Today, at the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Re:wild, The Wildlife Conservation Society, and World Wildlife Fund in the US announced the formation of a coalition to scale climate and conservation outcomes through the use of sovereign debt conversions. The Context The world is facing dual…
A report presented to the Corporate Services Committee revealed that West Dunbartonshire Council’s debt management team collected 97.29 per cent of the £92.1 million owed in non-domestic business rates. However, members agreed to write off £637,211 of non-domestic business rates dating back to 2019, after all collection avenues were exhausted. The majority of this sum…
Trump claims Elon Musk’s DOGE ‘geniuses’ have found ‘very fraudulent stuff’ Fortune Read the original article here
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Australia’s Labor govt asks regulators to help home buyers with student debt By Reuters Investing.com Read the original article here
Banks will be told not to count HECS-HELP and other student loans in debt calculations for home loans, under a federal government push which could boost the borrowing power of some first homebuyers. Updated guidance from financial regulators APRA and ASIC, made at the request of Treasurer Jim Chalmers, will also tell banks to disregard…
Banks told to ignore student debt when weighing up home loans Sydney Morning Herald Read the original article here
Given Star Entertainment is currently $400 million in debt and teetering on the edge of financial collapse, you’d be forgiven for thinking CEO Steve McCann’s primary focus is trying to cut costs. But instead of engaging in the first port of call for any company looking to improve its bottom line – redundancies – the…
More people with student loan debt received assistance with their student loan interest payments in 2024 than in previous years, said the national social insurance institution-Kela in a press release on Monday. The number of recipients of assistance began to increase substantially in 2023 as a result of rising interest rates and higher debt loads.…
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will table a motion at the next Gamagara council meeting calling for the Municipal Manager to take urgent action to avoid being kicked off Eskom’s Debt Relief programme, costing the municipality almost half a billion-rand. In total, Gamagara municipality currently owes Eskom R650 million. However, since entering the debt relief programme…