Biden announced an additional $4.5 billion in student-debt cancellation for 261,000 borrowers. The relief impacts borrowers who attended Ashford University, which a court found engaged in fraudulent behavior. This is among Biden’s last debt relief efforts before he leaves the White House. More student-loan borrowers are getting debt relief during President Joe Biden’s last week…
Tonya J. has been a lawyer and a White House appointee. She also is close to a half a million dollars in student loan debt. “Most of that, 2/3 of that, I’d say is interest.” Each month, she is expected to pay $278 for the loan and another $750 in interest. The Silver Spring resident…
article FILE-Cars sit in the parking lot outside a Joann store in Davenport, Iowa. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Joann, the crafts and fabrics chain, has filed for bankruptcy a second time in less than a year. The Ohio-based company first filed for bankruptcy in March 2024 and became a private company a month later…
More Aussies are calling for help over their finances, with mortgages the number one concern. Australia is grappling with a mortgage-led surge in cries for help to the National Debt Helpline. Almost 170,000 people called the service or used its online chat in 2024, up by close to 19,000 (12 per cent) from the year…
By NEIL SEARS Published: 06:06 AEDT, 8 January 2025 | Updated: 06:13 AEDT, 8 January 2025 Is this an unpaid tax bill I see before me? In the case of award-winning actress Cush Jumbo, 39, it certainly is. And a bankruptcy threat looms. The acclaimed performer, who last year appeared as Lady Macbeth alongside David…
Confession: I’ve long loved the lexicon of a dice game happening on a street corner or in the basement of an after-hours spot or in the parking lot of a strip club or, an eon ago, in the halls of my high school: “Fever in the funkhouse, and I’m looking for a fin . . . Nina Ross the…
Infamous Swim has secured backing of approximately $1 million through a group of entrepreneurs from the tech, e-commerce, fashion and communications sectors, with the founder of the original mummy-and-me swimwear brand confirming the label has been restructured and is now operating in a new company structure with new directors. It comes after the swimwear brand…
Rex Airlines enters voluntary administration Published 31 July 2024, 11:05 am Hundreds of workers have lost their jobs after regional carrier Rex Airlines was placed into voluntary administration. While regional routes will continue to operate, flights between major cities have been axed and it’s expected more than 600 employees will be made redundant. Read the…