Atamai Village trust company Village Stewards Ltd liquidated with $10m debt – Stuff.co.nz

Alden Williams/Fairfax NZ Atamai Village off Mytton Heights Road. Village Stewards, which holds land owned by the Atamai Land Trust, is in liquidation. The future of a Motueka Valley eco-village is uncertain as its corporate trustee goes into liquidation owing creditors about $10 million. Atamai Village is a not-for-profit permaculture community billed as being “designed to deal with the impacts of…

Act-On downsizes amid ‘focused restructuring’ – Portland Business Journal (blog)

Andy MacMillan, CEO of Act-On Software Act-On Software Marketing automation company Act-On Software is restructuring its team with dozens of lay offs reported. Thirty-six roles were affected. Last year, the company said it had roughly 400 employees, many based at its Portland headquarters. … Read the full article at: http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/techflash/2016/10/act-on-downsizes-amid-focused-restructuring.html

Olive Garden Owner Says It’d Sure Be ‘Helpful’ If More Chains Went Bankrupt – Grub Street

The struggle is real. Photo: Staan Honda/AFP/Getty Images Every day, predictions about the restaurant industry careening toward massive recession look more and more like reality. Last week, it was flatbread-sandwich purveyor Così that declared bankruptcy; this week, its Garden Fresh, the company that runs the nations 123 Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes restaurants. At least 11…

Government moves to slash $25 billion from student loan debt – The Australian Financial Review

Federal cabinet signed off on Tuesday on a proposal from Education Minister Simon Birmingham that replaces Labor’s VET FEE-HELP with a scheme that will also put in tougher barriers to entry to training providers Q&A The Turnbull government believes it can significantly slash $25 billion of student debt from a disastrous vocational education student loans scheme as part…

Ashner/Witkoff Stockholder Group Delivers To New York REIT A Proposal To Manage The Company – PR Newswire (press release)

Winthrop and its predecessors (collectively, the “Winthrop Group”) possess the knowledge and experience to successfully manage NYRT through the liquidation process. The Winthrop Group has overseen as external advisor and manager five publicly traded REITs, more than 50 publicly registered syndicated limited partnerships and more than 300 privately syndicated limited partnerships. The Winthrop Group was…