The small French town of Château-Chinon, located in the rolling hills of the Nièvre district, was once best known for its medieval ruins and its former mayor, François Mitterrand, who went on to become France’s longest-serving president after his election in 1981. But this town of 2,100 residents has attracted a different sort of attention…
Louis Kidd created cold-calling tech that made 330,000 nuisance phone calls a day. He calls himself “moosey_man” on dating websites and describes himself as a “hopeless romantic”, who enjoys playing the guitar and the occasional game of tennis. Louis Kidd, a 27-year-old who still lives at home with his mother, may seem harmless enough. But Kidd…
Alberta has seen an 18.5% spike in personal insolvency over this last year. Thats according to Zaki Alam, a Senior VP with MNP Limited, where he specializes in consumer and corporate insolvency. Alam says a series of lay-offs in the oil-patch is much to blame, but the downturn in the price of oil has had…
Clive Palmer’s nickel refinery outside Townsville. Photo: Glenn Hunt Clive Palmer has retaken control of his troubled Yabulu nickel refinery sidelining the administrator after disclosing conditional funding had been arranged to avoid its closure. On Monday the business obtained $23 million which has been secured against assets in other parts of the Palmer empire, which are believed to include personal assets. The voluntary…
Programmer Louis Kidd will almost certainly escape scot free By Robert Mendick, Chief Reporter 6:38PM GMT 05 Mar 2016 Follow He calls himself moosey_man on dating websites and describes himself as a hopeless romantic, who enjoys playing…
File photo of Watson Nyambek conducting a clinic for students of SMK Agama Igan in Mukah, Sarawak last year. He has been declared a bankrupt for failing to settle a bank loan. Picture courtesy of Watson NyambekKUCHING, March 5 Several Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders, including the state chief minister, have promised to help insolvent…
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Ex-RTÉ star, Sarah Newman, was due to be questioned about Irish debts UK bankruptcy means temporary stop to Irish accounts being checked Former dot.com millionaire and then partner agreed to pay £7.4m in 2011 Allied Irish Banks now claim she still owes them more than £4.6million By Paul Caffrey For Irish Daily Mail Published: 01:47…
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Media captionBarclays chief executive Jes Staley says the restructured bank will be simpler Barclays shares closed down 7% after reporting a drop in full-year profits, a dividend cut and a restructuring including reducing its stake in Africa. Underlying annual profits for 2015 fell 2% to £5.4bn. The bank said it would cut its dividend by…