ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) The largest rural airline in Alaska has declared bankruptcy and laid off more than a thousand workers but wants to award $250,000 in bonus money to its chief executive and other employees. Anchorage-based RavnAir Group filed the request Tuesday in Delaware bankruptcy court, arguing that the bonuses are justified because of long…
Unlike Commonwealth Bank, which this week said it expected the majority of people deferred loans could resume repayments, Mr McEwan said it would not make a prediction on how many of these customers would recover. The bank has in recent months been calling clients with deferred loans, and Mr McEwan said it had contacted 24,000…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) The largest rural airline in Alaska has declared bankruptcy and laid off more than a thousand workers but wants to award $250,000 in bonus money to its chief executive and other employees. Anchorage-based RavnAir Group filed the request Tuesday in Delaware bankruptcy court, arguing that the bonuses are justified because of long…
An Illawarra woman who defrauded Centrelink of almost $90,000 by failing to declare income from multiple jobs has narrowly avoided time behind bars. Susan Osborne, 45, was sentenced to a 12-month intensive corrections order in Wollongong Local Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to two counts of social security fraud spanning a six-year period. Her…
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An Illawarra woman who defrauded Centrelink of almost $90,000 by failing to declare income from multiple jobs has narrowly avoided time behind bars. Susan Osborne, 45, was sentenced to a 12-month intensive corrections order in Wollongong Local Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to two counts of social security fraud spanning a six-year period. Her…
Over the years, Nebraska has decided against allowing casino gambling in the Good Lifeand for good reason. Gambling can ruin families, hurt communities, and pile on new costs to the state. By keeping Nebraska casino-free, our state has minimized the social harms associated with problem gambling. In fact, research shows that Nebraska ranks as the…
Many developing countries have so far avoided the high Covid-19 infection and mortality rates that are being experienced elsewhere. While that may be good news, at least in the short term, the bad news is that these countries are set to be among the hardest hit in economic terms. The World Bankestimatesthat as many as…