Plans to raid Queensland public servants’ superannuation fund have been highlighted as a factor by rating agency Standard and Poor’s in keeping the state’s credit rating steady. And it says Queensland could regain its AAA rating within two years. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Treasurer Curtis Pitt hand down the 2016 budget. Photo: Robert Shakespeare On Wednesday,…
DetailsA man accused of extortion admitted making dummy bids at a house auction to help a drug dealer sell his home and pay off a $110,000 debt, a jury has heard. Rocco Arico is alleged to have made threats to Arthur Vouthas and his family members in 2014 and 2015 unless he was paid back money he was owed,…
DetailsImage Text: FUNDRAISING ACT: Tayo Aluko AWARD WINNING playwright and singer Tayo Aluko is to help raise funds for a centre campaigning to improve the rights and lives of women. Aluko is among artists who will perform at the Crossroads Womens Centres fundraising concert on Saturday (Oct 27). The event, at the community centre in…
DetailsLambhua, Oct 19: To help the debt-trap and helpless farmers of Uttar Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi on Tuesday took a significant step and handed over keys of 28 newly built houses to families belonging to the weaker section. This happened in Lambhua block of Sultanpur, which is his own constituency. Poor…
DetailsOn Wednesday, October 5, Peter Moriarty was looking forward to two days by the pool in Manila, having just finished a team-training program in the Philippines. That was before a ticket came into his companys help desk, notifying him one of his largest competitors had just gone into liquidation. Moriarty sprung into action, wiping his…
DetailsOct. 18, 2016 8:09 p.m. ET Executives with Dow Jones & Co., the unit of News Corp NWS 0.72 % that includes The Wall Street Journal, have told the union representing its employees that it is preparing to restructure operations amid volatility in the ad market. The Independent Association of Publishers Employees, which has been…
DetailsA tower belonging to the Abengoa solar plant is seen at the “Solucar” solar park in Sanlucar la Mayor, southern Spain Thomson Reuters By Tracy Rucinski CHICAGO (Reuters) – A leading bankrupt subsidiary of Abengoa SA won U.S. court approval on Wednesday to join a $10 billion debt-restructuring agreement in Spain, a week before a…
DetailsIntel today reported its Q3 earnings, and while the company beat estimates on both revenues and earnings, it also said that it would be raising its restructuring charges to an eye-watering $2.3 billion, as it continues to shift its business away from PC processors and into chips for the next generation of computing in devices like…
DetailsShare: Facebook Twitter Ian Alleyne and his son Israel RELATED STORIES Former talk show host Ian Alleyne wept today, calling on fans and supporters to help him pay off a $748,000 debt he incurred for defaming a b… Read the full article at: http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20161018/news/ian-alleyne-in-tears-help-me-pay-my-debt
DetailsDive Brief: Dicks Sporting Goods is preparing to bid on bankrupt Golfsmith Internationals U.S. business, challenging an offer from Worldwide Golf Shops (which operates stores under the Roger Dunn Golf Shops, Van’s Golf Shops and Golfers’ Warehouse brands), sources told Reuters. Bids for Golfsmith, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in…
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