As HMV stores close their doors for the last time, staff have now left without their redundancy payments because the parent company, Hilco, has now gone into liquidation itself. The move effectively means that the staff must now apply to the State to get their redundancy payments, a process that may take months. Staff members…
DetailsMore than 50 former staff of four HMV stores here are facing the prospect of having to turn to the State for the money owed to them, after being told the music retailer is going into liquidation. The HMV store at the Crescent Shopping Centre in Limerick. HMVs store presence here ended last week with…
DetailsA professional poker player who has won six World Series of Poker event championships since 1993 and millions of dollars in tournaments is fighting felony theft and bad check charges in Las Vegas, where a casino accuses him of failing to repay $215,000 in gambling debts. William “Ted” Forrest’s defense attorney, Chris Rasmussen, said Friday…
DetailsLocal Councils can play a key role in supporting the growth of ethical alternatives to so-called legal loansharks, says a new publication from the Co-operative Party and the Association of British Credit Unions (ABCUL). Launched at the Co-operative Partys Annual Conference in Cardiff, Credit Unions and Government: Working in Partnership details how local councils can support the…
DetailsChase has teamed up with The Players Tribune and Business Insider to present Letter to My Younger Self, a series where athletes reflect on their biggest lessons learned from finance to relationships to careers. Readers will also discover how to apply specific financial learnings to their own lives. By Mai Nguyen Millions of Americans are…
DetailsStakes could be reduced to as little as £2 a spin The review will consider the advertising of betting sites on TV Gamblers can currently wager £100 every 20 seconds on the machines There are more than 35,000 fixed odds betting terminals in the UK By James Slack And Ian Drury For The Daily Mail…
DetailsHMV staff are outraged after the company went into liquidation the night before they were due to receive redundancy pay HMV staff are outraged after the company went into liquidation the night before they were due to receive redundancy pay. The stores have closed their doors once again, three years after they were handed a…
DetailsA professional poker player who has won six World Series of Poker event championships since 1993 and millions of dollars in tournaments is fighting felony theft and bad check charges in Las Vegas, where a casino accuses him of failing to repay $215,000 in gambling debts. William “Ted” Forrest’s defense attorney, Chris Rasmussen, said Friday…
DetailsBy Eleanore D. Sanchez If your debts are getting out of control or you are struggling to make ends meet, it’s important to act quickly. Help is available, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said on its financial planning website, Money Smart. The first step, according to ASIC, is to deal with the problem…
DetailsInsolvency expert, self-help author uses Bandido bikie enforcer to settle debts exit Doug Constable claims to be an “insolvency expert”, who helps ailing businesses stave off creditors and avoid bankruptcy. The 66-year-old businessman, who wrote a book called How to Not Pay Your Debts, says he is “passionate about helping people draw a line in…
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