The Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading presents more than 50 authors, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 12 at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Jeffery Hess will speak at 2:15 p.m. in USFSP Davis 105. Find more information here. Related News/Archive Beachhead is the first novel by Jeffery Hess. He lives in Tampa, where he…
DetailsCreditors of a collapsed company of which One Nation Senator Rod Culleton is a director, have no hope of getting their money back, the liquidator says. The information is contained in a report to creditors of Elite Grains, written by PPB Advisory liquidator Jeff Herbert, and leaked to the ABC. “There will not be…
DetailsAccused drug trafficker Rocco Arico has been branded the “puppeteer” behind a scheme to recover an alleged $100,000 drug debt following a string of threats and attacks staged against a former friend and associate. The prosecution’s claim was put to Mr Arico after he took the stand on Thursday to testify at his trial on…
DetailsSMALL business traders in Rockhampton are faring well financially against their Central Queensland counterparts, while non-business related insolvency rates are on the rise. This is reflected in the Australian Financial Security Authority’s latest regional personal insolvency and business-related insolvency rates for the September quarter. Released yesterday, a snapshot of Central Queensland revealed Rockhampton experienced the…
DetailsAfter announcing his resignation last month, then changing his mind, Family First Senator Bob Day has handed in his notice to the President of the Senate. The now-former South Australian Senator made it official via a statement, which said the major investor that had been examining his Home Australia business over the past fortnight had decided…
DetailsEvery creditor of former senator Bob Day’s home building group except National Australia Bank is likely to come away with nothing, liquidators say. Liquidators for the Home Australia group met with creditors in Sydney and Melbourne on Thursday. “The information available to us suggests unsecured creditors will not receive any money,” McGrathNicol’s Matt Caddy said…
DetailsBad news: Unsecured creditors at the Melbourne meeting of Family First Senator Bob Day’s failed home building business Home Australia were told they would receive nothing. Former senator Bob Day might have been targeted for ‘extortion’ as he tried to save his Home Australia business, according to a liquidators’ report. Mr Day first sought to…
DetailsTravell Thomas, 38, admitted masterminding $31m debt collection scam Top card player burst into tears as he apologized in court on Tuesday He pleaded guilty to running a company which threatened thousands Debt collectors would force victims to pay inflated debts, court heard By Jenny Awford for MailOnline Published: 03:48 +11:00, 3 November 2016 |…
DetailsNov 3, 2016 6:44 AM [SYDNEY] ANZ Bank posted a 24 per cent drop in annual net profits Thursday on the back of restructuring costs as it aims to become “more agile” with less emphasis on Asia. The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group’s result for the year to September 30 came in at A$5.7…
DetailsUpdated Nov. 2, 2016 7:24 p.m. ET Marvell Technology Group Ltd. said it plans to eliminate 900 jobs as part of a restructuring designed to narrow the chip makers focus on more profitable businesses. The company didnt provide a percentage, but its prior disclosure of 5,437 employees as of Jan. 30 suggests that more than…
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