THE Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM) has warned that the drastic change to student life this year could increase the risk of students experiencing gaming and gambling-related harm at university. Research commissioned by the charity and undertaken by Red Brick Research found that 264,000 students are at some risk of gambling-related harm in…
The leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo appealed Tuesday before the UN General Assembly for debt relief for developing countries to help them cope with the pandemic. “In order to help developing countries exit the crisis and fare better after Covid-19, the international community’s efforts must include debt cancellation and other relief so they…
How debt consolidation can help you financially survive COVID-19 The coronavirus is taking a heavy financial toll on Americans. Millions of people have been thrown out of work, and the U.S. stands to lose 4 million small businesses this year, says an estimate from Oxxford Information Technology. If your income has dropped because of COVID-19…
Google CEO Sundar Pichaispeaks at the company’s 2016 Google I/O conference in Mountain View, Calif. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Google’s latest employee perk to attract talent is help with student loans. Starting in 2021, Google will match up to $2,500 per full-time employee per year toward their student loan payments, John Casey, Google’s director…
Boris Becker arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Thursday after being accused of not complying with obligations to disclose information about his bankruptcy. Aaron Chown/PA via AP TENNIS BORIS BECKER: Former tennis star Boris Becker appeared in a London court Thursday, pleading not guilty to a string of criminal charges related to his…
Insolvency regulator IBBI and the government are expected to go all out to defend the legal validity of the IBC provisions on personal insolvency against personal guarantors to corporate debtors, when the current matters on legal challenges come next before the Delhi High Court on October 6. Some personal guarantors who are in the dock…
A filing made to the Securities and Exchange Commission today has confirmed holders of stock in Yingli Green Energy Holding Co Ltd will be left empty-handed some time around the end of the month. September 24, 2020 Max Hall Shareholders have heard the news they have long expected. Image: geralt/Pixabay Shareholders in the parent company…
News story Measures from the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act extended to relieve pressure on businesses dealing with coronavirus. Measures put in place to protect businesses from insolvency will be extended to continue giving them much-needed breathing space during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the government announced today (24 September). A raft of changes to protect…
Australia is in the grip of a new wave of tax evasion and money laundering allegedly orchestrated by unscrupulous firms of professional advisers, including accountants. The schemes involve phoenixing the art of liquidating a company and allowing the directors to rise from the ashes in a new entity, free of debts and prior to the…
Throughout the coronavirus crisis, CBS is providing weekly updates on the number of bankruptcies pronounced by Dutch courts. The weekly updates are normally released on Thursdays at 12.00 p.m. Not including sole proprietorships, there were 51 bankruptcies in week 38. This is 8 up on the previous week. In addition, 7 sole proprietorships were declared…