TORONTO A well-connected Toronto mobster who had secretly been working with police to penetrate the citys powerful Mafia clans knew his time as a double agent was running out when a man he considers one of the most powerful mob bosses threatened him.
Carmine Guido had been a working as a police agent for nearly two years; 227 times he had been wired up by a special anti-Mafia police taskforce, recording audio and video of his meetings with alleged mobsters and drug traffickers as the centrepiece witness of a large probe into the citys Mafia clans.
Rumours had spread in the underworld.
Then Cosimo Commisso ca…
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Patricia Simpson (left), Heidi Campbell, two of the team who set up a stall at Glen Innes court to offer advice to those who may have fallen foul of the court previously.
Lawyers have been touring New England offering free advice to people in financial trouble.
They set up stall on the steps of the Court House in Glen Innes on Wednesday and talked to people about how they could cope with fines or other debts which were drowning them in money troubles.
The team from Legal Aid NSW said people had been coming to them on their trestle table on the veranda of the court. Glen Innes is part of a national tour by Legal Aid NSW.
What to do with serious debt.
The main advice they gave was that all is not lost when and if the nasty l…
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A Beckley associate pastor paid off $43,000 in debt and will come to Weston this April hoping to help local residents get out from under their own financial burdens.
Financial coach Adam Justice, who profited from the financial principles of nationwide author and financial broadcaster Dave Ramsey, will give a two-day financial seminar at Broad Street United Methodist Church in Weston. The free seminar will be held from 6-9 p.m. April 6 and 8 a.m.-noon April 7.
A Boone County native and former Clarksburg pastor at North View United Methodist Church, Adam and wife Abby paid off $43,000 in 17 months. His last payment was i…
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Cosimo Commisso in 1981.
TORONTO A well-connected Toronto mobster who had secretly been working with police to penetrate the citys powerful Mafia clans knew his time as a double agent was running out when a man he considers one of the most powerful mob bosses threatened him.
Carmine Guido had been a working as a police agent for nearly two years; 227 times he had been wired up by a special anti-Mafia police taskforce, recording audio and video of his meetings with alleged mobsters and drug traffickers as the centrepiece witness of a large probe into the citys Mafia clans.
Rumours had spread in the underworld.
Then Cosimo Commisso ca…
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Bonnier Publishing has announced it is restructuring its business in Australia, with the majority of staff at Bonnier Publishing Australia to enter into redundancy consultation.
In a statement released on 27 March, Bonnier Publishing, the publishing arm of Swedish media company Bonnier Group, said the restructure is in response to changing market conditions.
Titles on the local Echo Publishing lists will be consolidated under the UK imprint Bonnier Zaffre, which is currently distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Allen & Unwin. Echo Publishing commissioning editor Angela Meyer will continue in her role.
Bonnier Publishing said the other 35 staff at Bonnier Publishing Australia will enter into redunda…
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Heralded Australias largest department store, Myer, has ruled out a voluntary administration, following struggling sales, and its recent $476 million half-year loss the biggest in company history.
Myer is actively hunting for a new CEO, following the departure of Richard Umbers in February. Umbers joined the retailer in 2015, and was involved in the $600 million New Myer strategy, which pledged to turnaround results in five years.
As previously reported, commentators speculate Umbers was forced out by Myer Executive Chairman, Gary Hounsell.
Speaking to The Australian Financial Review, Myer affirms a voluntary administration is not under consideration. Several insolvency experts claim a VA would cause further issues for the struggling…
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MUMBAI — India has launched its recapitalization scheme totaling 2.1 trillion rupees ($32.3 billion) to help state-run banks write off nonperforming loans and put the economy back into high gear.
State Bank of India, the country’s largest commercial bank, said Friday that shareholders approved a private allotment of preferential shares for the government. The bank will receive an injection of 88 billion rupees in return, in a transaction slated to close this month.
Others such as Punjab National Bank, Canara Bank and the Bank of Baroda have approved similar state-backed infusions, with Bank of India raising 22.5 billion rupees through the recapitalization effort. India’s government approved the two-year bank bailout plan in Oc…
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