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• Corporate bankruptcies in Russia rose sharply in the first two months of 2024.

• Russia has imposed two moratoriums on bankruptcy in recent years, both of which have now expired.

• High interest rates and macroeconomic instabilities are adding pressure on the private sector.

Russia’s economy appears resilient after two years of war with Ukraine, but a rising number of companies in the country are in trouble.

The number of companies in Russia that have gone bankrupt has soared in the first two months of 2024, Russian business daily Kommersant reported on Thursday.

In January, 571 companies in Russia declared bankruptcy — a rise of 57% from 364 a year ago, Kommersant reported, citing data from the federal register for bankruptcy.

In February, 771…

Rex Airlines has gone into voluntary administration with flights between major airports cancelled.

The carrier has grounded all its Boeing 737 jets, with Virgin Australia allowing REX customers on those flights to transfer to their services free of charge. Affected customers are being contacted directly by REX.

Regional Saab 340 flights in areas including Merimbula and Moruya are currently unaffected and will continue to operate.

Prepaid ticket holders will continue to have their tickets honoured by the Rex Group on regional routes.

The announcement comes just months after budget airline, Bonza,…

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Red Lobster announced late Sunday it filed for bankruptcy, days after it began shuttering dozens of restaurants— after years of struggling with ownership turnover, plateauing sales and financial issues exacerbated by debt, the pandemic and an all-you-can-eat shrimp deal.

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Daryl Ching, a Toronto-based chartered financial analyst, has worked with dozens of small business owners over the years. Some of them, unfortunately, fell on hard times and had to close.

When that happens, he’s seen some business owners sell personal assets to cover outstanding debt. He’s seen others manage to sell their businesses to investors. And occasionally, the operators of some failing companies have just walked away.

But one thing he’s never seen? “In my 12, 13 years in business, I’ve seen companies close up, and zero of them went through a regular corporate…

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Federal bank fraud charges were announced Thursday against Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, who is accused of stealing millions from the baseball star’s account to support a “voracious appetite” for gambling.

Prosecutors discussed the charges against Ippei Mizuhara, 39, at a news conference in Los Angeles, claiming that Mizuhara used $16 million stolen from Ohtani’s…

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Katie Price has said she missed a court case where she was declared bankrupt for the second time due to “dealing with serious stuff.”

The former glamour model and TV personality, 45, was declared bankrupt on Monday by a judge at the Insolvency and Companies Court, and the hearing was told she did not respond to HMRC over the debt.

She owes £761,994.05 to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the London court was told.

Price was previously declared bankrupt in 2019.

She said that she did not find out about Monday’s ruling until she was on the Daily Mail’s Straight To The Comments! podcast.