by: Clark Howard Updated: Oct 17, 2016 – 7:32 PM ATLANTA – Georgia State University student Elis Sanchez understands the burden of student debt. Right now I think I’m $14,000 to $15,000 in debt, he said. And hes not alone. The average college student in America holds $35,000 in student loan debt. It’s a number…
DetailsThree Australians executives for casino company Crown Resorts are reportedly being held in China. Its not just Crown thats been affected, with shares in The Star Entertainment Group als CHINAS highrolling whales have been a lucrative target for glamorous overseas casinos, with Australias booming entertainment groups reaping massive rewards. But the bubble may finally have…
DetailsWOBURN, Mass., Oct. 17, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ:MBLX) today announced the management team that will lead Yield10 Bioscience. The company also provided an update on its strategic restructuring and cash position. Yield10 Bioscience is focused on the unmet need for enhanced global food security and is developing proprietary technologies to enable step-change…
DetailsEditors note: GoodCall writer Candace Talmadge continues her ongoing look at how well college students understand their student loans. In Part 1, she tracked the situations of three college students struggling with their debt. Part 2 looked at the effectiveness of college loan counseling. Today, she examines some alternative forms of counseling. Significant numbers of…
DetailsNew Delhi: Personal insolvency cases under The Insolvency and Bankruptcy code 2016 will be handled by Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs). For an insolvency sum greater than Rs1,000, the cases will be moved out of civil courts to the special tribunals. How has the personal insolvency scenario changed? The Insolvency and Bankruptcy code 2016 completely overhauled…
DetailsAmerican Hotel Liquidators buys and resells furniture from high-end hotels. | Courtesy of American Hotel Liquidators From hotel suite to home sweet home. Nashville-based business American Hotel Liquidators is opening a store in Louisville to sell used hotel furniture. The company buys furniture and decor from high-end hotels at discount prices and then resells it to…
DetailsUPDATE 6.30pm: Morleys Emporium has closed as Radius Disability Services enters voluntary administration. In a further statement this evening, adminstrators advised Morleys Emporium retail and hospitality would close immediately, resulting in a number of employees being made redundant. Craig Crosbie and Rodney Slattery of PPB Advisory have been appointed as Voluntary Administrators of Peter Harcourt Disability Services Ltd, trading…
DetailsJPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) sent shares across the financial sector higher on Friday, October 14, as the bank’s stronger-than-expected performance figures for the third quarter set the stage for potentially more positive earnings surprises by its peers over the coming weeks. Although the diversified banking giant continued to witness headwinds in the retail banking industry,…
DetailsRussias government is easing the debt burden of defense companies, jettisoning the 2016 deficit target as the nations relations deteriorate with the U.S. and its allies. The government will increase expenditures in this years so-called black budget, the portion of the spending plan thats authorized but not itemized and typically covers security, by 800 billion…
DetailsHank Billings, For the News-Leader 8:31 a.m. CDT October 17, 2016 Can you make a concrete pie, Billy Boy? Can you make a concrete pie, Charming Billy? There must be someone named Billy in the crew that built the concrete “pie” in the middle of the Springfield square in 1911. There also might be someone…
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