NEW YORK: GSO Capital Partners, private equity firm Blackstone Group LP’s credit arm, is acquiring more of J. Crew Group Inc’s debt, hoping for a profitable trade that could also give the U.S. fashion retailer more time to stave off bankruptcy, people familiar with the matter said. Sales have been declining as J. Crew, whose…
VIENNA: “Vienna til I die!” chanted the fans, in accented English, at a recent rainy match, testament to the British roots of Austria’s oldest football club: the once-mighty First Vienna FC 1894. But while the few hundred diehard supporters give it their all week in week out, the now dilapidated terraces of what was once…
Personal liability for superannuation guarantee (SG) appears to be of little consequence to directors who find themselves in trouble, according to the Australian Institute of Credit Management (AICM). In a submission to the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into superannuation guarantee non-payment, the AICM non-reporting of (SG) obligations was a common method employed by businesses experiencing…
KUALA LUMPUR: Many civil servants are taking up more loans to cope with the rising cost of living, resulting in them being declared bankrupt. Cuepacs president Datuk Azih Muda (pic) said civil servants from the middle and lower ranks were resorting to such measures, thinking that it would offset their expenditure owing to the rising…
The number of people who have become personally insolvent is expected to have increased in official figures released on Friday. Experts predict there will be around 23,000 to 24,000 cases recorded across England and Wales during the first quarter of 2017 in figures released by the Insolvency Service. Previous figures show there were 22,852 personal…
A former suburban Detroit credit union official has been ordered to seven to 20 years in prison after pleading no contest to embezzlement. The sentence ordered Monday by Oakland County Circuit Judge Cheryl Matthews against Michael LaJoice is concurrent with the federal sentence handed down in March. LaJoice pleaded no contest to 14 state charges…
The tax laws routinely spell out in excruciating detail just what a person does or does not have to count as reportable income, whether the source of that income is wages, investments, or what have you. Moreover, to resolve most disputes about whether a particular item should be classified as reportable, the law authorizes the…
Citing insolvency by the towns excess insurance carrier, the legal firm representing Wilton in the Girl Doe v. Wilton Board of Education Et Al lawsuit has filed for a continuance in a jury trial scheduled for this September. The insurance carrier Castlepoint National Ins. Co., was declared insolvent effective April 1. An order of liquidation…
VIENNA (AFP) Vienna til I die! chanted the fans, in accented English, at a recent rainy match, testament to the British roots of Austrias oldest soccer club: the once-mighty First Vienna FC 1894. But while the few hundred diehard supporters give it their all week in week out, the now dilapidated terraces of what was…
THIS is the bankrupt gambler who helped to bring down the biggest home builder in NSW, and in so doing, inflicted financial misery on thousands of innocent people. Mark Peters, 43, was a pest controller sub-contracted to Beechwood Homes when he convinced its owner, Larry King, to go into partnership with him and buy a…