Veritas considers ‘restructuring’ another two offices, with 350+ pink slips possible – The Register

Veritas is the Latin word for truth, a fact we mention because data management software vendor Veritas has offered The Register a revised explanation for the closure of its Sydney support desk after we received information that told a different story. That document was a workforce plan dated July 2017 and, in another irony for…

144 retailers went into administration in the June 2017 quarter – Ragtrader

Retail businesses still face insolvency risks despite new safe harbour laws, according to an insolvency expert. New safe harbour legislation which passed through Federal Parliament last week will be unlikely to settle the personal liability fears of current and aspiring company directors in the retail industry. Currently awaiting royal assent, the Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Enterprise…

Bruce Gordon, Lachlan Murdoch and the judge who wouldn’t play god over Ten Network – The Australian Financial Review

Having sent it broke, two powerful businessmen wanted to use the legal system to bully their way back into control of a precious media outlet. On Monday morning their opportunistic grab for Network Ten was stopped by Ashley Black, a NSW Supreme Court judge who demonstrated that some Australian courts aren’t willing to play God…