Stay informed with the latest in insolvency news and industry updates. We can keep you up to date with insolvency and finance information from around the world.
U of A political scientist Fiona Nicoll says she has never seen anything like the viral spread of sports betting online.
“I feel like we’re looking down the barrel of an enormous wave (like a surfer),” says Nicoll, who is a former Research Chair in Gambling Policy and local research co-ordinator for the Alberta Gambling Research Institute, a consortium of the University of Calgary, the University of Alberta and the University of Lethbridge.
“The more educated we are about these new forms of gambling, the better we will be as a society, but also as individuals, to manage it.”
In the U.S., the statistics on sports gambling are staggering. Before 2018, sports betting was prohibited almost…
Records show a state Lottery and Gaming Control Agency so intent on maximizing state revenue that it has closely aligned itself with the sportsbooks and casinos it regulates, and it is resisting proposed reforms in the General Assembly to reduce problem gambling.
“By judgment dated 10 February 2025, the District Court of and in Luxembourg, sitting in commercial matters, declared bankrupt the limited liability company Boulevardpresse SARL, operating under the trade names Lëtzebuerg Privat and Promi Lëtzebuerg.”
The company that publishes the Luxembourg tabloid Privat, headed by Jean Nicolas, is therefore bankrupt, with the date of cessation of payments set at 10 August 2024. The same judgment appointed Brice Hellinckx, a judge, as official receiver and Max Mailliet, avocat à la cour residing in Luxembourg, as receiver. It orders creditors to file their claims before 10 August at the clerk’s office of the commercial court. The first verification of claims is set for 21 March at 2.30pm.
Tracey Lee Butler, 58, got away with stealing from her western Sydney police station for nearly five years with her colleagues failing to carry out regular audits.
But Butler, who was formerly a senior constable who managed evidence at the Mount Druitt Police Station, will now spend at least the next 18 months behind bars.
Her downfall began in 2021 when police could not track down $18,000 due to be returned to an…
A new report shows Americans have more than 1.2 trillion in credit card debt. One nonprofit says they have resources to help.
A newly-released report shows credit card debt soaring to record levels, with Americans owing more than $1.2 trilling at the end of 2024.
The data, released Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, shows credit card balances increased by $45 billion from the previous quarter. Ansley Loya, of Kennesaw said she’s among those who know the feeling of safety a credit card can provide – until the debt catches up.
“Just having those credit cards, makes you feel like you have a…
The French arms company Verney-Carron, established more than 200 years ago, announced the termination of payments to employees and launched a bankruptcy case, one of the reasons for this was the breakdown of a contract with a Ukrainian company worth € 36 million. This was reported by BFM TV.
The hearing in the Verney-Carron case will be held on February 12, according to a press release from the French Cybergun group, the majority shareholder (65%) of Verney-Carron since 2022.
For several years now, the legal entity has been incurring losses, in 2023 they amounted to € 4.54 million with sales of € 5.45 million. In November 2023, the arms manufacturer announced a contract with the Ukrainian side for the supply of assault rifles,…
Please note that by blocking any or all cookies you may not have access to certain features, content or personalization. For more information see our Cookie Policy.
To enable cookies, follow the instructions for your browser below.
Facebook App: Open links in External Browser
There is a specific issue with the Facebook in-app browser intermittently making requests to websites without cookies that had previously been set. This appears to be a defect in the browser which should be addressed soon. The simplest approach to avoid this problem is to continue to use the Facebook app but not use the in-app browser. This can be done through the following steps:
1. Open the settings menu by clicking the hamburger menu in the top right
MUMBAI: A blanket ban by the BMC on the use of charcoal tandoors in restaurants and hotels has put the livelihood of thousands of charcoal merchants in jeopardy. This move is set to impact around 1,000 businesses from Colaba to Dahisar and leave thousands of people jobless, especially as the 200 godowns operating from the British-era Sewri coal depot may be forced to shut down.
‘If BMC’s charcoal tandoor ban is enforced, we will go bankrupt’
July 8 is the deadline given by the BMC to all restaurants, eateries and dhabas to switch to electrical appliances and green fuels. However, Mumbai’s charcoal merchants are of the opinion that the BMC’s decision stems from a vague notification that equates the air pollution…
