Increase expected in number of people going ‘bankruptcy light’ – Belfast Telegraph

The Insolvency Service will publish figures showing the number of people going insolvent between January and March. The number of people going into a type of personal insolvency known as “bankruptcy light” is expected to have increased during the first three months of 2016 in official figures released on Friday. The Insolvency Service will publish…

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Vantage Acceptance Urges Debt Settlement as Credit Card Rates Climb – Marketwired (press release)

WOODLAND HILLS, CA–(Marketwired – Apr 28, 2016) – If you’re struggling to make any real progress on paying off your mounting credit card debt, you aren’t getting any help from Uncle Sam these days. Credit card interest rates have risen since the Federal Reserve hiked its target rate in December 2015, especially for people with…

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Ford Motor Company: Profit Doubles as Restructuring Pays Off – Motley Fool

Ford is selling a lot of well-optioned vehicles like this loaded F-150 Limited. The result was an exceptionally strong profit margin in the first quarter. Image source: Ford Motor Company. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) reported its first-quarter 2016 earnings before the bell on Thursday, April 28. Here’s what investors need to know. The key numbers…

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Making liquidation smooth was the target of Bankruptcy Code: Bhupender Yadav, – Hindu Business Line

Key will be timely implementation, says Joint committee chief New Delhi, April 28:   The existing framework for insolvency and bankruptcy is inadequateand laws are scattered when it comes to dealing with business failure. There is a need for comprehensive legislation, said Bhupender Yadav, Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Yadav,…

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Scottish insolvency levels continue long-term decline – Accountancy Age

THE financial health of Scottish business is improving with corporate insolvencies falling, the latest Scottish insolvency statistics reveal. The upbeat snapshot was revealed from the most recent quarterly figures compiled by Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB), the body responsible for administering the process of personal bankruptcy and recording corporate insolvencies in Scotland, for the fourth quarter of…

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