Ex-PPB Advisory partner stripped of rego, barred for 8 years – AccountantsDaily

A disciplinary committee has cancelled David John Leighs registration as a liquidator following charges against him for allegedly misappropriating $800,000 from a liquidation bank account. The committee, consisting of an ASIC representative, an Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association(ARITA) representative, and an appointee of the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, also decided that a…

Activision Blizzard Aware 800 Job Cuts Could Negatively Affect Business – IGN

Share. “Any of these consequences could negatively impact our business.” By Adam Bankhurst Activision Blizzard has, in an SEC filing, discussed some of the ramifications of its decision to cut 800 jobs and how it may negatively impact its business going forward. Via GamesIndustry.biz, PCGamesInsider.biz has d… Read the full article at: https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/03/01/activision-blizzard-aware-800-job-cuts-could-negatively-affect-business

Maxar to retain but restructure GEO satellite business – SpaceNews

WASHINGTON Maxar Technologies has decided not to sell or shut down its commercial geostationary orbit satellite business, but will restructure it with a greater emphasis on smaller satellites and government customers. In an interview with SpaceNews, Walter Scott, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Maxar, said that after months of analysis about the…

Bayer Faces Mounting Weedkiller Lawsuits Amid Sweeping Restructuring – The Wall Street Journal

LEVERKUSEN, GermanyBayer AG said the number of plaintiffs suing over its weedkillers had risen by another 1,900 over the last three monthsadding legal pressure on the German pharmaceuticals and chemicals company as it navigates a broad restructuring of its businesses. The company, which makes drugs such as Aspirin, chemicals and seeds, also reported a net…

Few trade bodies able to lead restructuring: Foo Mee Har – The Straits Times

There are not enough trade associations and business chambers capable of leading their industries in transformation efforts, Ms Foo Mee Har (West Coast GRC) said in Parliament yesterday. These industry federations are expected to play a pivotal role in economic restructuring through the 23 industry transformation maps. But the task for these federations to make…

Babcock dives after a £10m Brexit restructuring hit – Evening Standard

Babcock shares fell on Tuesday after revealing a 10 million-plus Brexit hit from restructuring its continental air-rescue business. The under-fire defence contractor, hit by aggressive short-seller Boatman Capital last year, will take the one-off tax charge in 2019 after setting up separate subsidiaries across Europe to carry on aerial firefighting and search-and-rescue missions. … Read…

Crawford & Company Reports 2018 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results – GlobeNewswire

Issues Initial 2019 Guidance ATLANTA, Feb. 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Crawford & Company (www.crawco.com) (NYSE: CRD-A and CRD-B), the worlds largest publicly listed independent provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions to insurance companies and self-insured entities, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December31, 2018. The Companys two…