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Jaypee Infratech Limited Committee of Creditors (COC) rejected the demand of a forensic audit of accounts of the company, in a voting, the results for which were announced on Tuesday.
Homebuyers had been demanding an independent audit for some five years, to determine why Jaypee Infratech failed to finish the housing projects despite buyers having paid the cost of the flats on time.
On August 9, 2017, the National Company Law Tribunal had appointed Anuj Jain, a chartered accountant as the Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, after admitting a corporate insolvency plea from IDBI Bank. The bank had said it needed to recover dues from Jaypee Infratech Limited.
However, in the first round of cor…
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UPDATE: Creditors have voted to place Sporties Dubbo into liquidation, the administrators say. The decision was made at a meeting of creditors held at Dubbo on Wednesday. It comes just over three months since the Erskine Street venue entered voluntary administration. Aaron Lucan and Graeme Beattie, partners of Worrells Solvency and Forensic Accountants NSW & ACT were appointed as the administrators. Sporties Dubbo, the trading name of the Dubbo Railway Bowling Club, ceased to trade on Saturday. It was established more than 60 years ago in 1954 to cater for NSW railway employees domiciled at Dubbo. EARLIER: One of Dubbos oldest bowling clubs has ceased trading and a meeting of creditors on Wednesday will decide the f…
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The first step to solving a problem is acknowledging that one exists. Thats what gambling addicts are often told in therapy, but it can be applied to any given scenario. Which is why the bookies trade body, the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB), did themselves very few favours by publicly refusing to accept there was an issue with FOBTs.
For years, the ABB appeared as though they were in denial, which meant despite the evidence of harm building and public opinion turning more heavily against their high stakes machines, the bookies were in no position to offer any meaningful concessions such as voluntarily reducing the maximum stake from 100 a spin.
Instead, the ABB opted for public relations initiatives designed to soften t…
Read the full article at: https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/culture/opinion/campaign-fairer-gambling/102120/online-gambling-next-battleground-bookies
Babcock shares fell on Tuesday after revealing a 10 million-plus Brexit hit from restructuring its continental air-rescue business.
The under-fire defence contractor, hit by aggressive short-seller Boatman Capital last year, will take the one-off tax charge in 2019 after setting up separate subsidiaries across Europe to carry on aerial firefighting and search-and-rescue missions.
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Read the full article at: https://www.standard.co.uk/business/babcock-dives-after-a-10m-brexit-restructuring-hit-a4076706.html
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One of Dubbos oldest bowling clubs has ceased trading and a meeting of creditors on Wednesday will decide the future of its affairs. Dubbo Railway Bowling Club, known as Sporties Dubbo, ceased trading on Saturday, administrators have confirmed. The Erskine Street venue entered voluntary administration on November 15. Aaron Lucan and Graeme Beattie, partners of Worrells Solvency and Forensic Accountants NSW & ACT were appointed administrators. They advised that the club would continue to trade as usual through the voluntary administration while options were explored. But it ceased to trade on Saturday, Mr Lucan told the Daily Liberal. There is a meeting of creditors convened for 27 February 2019, at that meeting credit…
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Seems there are incentives everywhere aimed at attracting people to certain parts of the country or to specific jobs.
In some cases, those incentives can help college graduates pay off student debt, which as of March 2018 was at $1.5 trillion among 44.5 million loan borrowers nationwide, according to the Federal Reserve.
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Corporate India expects the Government to take adequate measures to resolve issues around Group Insolvency, runaway and pseudo bidders so as to further strengthen the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) process.
Ashok Haldia, former CA Institute Secretary and member Board of IIIPA, told BusinessLine that the Committee of Creditors should be mindful of deterrence effect of performance security requirement and use it effectively.
Further, adequate checks need to be applied on credibility, track record and capacity of bidders before approval of resolution plan by the CoC. In case of backout, the erring bidder should be blacklisted for future bids, Haldia said.
In the recent years, there have been instances of successful bidders not honouring…
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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Scott+Scott
Attorneys at Law LLP (Scott+Scott), a national shareholder and
consumer rights litigation firm, is notifying investors that a class
action lawsuit has been filed against Yangtze River Port and Logistics
Limited (Yangtze or the Company) (NASDAQ: YRIV) and other
defendants, related to alleged violations of federal securities laws. If
you purchased Yangtze securities between February 2, 2016 through
December 5, 2018, you are encouraged to contact a Scott+Scott attorney
at (844) 818-6982 for more information. The lead plaintiff
deadline is March 4, 2019.
Yangtze operates through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Wuhan Y…
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The boss of a community interest company that went into liquidation with claims for debts of almost 75,000 has been disqualified from acting as a director for 10 years.
Kathryn Holton, 39, of Ashford in Kent was a director of The Music Hub Plus, which ran music courses in Kent.
The company entered liquidation in 2017, which prompted 28 organisations, including the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, to file claims as creditors.
The Insolvency Service said today this was the second time it had acted against Holton. According to the service, she was disqualified in October 2016 in connection with two other companies that had entered into insolvency proceedings.
But she continued to act as direc…
Read the full article at: https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/community-interest-company-boss-disqualified-directorships-10-years/management/article/1562959
NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Levi & Korsinsky, LLP announces that class action lawsuits have commenced on behalf of shareholders of the following publicly-traded companies. Shareholders interested in serving as lead plaintiff have until the deadlines listed to petition the court and further details about the cases can be found at the links provided. There is no cost or obligation to you.
DBV Technologies S.A. (NASDAQ: DBVT)
Class Period: February 14, 2018 – December 19, 2018
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: March 18, 2019
Join the action: https://www.zlk.com/pslra-1/dbv-technologies-s-a-loss-form?wire=3
The lawsuit alleges: DBV Technologies S.A. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1…
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Insolvency administrator of the bankrupt Tosmare shipbuilding factory Ivars Meis has put up the companys owned ship repair and shipbuilding factory for EUR 2.164 million, according to published announcement on the media.
The announcement mentions that the price of Tosmare shipbuilding factory is EUR 2,163,163 with VAT. Property on sale includes two dry docks, one floating dock, as well as ship repair and construction equipment.
On 9 August 2018, Kurzeme District Court in Talsi declared Tosmare shipbuilding factory insolvent.
The companys creditors, according to the latest information, have registered enforcement of debts worth EUR 4.16 million, including EUR 487,800 for secured creditors and EUR 3.672 million for non-secured creditors.
I…
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The steel sector has turned out to be one of the major beneficiaries of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), according to ratings agency ICRA Ltd. This could lead to improved plant utilisation and domestic steel supply. Out of the 40 large defaulting accounts identified by the RBI in 2017, 11 entities belonged to the steel sector. As per ICRA report, eight out of these 11 companies have steel manufacturing capacities totalling about 23.8 million metric tonnes per annum (mtpa) forming about 18% of the total domestic steel capacity.
Sharing his views Abhishek Dafria, vice president, ICRA said: The steel sector has provided an impetus to the IBC with four large corporate debtors having already completed the corporate insolvency resolut…
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