Photograph by Bayete Ross Smith/EHRP and The Guardian Every day at 7pm, New Yorkers have cheered, applauded and banged pots and pans for frontline workers. One of those they have cheered for is Shana-Kay Henry, a physician assistant in the city, who, like thousands of others, is praised as a hero for her brave caretaking…
DetailsTHE FOUR-LANE, 62-km toll road being built between Masiaka, a business hub in Sierra Leone, and Freetown, the countrys capital, promises shorter journey times, fewer accidents and smoother drives. It is nonetheless controversial. Awarded to China Railway Seventh Group, the project added over $160m to the countrys foreign debt, according to the China-Africa Research Initiative…
DetailsTheRoyal Albert Hall will go bust by March next year if it doesnt receive urgent financial support, the iconic venues chief executive has warned. The West London venue, which was the busiest live music venue in the world last year, has lost 12m after closing its doors for more than 100 days due to coronavirus.…
DetailsIn order to survive, companies and lenders alike will have to weather the storm, demonstrate a level of a… The financial impact of COVID-19 will depend on how long it lasts and the depth of the fall in output. The main cost of COVID-19 will no doubt be unemployment occasioned by the inevitable financial distress…
DetailsDecades before Rick Blangiardi began his run for Honolulu mayor, he took part in financial schemes in Hawaii and Kansas that led him to file for bankruptcy and landed the scams ringleaders behind bars. The former television executives involvement got the attention of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., or FDIC, which sued him and others…
DetailsThroughout the coronavirus crisis, CBS is providing weekly updates on the number of bankruptcies pronounced by Dutch courts. The weekly updates are normally released on Thursdays at 12.00 p.m. Not including sole proprietorships, there were 30 bankruptcies in week 26. This is 43 down on the previous week. In addition, 1 sole proprietorship was declared…
DetailsTurbine manufacturer Suzlon has completed debt restructuring with the unanimous approval of its secured lenders. The company said the term debt is reduced substantially with interest of 9% a year repayable over 10 years starting today. It added that the balance debt of secured consortium lenders has been replaced by 0.01% optionally convertible debenture of…
DetailsAussie spending has been turbulent in 2020, with the devastating effects of the bushfires into the outbreak of COVID-19. In fact, according to Deloitte Access Economics latest quarterly Retail Forecasts subscriber report (Q2, 2020), retail spending has been a rollercoaster so far this year. The report revealed that after the surge in spending growth in…
DetailsJuly 01, 2020 21:52 ET | Source: Aeromxico Mexico City, July 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Company Obtains Court Approval of All Requests at “First Day” Hearing Aeromexico Continuing to Serve Customers and Operatewith Focus on Health and Safety of Employees and Customers Mexico City, July 1, 2020 — Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B. de C.V (Aeromexico…
DetailsThe Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act (the Act) received Royal Assent on 25 June 2020 and is now in force. As anticipated in our client alert of 26 May 2020, the Act represents the most extensive changes in the insolvency landscape since the Enterprise Act came into force in 2003. The provisions of the Act…
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