By Ross Mcdonagh For Dailymail.com Published: 13:18 +11:00, 19 January 2017 | Updated: 13:18 +11:00, 19 January 2017 e-mail View comments It’s like stealing $6.5million… but then having to pay back $8.2million. Alanis Morissette’s former business manager has admitted to stealing $4.8million from her over the course of four years. Jonathan Schwartz plead guilty to committing…
College affordability has recently become the preeminent issue in higher education, as student debt figures have hit staggering levels. Student loan debt exceeds other types of consumer debt in the US, like car loans and credit card debt, reaching $1.279 trillion as of the third quarter of 2016. And while lawmakers and student advocates look…
Rio Tinto Group and its largest shareholder Aluminum Corp of China have terminated their joint venture established to find copper deposits, as global mining companies tighten exploration budgets. Chinalco Rio Tinto Exploration Co, a joint venture between Rio and Aluminum Corp, also known as Chinalco, was launched in 2011 to seek out deposits in China and…
New York will soon be home to three new upstate casinos, and to calm fears among opponents to gambling expansion, the state is increasing its addiction therapy services at its six treatment facilities. New York lawmakers and Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) authorized three new upstate casinos, but health officials there are now worried about a…
The number of borrowers drowning in red ink has fallen and is set to dip further with a new plan to help people pay off debts more easily. It is aimed at those with unsecured debt – essentially loans with no collateral, like those racked up on credit cards or overdrafts. The numbers affected are…
College affordability has recently become the preeminent issue in higher education, as student debt figures have hit staggering levels. Student loan debt exceeds other types of consumer debt in the US, like car loans and credit card debt, reaching $1.279 trillion as of the third quarter of 2016. And while lawmakers and student advocates look…
Former One Nation senator and declared bankrupt Rod Culleton is, in his own words, “not dead yet” and he’s going down swinging in the fight to retain his seat. The West Australian farmer has been subtly warned, via his lawyer, that he risks prosecution for impersonating a public official if he persists in claiming to be a senator.…
JOBS have been lost as a Huddersfield food firm has gone into liquidation. Staff at Aspleys Shaw & Lisle were told that it could not continue due to its financial position. The firm, which made sandwiches, called all staff in for a meeting at 1.30pm and announced the news. Mohammed Akhtar, a driver, said: The…
“The joint venture exploration company has ceased operation and entered the liquidation phase,” Chinalco said in an emailed statement. Bloomberg by David Stringer Rio Tinto Group and its largest shareholder Aluminum Corp of China have terminated their joint venture established to find copper deposits, as global mining companies tighten exploration budgets. Chinalco Rio Tinto Exploration Co,…
Bus Eireann told staff about a series of large cuts to payments and allowances and a reduction in temporary staff today as it seeks to avoid insolvency. The company said that if the programme of cuts are implemented fully it would be ready to offer staff an average pay rise of 2% a year over…