David Baazov launches C$2.8b bid to take Amaya Gaming private – CalvinAyre.com (press release) (blog)

Steven Stradbrooke February 1, 2016 Shares in Canadas Amaya Gaming are up one-quarter on Monday after CEO David Baazov tabled a C$2.8b offer to take the company private. On Monday, PokerStars parent company Amaya issued a statement saying Baazov (pictured) and undisclosed partner investors were planning an all-cash $C21 per share offer to acquire the…

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Marco Rubio, Following Donor Dollars, Frequently Veers From Limited-Government Dogma – The Intercept

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio casts himself as a champion of limited government and in a new campaign ad even depicts himself as a warrior against special interests. But on issues including sugar subsidies, online gambling, spending on military contractors, telecom regulations, and taxpayer support to scandal-plagued for-profit colleges, Rubio has backed a sweeping and…

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Sports tech firm PlayUp in liquidation after burning $70 million of high-profile investor funds – Sydney Morning Herald

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was once an investor in PlayUp, which went into liquidation last week. Photo: Justin McManus A sports media business backed with more than $70 million in funding by some of Australia’s business, political and sporting elite, including Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, has been placed into liquidation. PlayUp’s holding company, Revo Pty Ltd, did not contest a…

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College debt relief could be the next big workplace perk – Waterbury Republican American

A growing number of companies are dangling a recruitment perk that is tailor-made for the millennial generation: debt relief. Free snacks and gym memberships don’t hold the allure they once did for young people entering the working world. Buried under student loans of more than $29,000 on average, they want help. “For this millennial group,…

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Sports tech firm PlayUp in liquidation after burning $70 million of high-profile investor funds – The Australian Financial Review

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was once an investor in PlayUp, which went into liquidation last week. Justin McManus A sports media business backed with more than $70 million in funding by some of Australia’s business, political and sporting elite, including Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, has been placed into liquidation. PlayUp’s holding company, Revo Pty Ltd, did not contest a winding-up…

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2015 personal insolvencies ‘expected to be at lowest level in a decade’ – AOL Money UK

The number of people whose financial situation was so bad that they became insolvent in 2015 is expected to be at its lowest levels in a decade in official figures released on Friday. Creditor services firm RSM predicts that across England and Wales, the Insolvency Service’s figures will show there were around 80,000 personal insolvencies…

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