DHX Media Ltd. says the sale of nearly half of its stake in the Peanuts entertainment business to a Sony Corp. division for $237-million cash will help reduce the Canadian animation companys debt load and improve its operating results. The Halifax-based company will retain 41 per cent of the Peanuts business based on characters such…
Senior Australian officials believe Pacific Island and Asian nations are reassessing the value of receiving Chinese foreign aid after seeing Beijing’s heavy-handed treatment of them when they seek debt relief. As a new US State Department report, as revealed by The Australian Financial Review, warns China is creating a “debt trap” for smaller nations in a bid…
The Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party (SFFP) say the Premier is clueless about real drought relief for farmers. SFFP MLC Robert Brown was highly critical of the Liberal and National Party Governments announcement of a State Drought Coordinator in Dubbo on Monday. Mr Brown said farmers expect financial assistance from the State Government but instead…
The Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party (SFFP) say the Premier is clueless about real drought relief for farmers. SFFP MLC Robert Brown was highly critical of the Liberal and National Party Governments announcement of a State Drought Coordinator in Dubbo on Monday. Mr Brown said farmers expect financial assistance from the State Government but instead…
The Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party (SFFP) say the Premier is clueless about real drought relief for farmers. SFFP MLC Robert Brown was highly critical of the Liberal and National Party Governments announcement of a State Drought Coordinator in Dubbo on Monday. Mr Brown said farmers expect financial assistance from the State Government but instead…
This reflects the political orthodoxy that voters are essentially self-seeking. Give them a tax cut and they’ll give you their vote, to hell with the deficit. Loading And there was a time when most voters did behave accordingly. But that’s ancient history. It changed decades ago. The pollsters asked a representative sample of 1200 voters:…
This reflects the political orthodoxy that voters are essentially self-seeking. Give them a tax cut and they’ll give you their vote, to hell with the deficit. Loading And there was a time when most voters did behave accordingly. But that’s ancient history. It changed decades ago. The pollsters asked a representative sample of 1200 voters:…
Stewart Little, NSW PSA general secretary, said the government was quietly getting rid of “experienced and knowledgeable men and women who give you a fair hearing”. This restructure plan is a disaster for the public servants whose jobs are on the line, and it’s a disaster for anyone who’s been unfairly fined,” Mr Little said.…
May 13, 2018 9:00 a.m. ET Talk about flipping the script. The office tower at 180 Maiden Lane, a 1.2 million square-foot building in downtown Manhattan that once housed troubled insurance giant American International Group Inc., is getting a new tenant: consumer-debt resolution company National Debt Relief. The property is a short stroll from 33…
A GOLD Coast schoolboy was kidnapped, bound and held captive over a multimillion-dollar gambling debt, police will allege. The 12-year-old boy cannot be identified for legal reasons. The terrifying ordeal ended near a police roadblock in the northern NSW town of Grafton on Saturday afternoon, almost 24 hours after the 12-year-old high school student was…