Category Archives: Debt Help

COFINA Senior Bondholders Coalition Discloses Participation in Constructive Settlement Discussions to Help Resolve … – Business Wire (press release)

NEW YORK & SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The COFINA Senior Bondholders Coalition (the Coalition or we), which collectively represents the largest group of organized holders of bonds issued by the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (COFINA), released the below statement today regarding its involvement in developing a proposed settlement of The Commonwealth of Puerto…

New mechanism in pipeline to help debt-ridden SOEs – ecns

Deleveraging has been highlighted twice at high-profile central meetings this year, financial news outlet Yicai reported Sunday. According to the just-concluded second meeting of the Central Committee for Deepening Overall Reform on Friday, reinforcing the asset and liability constraints on State-owned enterprises (SOEs) is important for reducing leverage ratios and defusing debt risk. One month…

Debt-consolidation firm inks 95K sf lease at 180 Maiden Lane – The Real Deal

Debt-consolidation firm inks 95K sf lease at 180 Maiden Lane National Debt Relief plans to hire hundreds of new workers May 14, 2018 08:00AM Tara Stacom and 180 Maiden Lane Debt-consolidation firm National Deb Relief signed a lease for 95,000 square feet at MHP Real Estate Services and Clarion Partners 180 Maiden Lane. The company,…

DHX sells Peanuts stake to Sony to help reduce debt load – The Globe and Mail

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…

China’s Pacific aid push backfiring, Australian officials believe – The Australian Financial Review

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…

Shooters say Premier is kidding about drought relief | Video – Daily Liberal

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…

Shooters say Premier is kidding about drought relief | Video – Daily Liberal

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…

Shooters say Premier is kidding about drought relief | Video – Daily Liberal

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…

Why do politicians refuse to believe decades of polling and research? – The Sydney Morning Herald

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:…

Why do politicians refuse to believe decades of polling and research? – The Canberra Times

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:…