By Associated Press Published: 02:12 +11:00, 4 October 2016 | Updated: 02:12 +11:00, 4 October 2016 e-mail Many people who take out loans to pay off credit cards and other obligations wind up worse off, with more debt and more stress than before they applied. Some people, though, successfully use debt consolidation loans to turn…
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Updated: Saturday, September 24, 2016 @ 5:16 PMPublished: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 @ 10:02 AMBy: Christine DiGangi Trending on Facebook Not everyone has a taste for poker, and people choose to not play it for a variety of reasons. Perhaps they dont have the math skills or they just dont understand the game. It could…
Were little more than a week into autumn, but already talk is turning to Christmas. Restaurants are plugging their festive menus and speculation has begun about this years Christmas adverts. As the old cliche goes, Christmas comes earlier each year. Well, for thousands of families, Christmas has only just ended. Well at least paying for…
The auditors of beleaguered toy maker Funtastic have warned there is significant doubt that the company can continue as a going concern after it slumped to a bigger-than-expected annual loss. Funtastic, which counts Harvey Norman executive chairman Gerry Harvey as one of its major shareholders, narrowed its net loss to $23.4 million for the year…
Nelly performing in Atlanta in 2016. Paras Griffin/Getty Images Nelly — the St. Louis rapper, facial bandage wearer and official party maker of your middle/high-school dances — owes the IRS a lot of money: $2.4 million to be exact. In an optimistic effort to help him out, fans are streaming his albums on services like…
Dave Ramsey, Dave Says 3:34 p.m. MDT October 1, 2016 Dave Ramsey(Photo: Submitted) Dear Dave: I make $2,100 a month after taxes, and I have accumulated $46,000 in credit card debt. My husband makes more than I do, but he wont help me. He says I got myself into this mess, so its my job to…
Lending Club is a peer-to-peer lending company, connecting borrowers and investors with one another in the financial equivalent of a dating site. Admittedly, they have a very good platform in place to facilitate this. Whats even more amazing, though, is that they continue to improve it by adding new loan programs and features. Recently, they…
Sovereign debt levels and debt servicing costs have risen in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in recent years and will continue to do so in 2016 and 2017, Fitch Ratings says. The high share of concessional debt means that interest costs are not excessive for most countries in the region, but their increase makes fiscal consolidation more…
By Maiya Keidan | LONDON/BENGALURU LONDON/BENGALURU Johnston Press (JPR.L) shareholder Crystal Amber Fund Ltd CRS.L can help management avoid a poor debt restructuring deal, the hedge fund’s chief executive officer told Reuters. “We have a good track record of assisting companies,” Richard Bernstein told Reuters on Tuesday, ahead of London-listed activist manager Crystal Amber disclosing…