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Iconic Australian beverages brand Billson's has plunged into voluntary administration.The company produces ready-to-drink vodka, craft beer and cordial at its
HONG KONG — China Oceanwide Holdings, a Beijing-based private developer, said on Monday that the company was to be wound up by a court in Bermuda.
Trading of the company’s Hong Kong-listed shares was suspended from Monday morning due to the court decision and “will remain suspended until further notice,” according to the filing to the city’s exchange.
By Leslie A. Pappas · August 15, 2024, 5:17 PM EDT
The convicted founder of drugmaker Insys has told Delaware’s Chancery Court he agreed to accept a $175 million judgment as part of a settlement with the company’s liquidation trust over his…
A recent string of financial troubles in residential construction companies has shown that the building industry is anything but bulletproof.
So, for anyone about to sign on the dotted line or currently in the building process, it can pay to know what to do in these tough situations and what your rights are depending where you live.
Why are builders collapsing?
A range of factors have created the perfect storm for the demise of builders in the country, says lawyer Jennifer Dizon, of commercial litigation and insolvency firm Hicks Oakley Chessell Williams.
“A large number of builders have faced economic distress due to significant increases in interest rates and cost of materials, labour shortages and supply-chain issues,” Ms Dizon said.
Rex flies to 56 destinations including many in regional Australia such as Port Macquarie, Coffs Harbour, Orange, Dubbo and Albury in NSW, Mount Gambier in South Australia, Burnie and Devonport in Tasmania, Cairns and Mt Isa in Qld and Mildura in Victoria.
How might Ukraine’s war effort go bankrupt? Developments over the past few weeks recall the words of Ernest Hemingway: “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”
Should that prove true, it will spell bad news not only for those insisting on an unconditional Ukrainian victory, but also for those pressing for a diplomatic settlement of the conflict.
The gradual part is already well underway. The U.S. Congress’s decision to pass a “clean” stopgap spending bill over the weekend to fund our government for another 45 days — bowing to pressure from some GOP members to strip Ukraine aid from the bill — is the latest sign of how quickly the political tide has begun to turn. Such a vote would have been unthinkable last December, when…
Shared office space company WeWork filed for bankruptcy late Monday, joining a crowded list of high-profile companies to go under recently, as 2023 heads toward becoming the second-busiest year for bankruptcies in more than a decade.
WeWork filed for bankruptcy Monday, becoming the latest high-profile firm to go under.
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Key Facts
WeWork’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection put a bow on its dramatic fall from a $47 billion valuation to a below $50 million valuation, but arguably the most impactful string of bankruptcies came in the traditional banking and digital asset sectors.
SVB Financial, parent company of the failed Silicon Valley Bank, filed for bankruptcy in March, becoming the largest…