson and his wife Sandra live in a cramped one-storey home on a hill near Consett, an old steel town in the north east of England.…
How do the EU Member States’ insolvency frameworks currently perform? The 2015 World Bank Doing Business Report ranks countries according to the efficiency of their insolvency frameworks on a scale of 0-16. The EU average is 11.6, which is 5% below the OECD average for high income countries (12.2). The efficiency of insolvency frameworks varies…