Category Archives: Debt Help

Payday loan companies ‘hounding’ homeless teenagers and pushing them into debt, charity warns – The Independent

Unscrupulous payday loan companies are pushing debt onto homeless teenagers including those with learning difficulties, and hounding them for repayment, a charity has warned. A 19-year-old with learning difficulties was among those bombarded with aggressive text messages demanding he pay up, the youth homelessness charity Centrepoint said. Despite Centrepoint staff estimating that the Bradford teenager had…

Greek debt relief plan said to entail 33 billion euro bank bond swap – The Sydney Morning Herald

Greece’s battered banks are being asked to swap about 33 billion ($47 billion) in floating-rate bonds for 30-year, fixed-rate securities under a euro-area plan to shield Athens from future interest rate increases, three people with knowledge of the matter said. The swap is part of a package of debt-relief proposals for Greece to be presented…

Tyga Pays Off $100K In Jewelry Debt Before Kylie Jenner Questioning: Did She Help Him Pay? – Hollywood Life

REX Shutterstock Guess whos finally in the clear? Yep, Tyga has paid off over $100,000 worth of jewelry debt, according to a Nov. 25 report. So did his girlfriend Kylie Jenner help out by giving Tyga some of the cash? Kylie Jenner, 19, has been bailing out Tyga, 26, for ages but not this time! Tyga is…

Where to get free, impartial, confidential debt advice – BT.com

Drowning under a sea of debt and dont know which way to turn? There is lots of free support and advice available to help you manage your debt if you know where to look. Find out where find free, impartial debt advice by phone, online and face-to-face. Citizens Advice The Citizens Advice website offers a…

Gov’t vows to speed up corporate restructuring – Korea Times

The government will order three warships worth 3.2 trillion won ($2.7 billion) next month to help shipbuilders survive plunging global demand. It also vowed to prepare detailed action plans to strengthen the competitiveness of the shipbuilding, shipping, steel and petrochemical industries. “Corporate restructuring is a difficult process that takes a long time. We can reach…

Indian state-owned firms resist pressure to help with bad debt – Asia Times

Indias government is pushing state-owned steel, power and shipping firms to take over assets of private companies that have defaulted on loans, but faces resistance from them, leaving it scrambling to clear a US$135 billion pile of stressed loans from banks books. Over the past two years, Prime Minister Narendra Modis government has pushed banks…

Aussie Unis Hit Back At Government’s HELP Debt Proposals: Find Out What Yours Had To Say – Student Edge (blog)

Back in May, the Governments offered some suggestions to cut student debt from its current standing at $42 billion. They included lowering the individual HELP repayment threshold from $54,126 to around $40,000 and conducting a household means test (incorporating not just your income but potentially those you live with, such as parents or partners) to…

Indian state-owned firms resist pressure to help banks with bad debt – Business Standard

Indian government is pushing state-owned steel, power and shipping firms to take over assets of private companies that have defaulted on loans, but faces resistance from them, leaving it scrambling to clear a $135 billion pile of stressed loans from banks’ books. Over the past two years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has…

State-owned firms resist pressure to help banks with bad debt – The New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: Indian government is pushing state-owned steel, power and shipping firms to take over assets of private companies that have defaulted on loans, but faces resistance from them, leaving it scrambling to clear a $135 billion pile of stressed loans from banks’ books. Over the past two years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has…

Why teachers and social workers worry they won’t get the student … – MarketWatch

Desirée Ward shuttled between two Central Texas community colleges for five years, sometimes teaching seven writing and humanities courses in a single semester. The pay isnt great, and theres no health insurance or retirement plan. But she loves teaching, particularly to first-generation college students like herself, and shes had another reason to stic… Read the…