Construction insolvencies will level out, says Commonwealth Bank business banking head Mike Vacy-Lyle

The rapid surge that put construction industry insolvencies up more than one-third on their total last year is set to ease, Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s business banking head says. Australia’s largest bank watched the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s insolvency statistics “very closely”, Mike Vacy-Lyle said. These showed property businesses were suffering from rising labour…

Regional airline goes into voluntary administration

The future of Regional Express Airlines, or REX, is literally up in the air with the financially troubled carrier going into voluntary administration overnight. A notice posted on the airline’s website says all regional planes are still flying as scheduled, but jet services between capital cities have been cancelled. REX is still taking bookings in…

Shohei Ohtani Denies Covering Ex-Interpreter Mizuhara’s Sports Betting Debts

Topline Los Angeles Dodger star Shohei Ohtani told reporters Monday his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, had stolen money from his bank account and “told lies,” distancing himself from Mizuhara and denying that he knowingly covered Mizuhara’s gambling losses in his first public comments on the matter—as the interpreter faces investigations after allegedly using Ohtani’s money…