Welcome to Wednesday, everyone! Check out these must-read tech stories for today: 1. Apple is offering free battery replacements for certain iPhone 6s handsets. A batch of units from late 2015 are randomly shutting down for no reason, so the manufacturer was forced to act. Read more here. 2. Fast-loan fintech firm Enably has scored…
Almost 40 prospective Canberra home owners, as well as an unknown number of sub-contractors, face an uncertain future following Today’s Homes and Lifestyle Pty Ltd’s decision to go into voluntary administration. The Fyshwick based company, which was first registered in 1994 and trades as Today’s Homes, has placed itself in the hands of Deloitte Restructuring…
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A new report says the mining industry has passed the worst of the downturn and is making a comeback boosted by gold and lithium miners. The PwC report said the market value for the 50 medium-sized miners on the Australian stock exchange has increased by almost a quarter from 2015 to nearly $45…
Often small businesses in difficulty cannot afford advice and a fund would be a way of providing help, to reduce the likelihood of insolvency. Photo / Getty Images Leicester Gouwland is a director at accountancy and finance specialist William Buck Christmas Gouwland. With New Zealand business made up of predominantly small family-owned companies which suffer…
Keep an eye out for Anika Noni Rose, Winona Ryder, The Rock, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, and Al Pacino in the next few weeks November 22, 2016Matt Walljasper Its time for yet another roundup of whats been filming in Atlanta this past month. Its getting (slightly) colder out there, and the holidays will soon be…
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A large Canberra building company has gone into voluntary administration, leaving clients and subcontractors in limbo. Today’s Homes and Lifestyle specialised in local residential construction and development. The Fyshwick company is believed to be currently building homes for at least 15 customers. But many more subcontractors are believed to have been affected by the…
The chair of a committee probing the collapse of BHS has asked the regulator whether it can seize Sir Philip Greens assets, which include his multimillion pound yachts, to plug a pensions shortfall. In a letter to Lesley Titcomb, chief executive of The Pensions Regulator, MP Frank Field asked if the regulator could acquire assets…
Author: European Commission. The following press release was issued by the European Commission on November 22, 2016 16:50. Well-functioning insolvency and restructuring systems are key to supporting economic growth and job creation. This initiative will increase the opportunities for companies in financial difficulties to restructure early on so as to prevent bankruptcy and avoid…