Restaurateur, ex-commando and paparazzo charged in Nice kidnap plot – 9news.com.au

Jacqueline Veyrac snatched last Monday while getting into her SUV (Source: Twitter) France on Sunday charged an Italian restaurateur, a homeless former British special forces soldier and a one-time paparazzi photographer over the kidnapping of a French hotel magnate, a prosecutor said. Jacqueline Veyrac, 76, the millionaire owner of the Michelin-starred La Reserve restaurant in…

New York REIT, Inc. Sets Stockholders Meeting Date of December 19, 2016 – PR Newswire (press release)

NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — New York REIT, Inc. (“NYRT”) (NYSE: NYRT), announced today that its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to vote on the election of directors and to approve NYRT’s proposed plan of liquidation and dissolution, will be held on December 19, 2016 at a time and location…

Award-winning IT company collapses into voluntary administration – SmartCompany.com.au

An IT distribution company that has operated for almost 20 years has collapsed into voluntary administration. Altech Computers was established in 1997 and has offices and warehouses in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Auckland and Hong Kong. The business featured in BRWs Fast 100 for several years between 2004 and 2006, coming in at number…

‘Total hypocrite’: Bob Day sales manual infuriates families – The Sydney Morning Herald

Family First senator Bob Day wrote a book about sales in which he emphasised the importance of keeping promises to customers, delivering products on time and avoiding the distractions of a second job. Families brought to the brink of financial ruin by Senator Day’s failed Home Australia building company have labelled him a “total hypocrite”…