Province Appoints Council to Modernize Ontario’s Business Laws Chair – Carol Hansell (Partner, Hansell LLP) Carol Hansell is the founder and Senior Partner of Hansell LLP, an independent firm dedicated to advising boards, management teams, institutional shareholders and regulators in connection with legal and governance challenges. Over the past 25 years while in practice, Ms.…
A drilling company that has been operating for 18 years has collapsed into voluntary administration. Nedrill Blasting Contractors, which is based in the Northern Territory, has been providing drill and blast services to the mining and construction industries across Australia since 1998. The business appointed external managers earlier this week, with Christopher Powell and Nicholas…
NEW YORK Sports Authority is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a move that could affect its two stores in Maine. The retailer said Wednesday that it plans to close or sell about 140 stores and two distribution centers, in Denver and Chicago. The Englewood, Colorado, company has 463 stores in 41 states and Puerto…
Abengoa Bioenergy US Holding LLC, a unit of Spanish conglomerate Abengoa SA (ABG.MC), received interim financing to pay wages and keep the lights on while it tries to reorganize under Chapter 11, according to a court ruling on Wednesday. Abengoa Bioenergy filed for bankruptcy protection last week. Lawyers on Wednesday said it is a guarantor…
Press Release No. 16/85 March 2, 2016 On February 12, 2016, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation1 with India. The Indian economy is on a recovery path, helped by a large terms of trade gain (about 2.5 percent of GDP), positive policy actions, and reduced external…
(Adds details on board, updates shares) MADRID, March 2 Debt-laden Spanish energy group Abengoa has appointed a new chairman to try to distance the firm’s management from its main shareholder and facilitate a debt restructuring. The Seville-based company is racing to reach an agreement with its banks and bondholders by March 28, when it would…
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©AFP John Kenneth Galbraith in The Great Crash, 1929 describes bezzle theft where there is an often lengthy of time period between the crime and its discovery. The person robbed continues to feel richer as he does not know of his loss, at least yet. In favourable markets, bezzle increases, only being exposed by changed…
A Brighton-based robo-call spam operation has been hit by a record £350,000 fine by data privacy watchdogs. Since the firm has been closed down and entered liquidation, however, even the Information Commissioner admits the fine is unlikely to be paid. Prodial Ltd, a lead generation firm responsible for more than 46 million automated nuisance calls,…
(Recasts with increase to debt, adds details, background) Feb 29 Spain’s Abengoa, on the brink of becoming the country’s largest-ever bankruptcy, said on Monday its debt had risen by 492 million euros ($535.39 million) in 2015’s fourth quarter as it posted a full-year net loss of 1.2 billion euros. The energy firm, which is racing…