College debt relief could be next big workplace perk – Minneapolis Star Tribune
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DetailsROBERT KITCHIN/FAIRFAX NZ Dick Smith stores have remained open while receivers and administrators try to get the business sorted for sale. Almost 200 Dick Smith New Zealand staff are owed $353,000 by the company and it is uncertain whether they will get their money. Dick Smith’s administrators McGrathNicol held the first New Zealand creditors meeting…
DetailsSignificantly more businesses went under last year compared to 2014, led by a rise in company failures from NSW. With 9,573 businesses having gone into administration up to November last year, the numbers for 2015 have already eclipsed 2014’s total of 8,794 companies slipping under, data from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission shows. NSW…
DetailsUPDATE 2 (15th January 19:32 BST): The website for Cryptsy has been taken offline. Embattled digital currency exchange Cryptsy is now claiming that it is insolvent. The exchange alleges in a newly released blog post that it was the target of a hack in July 2014, an incident that it said cost it approximately 13,000 BTC ($7.5m…
DetailsFriday, January 15, 2016 In 2015 Prime Minister Tony Abbott was booted from the top job courtesy of his own party and replaced by Malcolm Turnbull. This was considered a victory by many and a result of the work of a number of social movements campaigning against a range of Abbott’s policies. Under Abbott, the…
DetailsEmployment generation is govt’s top-most priority Kick-starting its ambitious Start-Up Mission, the government on Saturday promised to prioritise such measures for greater employment generation and said it was committed to ensuring start-ups a friendlier regulatory regime, easier capital availability as well as quicker exit norms through a bankruptcy law. Pointing out that entrepreneurship was no…
DetailsPeople walk along the Boardwalk in Atlantic City November 17, 2015. Reuters/Carlo Allegri Atlantic City, the distressed New Jersey gambling hub, should consider privatizing its fire-fighting services and convention center and find ways to make more money off its drinking water utility, the city’s emergency manager said in an updated fiscal rescue plan. The report…
DetailsUpdated Jan. 15, 2016 2:04 p.m. ET A federal appeals court in Philadelphia Friday upheld a decision that allowed the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, N.J., to escape its union contracts in bankruptcy. The decision is a victory for Carl Icahn, the billionaire who controls the last remaining Atlantic Casino to bear the…
DetailsPortugal’s central bank on Friday relaunched the sale of Novo Banco, created as part of the rescue of Banco Espirito Santo (BES bank), after a first attempt last year was halted due to unsatisfactory bids. The Bank of Portugal’s Board of Governors said it had “decided to renew the sale process” of Novo Banco with…
DetailsA recent brouhaha at our citys Gucun Park in Baoshan District, famous for its springtime cherry blossoms, is providing food for thought on the issue of public spaces, and what responsibilities our city and we as local citizens have for supporting these places. The case revolves around the parks decision to rent out a large…
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