Toys “R” Us Australia reassures staff, suppliers after parent files for bankruptcy – The Australian Financial Review

Toys “R” Us Australia is working with law firm Gilbert + Tobin to help navigate its future after its New York-headquartered parent filed for bankruptcy, Street Talk can reveal. It is understood G+T’s distressed debt team was retained by the company locally and has been advising in conjunction with restructuring law firm Kirkland & Ellis in the United States, which is acting…

This ex-Googler thinks she’s found the trick to ending Millennial job hopping – Business Insider

When Laurel Taylor launched FutureFuel in 2016, she had one goal in mind: Put a dent in the $US1.47 trillion in student debt (and growing) held across the United States. FutureFuel helps companies offer student debt repayment as an employee benefit. Among its customers are Mashable and Affinity. Users today prefer student debt repayment over…

‘They just kept topping it up’ – how one credit card user fell £28000 in debt – The Guardian

Tracy Banhams credit card limit was raised several times without asking, despite her making only the minimum payments. This left her with more than £28,000 of borrowing to repay alone. The mother of two from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, used the cards to support her and her husband after their successful engineering company which supplied parts…