Politicians in Congress are currently in a staredown over the debt ceiling. Lawmakers must reach an agreement soon to allow the government to meet its payment obligations for Social Security, tax credits and military salaries, among other items. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the Treasury will likely run out of ways to pay its…
MICHIGAN Pedro Bautista loves blueberries. He smiles whenever he talks about them. I love arandanos, Bautista said while laughing during an interview in mid-September. I can eat them all day, all year round. He fell in love with blueberries when he first came to Michigan years ago. In the late 1970s, he immigrated from Mexico…
John Elliotts life was a business, sporting and political roller-coaster. The larger-than-life character, who many Liberals once touted as a future Australias prime minister, built and lost a mighty business empire and led the Carlton football club through good times and bad. The gravel-voiced and aggressive chain smoker could be offensive, at least to those…
The calls are the latest sign of mounting pressure on the US government to avert a potential crisis if it’s no longer able to borrow money to pay its bills TopicsJanet Yellen|Wall Street|US Treasury US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called the leaders of Wall Streets largest financial firms in recent days to enlist their help…
Troubled home financier Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL) has sought the Bombay High Courts intervention to discharge its name and drop proceedings against it in an ongoing investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). DHFL has argued that since it had been taken over by Piramal Capital & Housing Finance Ltd, it should be…
The directors behind Avacade have each received six-year directorship disqualifications after the Insolvency Service found they had paid themselves 1.4m during a tax investigation. Craig Lummis and his son, Lee Lummis,were banned by Judge Halliwell in Manchesters High Court on August 27, due to the fact they repaid themselves 1.37m despite their company being under…
Businessman John Elliott, who was a Liberal party elder and the longest-serving president of Carlton Football Club, has died in hospital aged 79. His son Tom Elliott told Melbourne radio 3AW his father “had taken his last breath” on Thursday. “He had been ill for a few weeks,” Tom said. “It is very sad news…
11:22 PM GMT The NHL has completed its gambling investigation into Evander Kane, saying Wednesday that it found no evidence that the San Jose Sharks forward bet on NHL games. The investigation, which was conducted by Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, in conjunction with NHL Security, was spurred by allegations in social media posts…
John Sordillo, Jeffrey Truitt and Tim Hannon join B. Riley to support growing demand for complex financial management and restructuring services LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — B. Riley Financial (NASDAQ: RILY) (“B. Riley”) today announced continued growth in its restructuring division with the addition of three new senior executives. John Sordillo, Jeffrey Truitt…
Former Liberal Party president and Carlton boss John Elliott has died in hospital aged 79. The businessman was federal president of the Liberal Party from 1987 to 1990 as well as treasurer and vice-president of the Liberal Party in Victoria, as well as its federal treasurer. He also served as the president of the Carlton…