The FINANCIAL — Kosovo is among the top 10 economies worldwide with the most notable improvement in doing business reforms, says the Doing Business 2018 report, released on October 31 by the World Bank Group. This year, Kosovo ranks 40th out of 190 countries in ease of doing business, compared to 60th place…
Video PlayerClose HONG KONG, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) — The government of China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) vowed on Wednesday to further improve its business environment, after a World Bank annual report re-affirmed Hong Kong’s position as one of the world’s easiest places to do business. “In the past 10 years, Hong Kong has…
TWO of Perths dining institutions have been placed into voluntary administration. On Monday afternoon, administrators took over the company behind the Trustee Bar and Bistro on St Georges Terrace and Beaufort Local, which was formerly known as Beaufort Street Merchant. Business owner Scott Taylor said the decision was not taken lightly. There is still some…
Elegant Perth restaurant Trustee has been placed into voluntary administration, with mounting debt and last-minute discussions to renegotiate terms with its banks and landlord unable to overcome the restaurants worsening financial problems. Trustee and its stablemate, Beaufort Local in Highgate, remain open and trading as administrators Cor Cordis work through the books and consider either…
International retailers Forever 21 and Top Shop are in the final stages to abandon their Queen Street Mall and Elizabeth Street leases in the heart of Brisbane’s CBD after the forecast strength in retail did not meet expectations. Westpac is understood to be close to striking a deal on part of the prime mall fronting…
According to the order, Edu Smart was a corporate guarantor for its parent company Educomp Solutions, which had availed a loan from Axis Bank. (Image: Reuters) The principal bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in New Delhi has dismissed Axis Banks plea to stake a claim of Rs 397 crore in the ongoing…
A corporate is an amalgam of stakeholders. It is expected to maximise the value of its assets and consequently the interests of all its stakeholders. However, it may not always have the motivation to maximise the value of a corporate and/or promote the interests of all the stakeholders By MS Sahoo A corporate is an…
Liquidators for an IT company are hoping to sell off its trademark to an unexpected sector: fashion. Brooke Bird partner Adrian Hunter, whose firm is handling the liquidation of Uglii Corporation, is pushing for a fashion brand to swoop up the trademark. “Unusual wordings, plays on words or plays upon spelling often find their way…
UNPAID Pacific Highway upgrade sub-contractors claim the Roads Minister was “passing the buck” over outstanding wages to workers after a primary contractor entered voluntary administration. Many of the 200 workers at the Tyndale to Glenugie section of the Woolgoolga to Ballina upgrade were left in the lurch after Ostwald Pty Ltd abandoned the project more…
CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 31, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PRD Energy Inc. (“PRD” or the “Company“) is pleased to provide an update on the status of its liquidation and the anticipated timing of its dissolution. PRD is currently dissolving its German subsidiaries, disposing of all its other assets that are not to be distributed in kind…