Comdisco Announces Fiscal Year 2016 First Quarter Financial Results – Business Wire (press release)

ROSEMONT, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comdisco Holding Company, Inc. (OTCQB: CDCO) and (OTCQB: CDCOR) (Comdisco) today reported financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2015. Comdisco emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings on August 12, 2002. Under Comdiscos First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (the Plan), Comdisco was charged with, and has been, liquidating its…

Courts help debt collectors prey on America’s working poor – Northdallasgazette

By Charlene Crowell Despite consensus by economists that the economic recovery is well underway, many of Americas working poor, under-employed and unemployed people continue to struggle financially. Adding insult to injury, these financially vulnerable households face debt collectors who harass and sue them on incomplete and/or inaccurate information. In many cases, consumers are harassed for…

Five more Laura Ashley stores to close as voluntary administration continues – SmartCompany.com.au

Five Laura Ashley stores in Victoria and New South Wales will close and 25 employees will lose their jobs, as the voluntary administration of the Australian retail chain continues. FTI Consulting, which was appointed to manage the voluntary administration of the company on January 7, said yesterday the closures are part of an ongoing restructure…

Banca Etruria declared insolvent – ANSA (registration)

 (ANSA) – Arezzo, February 11 – Arezzo’s bankruptcy court on Thursday declared the ‘old’ Banca Etruria insolvent, upholding a request by bank commissioner Giuseppe Santoni.    The court instead rejected an objection that last year’s Banca Etruria rescue was unconstitutional, filed by defence lawyers for the bank’s last president, Lorenzo Rosi.    The legal documents will now…