Greek central bank chief calls for debt relief, lower primary surplus target – Reuters

Greece’s European partners should grant the country debt relief and lower its primary surplus targets, Greece’s central bank chief Yannis Stournaras wrote in the Financial Times. Stournaras said Greece had made significant fiscal progress, the government had honoured its commitments and “current market interest rates are very favourable to debt relief decisions for both borrower…

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Dorsey Adds Reorganization and Restructuring Veteran Janet M. Weiss in New York – Business Wire (press release)

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Janet M. Weiss has joined the Firms Finance & Restructuring Group in New York as a Partner. Ms. Weiss has extensive experience in all aspects of corporate reorganization and debt restructuring matters. She has represented debtors, creditors, committees, secured lenders, debtor-in-possession financing lenders…

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Gambling debt made man throw bomb in Shanghai airport: Police – Hindustan Times

Frustration over online gambling debts prompted a 29-year-old man to carry out the crude bomb attack inside Shanghai airport that injured five people, including the attacker, police said on Monday. The attacker, identified as Zhou Xingbai from Guizhou region in southern China, was seriously injured when he slashed his throat after lobbing the home-made bomb…

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Foreign investor who partnered with Pécs faces liquidation – Budapest Business Journal

 Christian Keszthelyi  Monday, June 13, 2016, 09:40 A foreign businessman who partnered with a city is apparently losing his business after losing the support of state and local officials. A liquidation proceeding was launched against Pécss Zsolnay, a  porcelain manufacturer whose majority owner expressed concerns of a hostile takeover by city representatives. The procedure was…

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