Some debt-ridden NRL players have found themselves in so deep that they owe more money in gambling repayments than their massive contracts are worth, the head of the NRL match fixing probe says. And although Strike Force Nuralda failed to uncover any truth to match rigging allegations relating to four NRL games in 2015 and…
OTTAWA Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains says the federal government will consider legislation to protect employees’ pensions when a company goes bankrupt. While there’s no plan for the government to introduce legislation at the moment, he says it will carefully examine two different private member’s bills on the subject, put forward by a New Democrat MP and a Bloc Quebecois…
LONDON (AP) Barclays says third-quarter earnings rose 32 percent as the London-based bank reported its first results since completing a post-financial crisis restructuring. Pre-tax profit increased to 1.11 billion pounds ($1.47 billion) from 837 million pounds. The bank, which shed riskier assets and sold its African business to focus on Britain and North America, said…