Interest rates are on holdfor now. Savers should enjoy it while it lasts. The Bank of Japans decision to move rates from slightly positive to slightly negative was all about weakening the Yen. Its another salvo in the currency skirmish thats playing out between China, Europe and the land of the (ever) rising debt. Australia…
Reports from Britain say Slater & Gordon has been forced into debt restructuring talks. Photo: Lee Besford Beleaguered law firm Slater & Gordon is in talks about restructuring debt and has appointed a firm of British advisers to assist with the process, according to a report. Britain’s Telegraph newspaper reported that the firm has appointed…
Samaki Walker played with the Lakers for two seasons. By Mike Woolfson [email protected] | Jan 27, 2016 02:15 PM EST Samaki Walker isn’t Kobe Bryant’s biggest fan. (Photo : Getty Images) Since Kobe Bryant announced his retirement from the NBA earlier this season many of the people around the league have gotten nostalgic about his…
MINNEAPOLIS 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 dont 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…
Awash in poisoned water and failed leadership, Flint, Michigan now sits at the brink of a potential education disaster. At least thats how Sheldon Neeley sees it. The state representative, a Democrat from Flint and former city councilman, is publicly calling for an influx of financial support for the citys crippled schools demanding the state…
By Press Association Published: 11:49 EST, 3 February 2016 | Updated: 11:49 EST, 3 February 2016 A “breathing space” scheme should be introduced so that people in debt crisis can still afford to heat their homes and feed their families, according to consumer champion Martin Lewis and charity StepChange. Those making the joint call said…
A Buffalo man who shot a family friend three times over a gambling debt telling him Its time to die before firing the final bullet into his face was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison. In December an Erie County Court jury found James R. Thomas Jr., 28, of Minnesota Avenue found guilty of…
THE Federal Government has got to be kidding if it thinks it is in anyway justified in refusing Labor access to secret volumes of the Heydon Royal Commission into union commission and then offering them to select cross bench Senators whose votes it needs. Fair enough if the government wants to bring back the Australian…
Zachary Reger Tuesday, February 2, 2016 COLUMBIA State Rep. Kip Kendrick, D-Columbia, is on a mission: to shatter student debt. Kendrick spoke Monday morning to a crowd at the MU Student Center about House Bill 2432, also called the Student Debt Relief Act. The bill calls for additional measures to help college graduates repay loans.…
Gregg Galardi, the global co-chair of DLA Pipers restructuring practice, has joined Ropes & Gray, the firm announced on Monday. Galardi represented CIT Group in a 2009 prepackaged bankruptcy one of the largest in U.S. history and has advised as debtors counsel in cases, including Circuit City, Polaroid and City Sports. He joins Ropes &…