ABC News 11 April 2016 Owners of a new Vietnamese restaurant in Brisbane say they have decided to change the name from Uncle Ho after a protest and death threats. The name refers to the communist North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh, and about 100 Vietnamese protestors turned up at the Fortitude Valley restaurant on…
DetailsWe have the highest unemployment rate weve had in 20 years and the only province facing a decline in its GDP, said Karen Wyke, a partner with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, speaking at the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association last week. Wyke was part of a panel discussing recurring themes faced by in-house counsel in the…
DetailsMADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says hes thrifty and is offering T-shirts for craft projects while asking donors to help pay off the $1.2 million debt from his short-lived presidential campaign. The Republican sent an email to donors Sunday saying, if there is one thing the American people learned about me during our…
DetailsWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he’s “thrifty” and is offering T-shirts for craft projects while asking donors to help pay off the $1.2 million debt from his short-lived presidential campaign. The Republican sent an email to donors Sunday saying, “if there is one thing the American people learned about me during our presidential campaign, it…
DetailsBy Jonathan Randles Law360, New York (March 30, 2016, 9:42 PM ET) — A Mississippi casino lost a bid Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by bankrupt law firm Morris Schneider Wittstadt LLC over a former partner who gambled away more than $1.5 million from a firm trust. U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr.…
DetailsWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is claiming to be thrifty in an email asking supporters to help him pay off more than $1 million in presidential campaign debt. Walker spent more than $90,000 a day on his 70-day run for president. Walker said in the fundraising plea sent Sunday that, “If there is one thing the…
DetailsKUALA LUMPUR (April 11 ): Cliq Energy Bhd’s management team led by managing director and chief executive officer Ahmad Ziyad Elias has filed a judicial review application, which aims to prevent the company from being liquidated. In a statement to Bursa Malaysia, oil and gas entity Cliq said the management team via Best Oracle Sdn…
DetailsPublished 11/04/2016 | 12:38 Simon Stokes and Conach Stokes BANKRUPT businessman Simon Stokes’ estranged wife Conach has told the High Court she wants to be added to his list of creditors as part of his bankruptcy process. Share Go To “I just want you to make you aware about the situation and how he has…
Details(Illustration by Peter Arkle) It was an otherwise unremarkable day in mid-February when nascent computer scientist Evan Maynard received some tremendous news. In a meeting with his boss, Maynard, who will graduate from St. Marys University this spring, learned that the company where he had been working part-time for nearly a year wanted to help…
DetailsBy Lauren McMah of news.com.au, Melissa Nightingale A Whanganui woman stole more than $28,000 from her employer and left a note explaining she had done it to pay off gambling debt. The gambling addiction “stemmed from boredom” after Kelly-Ann Webster had a stroke, defence lawyer Anna Brosnahan told Whanganui District Court. Webster, 43, was in…
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