What drew Mickelsons ire was a Detroit News story published Tuesday that with painstaking detail delved into a long-ago gambling controversy that involved the Hall of Famer. Mickelson did no wrong, and the story doesnt suggest that he did. But in documents obta…
A woman receives the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine under the COVAX scheme against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Eka Kotebe General Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 13, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) – The G20 major economies should revitalize a freeze in official bilateral debt payments by the poorest countries to include middle income countries and expand participation by China and the private sector, a White House official said on Wednesday.
Daleep Singh, the U.S. sherpa for the G7 and G20, said China was by far the largest official bilateral creditor, and it should step up its participation in the G20’s Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI), but more private sector participation was also n…
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SUDBURY — The Northern Ontario School of Medicine has received full accreditation of its MD program. The accredidation review was the first in Canada to be performed via virtual visit due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
I congratulate NOSM faculty, staff and students who worked hard to maintain full accreditation of the MD program, said Dr. Lee Toner, NOSM Interim Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education in a June 30 news release.
Events from this past year have really been challenging for our medical school. Im proud of our commitment to continuous quality improvement and the dedication to finding solutions, particularly when obstacles are outside of our control.
Legislation passed on June 3 ensured the viability of the institution a…
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Law360 (June 30, 2021, 6:21 PM EDT) — An Oklahoma federal judge has granted final approval of a $1.75 million class action settlement and allowed $583,000 in attorney fees over Yodel Technologies LLC making non-consensual robocalls for a home security company, violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
Robert H. Braver sued Northstar Alarm Services LLC for violating the TCPA by hiring Yodel Technologies which has since declared bankruptcy to place pre-recorded robocalls that advertised Northstar goods and services without recipients’ consent.
U.S. District Judge Stephen P. Friot wrote in his Tuesday order granting final approval of the agreement that National Consumer Law Center would receive any remaining…
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Hertz Global Holdings has completed its Chapter 11 restructuring process, the car rental company announced Wednesday.
Hertz’s Chapter 11 exit plan wasapproved by a U.S. bankruptcy courton June 10. Hertz filed for bankruptcy inMay 2020.
Among theplan’s features, Hertzwill eliminate over $5 billion of debt, including all of Hertz Europe’s corporate debt. Hertz also will receive more than $2.2 billion of global liquidity and emerge with a $2.8 billion line of credit consisting of at least $1.3 billion of term loans and a revolving loan facility, and an approximately $7 billion asset-backed vehicle financing facility, both “on favorable terms,” the company said in a statement.
Hertz also now has a new board of directors, effective June 3…
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* Sudan’s debt burden unusually large
* Country stuck in deep economic crisis
* Government struggling to finance imports
* Prime minister hails ‘big day’ (Recasts with $2.5 billion in new funding)
By Nafisa Eltahir, Karin Strohecker and David Lawder
June 29 (Reuters) – Sudan received approval from the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday for relief on more than $56 billion in debt and new IMF funding of $2.5 billion over three years.
The IMF has accepted the East African country into the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative based on the country’s commitment to macroeconomic reforms, it said, meaning Sudan can finally access debt forgiveness and new funds. Sudan is the penultimate candidate for the IMF-World Bank progr…
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