Image: Getty Images By Jacob Lauing2017-02-01 01:58:03 UTC TNT analyst Charles Barkley has a history of belittling LeBron James, and it seems King James has finally had enough. The Cleveland Cavaliers superstar absolutely ripped Barkley after a loss on Monday night, just days after Barkley criticized James for complaining about his team’s lack of roster…
A Parliamentary report into the lure of Fixed Odds Betting Terminals the so-called crack cocaine of gambling has backed calls for a £2 maximum stake on the machines. But it has immediately run into trouble with bookmakers trade body who has alleged that MPs were swayed in their conclusions by funding for the report from…
(Adds share performance in paragraph 6) By Guillermo Parra-Bernal SAO PAULO, Jan 31 (Reuters) – The Brazilian state of Minas Gerais opposes the sale of the controlling stake it has in power utility Cia Energética de Minas Gerais SA as a condition to join a federal government-backed debt relief plan, a person with direct knowledge…
The scale of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s personal donation to the troubled Liberal Party election campaign will be kept secret for another year. While reports have suggested Mr Turnbull donated as much as $2 million to to his party’s re-election fight a claim the Prime Minister has never denied there is no trace of the contribution…
Aetna reported a $215 million after-tax cost for restructuring in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday. The same filing said that Aetna’s full-year profits fell 5 percent compared to 2015. The press release said the drop was “primarily due” to the cost of a voluntary early retirement incentive and costs related to…
Historically, personal loans have not been a big draw for brokers. Theyve often been viewed as short-lived small fry, and something easy enough for consumers to take charge of themselves. But are brokers missing out? Annie Kane takes a look at what the personal loan space could offer the third-party channel. If someone came to…
BUNDABERG residents continue to struggle to pay off their debts as new figures reveal the number of locals falling into financial despair. The number of people who became insolvent between October and December last year dropped to 42, down from 44 in the September quarter. The Australian Financial Security Authority data shows the total number…
With the end of the mining boom in Western Australia, house prices and rentals have been falling but the poorest people in the state are yet to see any benefit. The signs of economic slowdown are everywhere. Unemployment in Western Australia stands at 6.9 per cent, the highest level since 2002. Last quarter, personal…
More than 180,000 people across the UK could take out personal loans for debt consolidation in the first three months of 2017, according to Sainsburys Bank. New research from Sainsburys Bank Loans has estimated that this figure equates to 31% of all personal loans taken out during the first three months of the new year.…
Official statistics released today (January 27) by The Insolvency Service, which administers the insolvency regime in England and Wales, show that total personal insolvencies reached a total of 90,930 last year. This was a 13 percent rise on 2015. This total comprised 49,745 IVAs, which were up 23 percent year-on-year and returned to the levels…