(Illustration by Peter Arkle) It was an otherwise unremarkable day in mid-February when nascent computer scientist Evan Maynard received some tremendous news. In a meeting with his boss, Maynard, who will graduate from St. Marys University this spring, learned that the company where he had been working part-time for nearly a year wanted to help…
By Lauren McMah of news.com.au, Melissa Nightingale A Whanganui woman stole more than $28,000 from her employer and left a note explaining she had done it to pay off gambling debt. The gambling addiction “stemmed from boredom” after Kelly-Ann Webster had a stroke, defence lawyer Anna Brosnahan told Whanganui District Court. Webster, 43, was in…
BathindaPosted at: Apr 11, 2016, 12:29 AM; last updated: Apr 11, 2016, 12:29 AM (IST) Launching of new scheme She said from Monday onwards, the Punjab Government would launch the Bhagat Puran Singh Health Insurance Scheme, which was part of a series of pro-farmer initiatives the government had launched Terming the hurling of shoe on…
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Glencore Plcs $2.5 billion agriculture deal is another milestone to solving Chief Executive Officer Ivan Glasenbergs biggest problem last year reducing a mountain of debt. Canadas biggest pension fund will buy a 40 percent stake in the agriculture business and Glencore said it may sell an additional 20 percent, which could be worth $1.25 billion based…
The Turnbull Government has been handed a gift in the lead-up to the federal budget, in the form of a report that will help it push the case for an overhaul of the student loans scheme. The Parliamentary Budget Office this week released its report into the higher education loan programme, and has predicted that…
Originally posted in Profit Guide It was an otherwise unremarkable day in mid-February when nascent computer scientist Evan Maynard received some tremendous news. In a meeting with his boss, Maynard, who will graduate from St. Marys University this spring, learned that the company where he had been working part-time for nearly a year wanted to…
Collectors have tried all kinds of tactics to get Shawn Andersen to pay off the $28,000 student loan he defaulted on in 2009 as he struggled to find work during the Great Recession. Theyve sent letters to his mothers home and called him to suggest rehabilitation plans he cant afford. One tried to track him…
Last Modified: Thu, Apr 07 2016. 09 10 AM IST A litigation by United Breweries Holdings over the quality of a jet engine may determine how much lenders can claw back from Vijay Mallya New Delhi/Mumbai: The suspense surrounding Indias battle with bad loans and defaulters is getting deeper. A litigation over the quality…
Labor says the government’s proposal to de-regulate university fees will result in a cost blowout. How will the Government cope with the increasing student debt? THE government and Labor are blaming each other for ballooning student loan debts but are united in avoiding discussion of one sensitive response the raiding of dead students assets. It…