The NHL announced Saturday it would investigate whether San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane bet on NHL games and intentionally lost some for profit, which Kane’s wife, Anna, alleged on social media. In a series of scathing Instagram stories, Anna Kane detailed her husband’s NHL betting habits, lavish vacationing, partying and more.

“Can someone ask (NHL Commissioner) Gary Bettman how they let a player gamble on his own games?” Anna Kane wrote. “Bet an…

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Dear Prudence is online weekly to chat live with readers. Heres an edited transcript of this weeks chat.

Jene Desmond-Harris: Good morning! As always, I hope you had a great weekend. And if you had a bad one (or a bad week, or month, or life), lets try to figure out how to make it better.

Q. Doting grandmother: I love my daughter-in-law. Shes the best thing to ever happen to my familyshes sweet, caring, funny, compassionate, and always there. She and my son got together at age 21, and her family had passed away the year before, so we really took her in. She gets on well with my husband, my two daughters, and the whole extended family.

My son has had a somewhat rocky time. He and his sisters went to a world-class private…

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A man was arrested for allegedly robbing 7-Eleven stores in Bangkok because he needed to pay off the debts from the money he had lost from gambling. He apparently painted his face to hide his identity and used a pocket knife to threaten the cashiers.

The 30 year old man, identified as Sugipri, allegedly robbed two of the 7-Eleven convenience stores in by the Laem Thong village intersection. CCTV camera footage shows the man fleeing the scene on a motorbike. The motorbike was later found parked in the middle of a soi in the On Nut area. When Sugipiri arrived to claim ownership of his motorbike, he was arrested. Police say he was in possession of the items he had stolen along with a folding knife.

After being interrogated by the officers…

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Hagit Fieldman, 54, and Gary Fieldman, 58, both now living in Israel, were directors of First For Windows Ltd. The company traded as Dalmatian Windows and provided the manufacture and installation of double glazing, doors and conservatories.

The company was incorporated in 2005 with its main trading address in East Kilbride, and the company traded without issue for a number of years.

In 2017, however, the directors were unable to meet their tax obligations and a petition to wind up the company was presented by the tax authorities in June 2019.

Following an Insolvency Service investigation, it was found that 2.4 million had been spent from the company bank accounts.

The liquidator, however, was not able to verify any of the payments or e…

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In addition, [there was] abandonment of content that was not completed including prime-time shows Australian Survivor, The Amazing Race Australia and Five Bedrooms, delays in the delivery of programming to third parties, and fewer original programs and live events airing on our broadcast networks.

While production shutdowns, lower advertising and promotion costs and other cost-savings initiatives did partially mitigate lower revenues, the company did report earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of $53.6 million, excluding significant items.

Network 10 pulled in advertising revenue across its television and digital business of $582.9 million in the 12 months to December 31, 2020, compared to the $598.4 mil…

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Venugopal Dhoot, former promoter of Videocon Group, has moved before the NCLAT, challenging an order of the insolvency court NCLT approving Rs 2,962 crore takeover bid by Anil Agarwal’s Twin Star Technologies for 13 companies of the debt-ridden group.

Dhoot, in his petition filed before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has requested to set aside the order passed by the Mumbai bench of the NCLT and to direct the lenders to consider Rs 31,789 crore settlement plan submitted by him under section 12 of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC).

In the petition, he has questioned the role played by the Resolution Professional and said that he should have mentioned the foreign oil and gas assets of Videocon Group in the informat…

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SINGAPORE -Keppel Corp has offered to take Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) private under ascheme which gives SPH a $3.4 billion value following the restructuring of its media business, it announced on Monday (Aug 2). Here is a recap of the recent developments for SPH, which publishes The Straits Times.

Oct 13, 2020: SPH posts its first ever net loss of $83.7 million for the full financial year ended Aug 31 last year, and a loss before taxation of $11.4 million for its media business. This reversed profits seen in the previous financial year.

Oct 14, 2020: Shares of SPH dip below $1 for the first time.

March 30, 2021: SPH announces it is undergoing a strategic review to consider options for its various businesses.

May 6, 2021: SPH says i…

Read the full article at: https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/keppels-34b-privatisation-offer-for-sph-timeline-of-key-developments

The NHL said it will investigate an allegation made by Evander Kane’s wife that the San Jose Sharks forward bet on his own games and has intentionally tried to lose for gambling profit.

The league said Saturday night on Twitter that it was made aware of the social media posts by Anna Kane and plans to conduct a full investigation. Anna Kane wrote: “How does the NHL let a compulsive gambling addict still play when he’s obviously throwing games to win money? Hmm maybe someone needs to address this.”