TORONTO An association aimed to promote Canadian companies involved in the space industry has declared itself insolvent and has ceased operations.
Michelle Mendes, executive director and president of the Canadian Space Commerce Association, says on its website that the move comes after significant consideration and exploring all options.
The CSCA official stressed that the decision is not indicative of Canadian commercial space in general.
Mendes says it was difficult to raise funds and make the organization unsustainable.
The Toronto-based CSCA, which was founded in 2007, described itself as Canadas non-profit national space industry association.
Its stated goal was to advance the economic, legal and political environmen…
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- The annual Hays Salary Guide indicates that half Australias employers are restructuring their businesses.
- Hays says this can have a huge impact organisations existing staff and future talent needs.
- Other research shows less than one third of restructures lead to improved performance.
More than half (52%) of Australias employers are restructuring their organisation or department to keep up with changing business needs, says recruiting experts Hays.
The key drivers are a change in the required skill sets (48%), digital transformation (31%), a requirement for a more flexible work force (27%), a merger or acquisition (19%) and downsizing (13%).
A survey of more than 3,000 organisations, conducted as part of t…
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TORONTO An association aimed to promote Canadian companies involved in the space industry has declared itself insolvent and has ceased operations.
Michelle Mendes, executive director and president of the Canadian Space Commerce Association, says on its website that the move comes after significant consideration and exploring all options.
The CSCA official stressed that the decision is not indicative of Canadian commercial space in general.
Mendes says it was difficult to raise funds and make the organization unsustainable.
The Toronto-based CSCA, which was founded in 2007, described itself as Canadas non-profit national space industry association.
Its stated goal was to advance the economic, legal and political environm…
Read the full article at: https://calgaryherald.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/canadian-space-commerce-association-says-it-is-ceasing-operations/wcm/7d58c6f2-5a39-4764-8ddd-8399e99ada4a
Bankrupt manufacturing tycoon Siegfried Lee Siu-fung, who once owned the most expensive house in Hong Kong, has moved into property development in the US, targeting investors from the city and China seeking residency status through an investment visa programme.
Lee moved his base out of Hong Kong to the US after his company Siu-Fung Ceramics Holdings was delisted in 2000 and he was declared bankrupt in 2001.
He recently returned to the city, where he gained fame and notoriety in equal measure for insider-trading violations, with the sole purpose of marketing the EB-5 immigrant investor visa programme linked to his project in Houston, Texas.
The 29-storey building at 3300 Main Street has 328 units with an average size of 1,114 squa…
Read the full article at: https://www.scmp.com/business/article/2155493/former-bankrupt-tycoon-siegfried-lee-markets-immigrant-visa-quotas-linked
We want to pay tribute to our veterans through the eyes of a Southwest Florida businessman.
He never served in the military, but has made it his mission to honor those who dedicated their lives to protecting ours. And now, hes using his success to help others.
You may not know the name Brian Rist, but youre likely familiar with his company,
Storm smart.
And probably used a product or two of his to help ride out Hurricane Irma or replace what you lost.
But theres more behind the window to this Southwest Florida businessman.
Hes a man touched by the sacrifice of others.
They give years of their life to go away from their families most of them young families for several years and just to protect our country and give us the freedom …
Read the full article at: https://www.winknews.com/2018/07/17/storm-smart-donates-10k-to-help-erase-medical-debt-in-swfl/
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Canadian Pubco Targets California Medicinal & Recreational Cannabis Project
VANCOUVER, July 17, 2018 /CNW/ – East West Petroleum Corp. (TSX-V: EW) (“East West” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has agreed to implement a restructuring and as part of this the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) dated July 16th 2018 to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares in the capital of Juva Life Inc. (“Juva”), a California -based cannabis company. The transaction is at arm’s.
East West currently operates as an oil & gas exploration and deve…
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There are many of us that experience financial issues these days, and this can make it extremely difficult to keep on top of family finances. When you struggle to make your finances stretch far enough to meet your essential payments and costs, it is time to take action. However, many people are unsure of what the possible solutions are.
One of the options you can look at is debt consolidation loans, which can benefit you in a variety of different ways. In fact, these loans are a common solution for those that have a range of expensive debts and are struggling to make payments. If you have decent credit, you should have no problem getting a consolidation loan from one of the many lenders that offer…
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A large and sometimes noisy meeting of teachers (inset) submitted stronger demands for loan relief at the government’s help centres, but Minister of Education Teerakiat Jareonsettasin (above) and the prime minister have shown little sympathy for the ‘self-inflicted’ debt problems. (Main photo by Apichart Jinakul)
Teachers who are threatening to stop repaying their loans in protest at high interest rates have found little sympathy from the government, which has warned they risk being declared bankrupt and dismissed from service.
Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin said Tuesday the move was being led by one group and most teachers would likely not support the idea.
Leaders of a network o…
Read the full article at: https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1505202/teachers-warned-on-loans-owed
East West currently operates as an oil & gas exploration and development corporation. The first step in the restructuring is the spin-out of oil & gas assets, with corresponding cash flow and all other assets to a new wholly-owned subsidiary of East West. The Company will then spin out the shares of this new subsidiary (“Newco”) to its shareholders pursuant to a plan of arrangement (“Plan of Arrangement”). Following the Plan of Arrangement, Newco will be owned by the current shareholders of the Company and will carry on the oil and gas business of the Company. As part of the Plan of Arrangement the Company will move forward to complete the acquisition of Juva. The company’s capital structure will be amended to allow the plan of arra…
Read the full article at: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/east-west-petroleum-announces-corporate-restructuring-and-loi-to-acquire-juva-life-inc-688433961.html
by Tao Jun, Bui Long
HANOI, July 17 (Xinhua) — On Monday, hours after France beat Croatia 4-2 to win the 2018 FIFA World Cup champion’s trophy, Lang Road in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi, which houses numerous pawnshops, seemed busier than usual.
A young man dillydallied about either going to the pawnshop at 476 Lang Road or the adjacent pawnshop at 480. Finally, he entered the shop at 480 Lang Road which is full of motorbikes.
“This is the first time I have been to a pawnshop. I chose this shop because it is more crowded, which means the shop has good policies for customers such as easier procedures and lower interest rates,” the young man, Nguyen Thanh Nam, a student at the Hanoi Architectural University, told Xin…
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Malaysians have contribute more than 150 million ringgit (37 million dollars) to help pay off its staggering national debt, the countrys Finance Ministry said Tuesday.
Tabung Harapan Malaysia, also known as the Malaysia Hope Fund, surpassed the 150-million-ringgit mark less
than two months after it was launched on May 30.
The fund was set up after members of the public said they would donate money to alleviating national debt, which is estimated to have surpassed 247 billion dollars, or 80 per cent of the countrys Gross Domestic Product.
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The current government has accused the previous ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) led by scandal-plagued
former prime minister …
Read the full article at: https://punchng.com/malaysians-contribute-37m-to-help-pay-off-countrys-debt/
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Muscat: The charitable organisation Dar Al Attaa repaid a widowed womans debt that amounted to OMR4,115.
According to the NGOs statement, the woman who has six children was ordered to repay her debt of OMR4,115 by the Al Seeb Court of First Instance.
The statement online read, A widow who has six children was sentenced to an executive judgement by the Al Seeb Court of First Instance to pay a debt of OMR 4,115. The association helped repay the debt.”
Previously, Dar Al Attaa helped build a house for a family of seven headed by a woman, who were part of the social welfare system in Oman.
The association added that there were other houses that needed to be built and have asked people to contribu…
Read the full article at: https://timesofoman.com/article/138293