Anyone who believes that fat people are jolly never met Elmer Bones Remmer, San Franciscos gambling czar. Casino owner Warren Nelson, who worked for Remmer, described Bones as the meanest, crudest guy who ever lived. For a man like this, a name like Elmer doesnt seem to fit. The name Bones, however, seemed oddly appropriate…
When Rachel White had a big corporate job in finance, she thought nothing of blowing a couple of grand on clothes every weekend. White says she was dealing with underlying anxiety or tension, and she used shopping as retail therapy to “zone out” on a Saturday or in the evenings after work. Rachel White is…
On Tuesday, a High Court hearing revealed that one man was charged a shocking 240 per cent annual interest on his loan by a licensed moneylender. Too high? Moneylenders and debt counsellors tell NG JUN SEN ([email protected]) that such rates were the norm before new rules kicked in last year It is a mathematics problem…
A police inspector accused of deceiving colleagues about a £100,000-plus debt has been sacked for gross misconduct. Jon Percival, 45, borrowed tens of thousands of pounds from friends and colleagues without telling them the full extent of his financial troubles, a disciplinary panel concluded. On Friday he was dismissed at the end of a four-day…
Recently, the case of a woman being forced to pay her ex-husband’s debt has captured the attention of the Chinese public, many of who fear that th… Read the full article at: http://www.china.org.cn/china/2016-11/18/content_39731258.htm
When it comes to workplace fraud, it can be tempting to boil down the cause into simplistic statements, such as saying the fraudster was just greedy and dishonest. But of course things are generally not quite that simple, and just as plane crashes usually require at least two or three things to go wrong, in…
Nov 17, 2016 Newsdesk Latest News, Macao Gaming Show 2016   Macaus VIP gaming sector representatives discussed at Macao Gaming Show 2016 hopes of setting up and operating a centralised credit database by January 1 in 2017; as well as the implications for the industry of the reported detentions in mainland China of individuals…
When it comes to workplace fraud, it can be tempting to boil down the cause into simplistic statements, such as saying the fraudster was just greedy and dishonest. But of course things are generally not quite that simple, and just as plane crashes usually require at least two or three things to go wrong, in…
Former Queensland Government minister Leanne Donaldson has opened up about her struggle with mental illness, revealing depression contributed heavily to her personal financial problems. Ms Donaldson, the Member for Bundaberg, resigned as the minister for agriculture and fisheries earlier this month, following mounting revelations about her personal finances. She had had an outstanding council…
Former U.S. senator and N.J. attorney general Jeffrey S. Chiesa was appointed on Monday to oversee Atlantic City’s financial recovery as the state begins to implement the city’s takeover. An attorney at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC, Chiesa, a Republican who served as N.J. Gov. Chris Christie’s chief counsel and the state’s 59th attorney general from…
