Queenstown’s mayoral candidates have disavowed any knowledge of the “alleged campaign” that led candidate Jim Boult to complain to police. Mr Boult said in a statement on Thursday he was “aware of actions which may have had the intent of trying to influence the outcome of the election against me” and that he had no…
The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago should seek bankruptcy protection to stop the fiscal bleeding and get back untracked, William Isaac, former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., said in a recently published opinion piece. “Both the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago are in dire fiscal straits,” Isaac,…
The VCA elections will not be held on November 15, 2016 as per the time line given by the Lodha Committee. The Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) became the first full member of the BCCI to adopt the MoA and Rules and Regulations as recommended by the Supreme Court appointed Justice Lodha Committee. At a special…
The figures for April to June 2016 show that total company insolvencies were lower than the previous quarter and also decreased on the year, largely because of a fall in compulsory liquidations. An estimated total of 3,617 companies entered insolvency in Q2 2016, which was 4.2% lower than Q1 2016 and 2.7% lower than Q2…
Previous slide Next slide PS: Bachelor’s bumpy road to fame Richie Strahan has found just how bumpy the road to fame can get. On a busy night, things were positively jumping behind the mock Victorian lace “privacy screens” adorning what was once the location of Australia’s most famous brothel, A Touch of Class. “We could…
Sentencing will be handed down in the Northern Cape High Court on December 6 and 7, while judgment will also be delivered on the confiscation order on the same date. CEO of Trifecta Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd, Christo Scholtz, and former ANC provincial chairman, John Block, were found guilty on corruption and money laundering charges,…
WARWICK SMITH/FAIRFAX NZ NZ Union of Students’ Associations president Linsey Higgins, left, says graduates abroad are struggling with interest-laden loans to the point of declaring bankruptcy. Overseas graduates declaring themselves penniless are among the 483 debtors whose $18 million in students loans have been wiped by bankruptcies. Inland Revenue has revealed the latest figures as the amount…
WARWICK SMITH/FAIRFAX NZ NZ Union of Students’ Associations president Linsey Higgins, left, says graduates abroad are struggling with interest-laden loans to the point of declaring bankruptcy. Overseas graduates declaring themselves penniless are among the 483 debtors whose $18 million in students loans have been wiped by bankruptcies. Inland Revenue has revealed the latest figures as the amount…
[THE INVESTOR] IT solutions developer Samsung SDS said on Sept. 30 that it has decided to split off its US branchs IT services unit as part of its business restructuring efforts. The company said in a regulatory filing that it received approval from the board on Sept. 29 for the split-off plan, which Samsung SDS…
Jesse Osborne, 14, is alleged to have murdered his father then gone to the nearest elementary school and shot a teacher and two children The teenager, of Townville, South Carolina, was expelled from his middle school because he brought a hatchet and machete to class Detectives looking into whether boy, nicknamed ‘Little Jesse’ for his…