The corporate insolvency and bankruptcy system would be fully functional by 31 March 2017, says MS Sahoo, chairman of the bankruptcy regulator, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India. Though the system has started working from 1 December 2016, there are still some parts — finalising regulations of information utilities and voluntary liquidations — which are…
DetailsSYDNEY–Packaging company Amcor Ltd. (AMC.AU) said its first-half profit fell by 6.2% because of unfavorable currency swings. The Melbourne-based company reported a net profit of US$286.6 million for the six months through December, compared to US$305.5 million a year earlier. Amcor has been restructuring its flexibles business, which provides packaging for the food and beverage,…
DetailsSome encouraging company earnings reports, a positive lead from US markets and higher commodity prices have helped lift the Australian share market by about 0.7 per cent to its best close in a month. On Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 40.1 points, or 0. 7per cent, at 5,760.7 points. The broader All Ordinaries index…
DetailsAfter some 27 years of serialization and 33 collected volumes of high-stakes gambling tension, Nobuyuki Fukumoto’s seinen manga about a maverick mahjong master, Akagi, will be coming to an end with the final chapter to be published in February of 2018. A series of posters announcing the manga’s conclusion will be on display at the 15…
DetailsGreece should leave the eurozone and then be given debt relief, the head of Germanys pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) told a German radio station on Thursday. Greece should, however, remain in the European Union, FDP leader Christian Lindner told Deutschlandfunk, so it can get subsidies to put into infrastructure or help small- and medium-sized businesses.…
DetailsBy Mthandazo Nyoni Struggling Bulawayo firm, Merlin, has been given up to June 30 to secure an investor or face liquidation. The iconic manufacturer risks joining other big companies that went under in Zimbabwe’s second city over the past decade, a new report has revealed. Merlin survived liquidation over a decade ago and was placed…
DetailsA grieving student nurse is in thousands of pounds worth of debt after being refused government help for her dads funeral. Beccy Oxley, studying nursing at Liverpool John Moores University , was forced to pay out over £3,000 for funeral arrangements after her father died suddenly in November 2016. The 24-year-old, who was his next…
DetailsBy CarlyMagaTheatre Critic Sat., Feb. 11, 2017 Superior Donuts Written by Tracy Letts. Directed by Ted Dykstra. Until February 26 at the Coal Mine Theatre, 1454 Danforth Avenue. CoalMineTheatre.com. This could be the first incepted storefront theatre production in Toronto after the audience enters the street-facing Coal Mine Theatre on the Danforth, they meet another…
DetailsSir Philip Green has faced questions in parliament over his role in the collapse of BHS Private and publicly listed companies should face the same level of scrutiny, according to MPs demanding sweeping reforms to corporate governance following the collapse of BHS. The work and pensions committee said the Government could prevent another corporate crisis…
DetailsWhat has happened to our National Health Service? Nine out of 10 NHS trusts said their hospitals had been at unsafe levels of overcrowding. A&Es have an average waiting time of 14 hours. And 60,000 people wait on trolleys for up to 12 hours to get a bed. These arent just statistics. Theyre your frightened…
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