Business briefing: Essar Minnesota seeks debt relief, reports says – TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

Essar Steel Minnesota, a U.S. affiliate of Indias Essar Global Group, has hired financial and legal advisers to help it restructure its debt, Reuters reported last week, citing sources familiar with the matter. The company is in the final stages of building a $1.8 billion iron ore pellet plant in northern Minnesota. Its woes underscore…

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Fitch: Dell’s IT Services Business Sale Will Aid Debt Reduction – Business Wire (press release)

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings believes Dell Inc.’s (Dell) sale of its information technology services (Services) business to NTT Data Corp. for more than $3 billion will help reduce approximately $50 billion of debt incurred to finance Dell’s $67 billion acquisition of EMC Corp. (EMC) announced Oct. 13, 2015. Fitch’s ‘BB’ long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) for…

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AG HEALEY, US EDUCATION SECRETARY KING ANNOUNCE DEBT RELIEF FOR CORINTHIAN STUDENTS – Sampan

More than 2,000 students who were victimized by Corinthian Colleges in Massachusetts are eligible to have their federal loans forgiven, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today at an event with U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King. According to the U.S. Department of Education, students who were defrauded at 91 former Corinthian campuses nationwide…

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First National Real Estate: network’s agents rebel over ‘cooked books’ – Sydney Morning Herald

First National has hundreds of branches across Australia and New Zealand. Photo: Eddie Jim One of Australia’s largest real estate networks is facing internal upheaval amid allegations of mismanagement, manipulation of books and possible conflicts of interest including deals with suppliers owned by or linked to its own board members. In recent months, a reform group…

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