A recovering problem gambler guides a support group for young adults under 35 confronting gambling addiction. He asked that his face be hidden to protect his identity. (Kevin Richardson/Staff)

The Johns Hopkins University graduate seemed not to grasp the destructive nature of his habit. Like hundreds of thousands of other Marylanders, as casino and online gambling boomed, he felt almost imperceptibly pulled into betting, like a rip current carrying him out…

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In February, it was announced that Alpha, the largest chain of Christian bookshops in Germany, was going bankrupt.

However, most of the establishments and dozens of jobs seem to have been saved.

As announced by the lawyer in charge of the case, Francke-Buch, another Christian bookshop chain, took over the operations of 11 of the shops from September. Tim Schneider explained, according to the trade magazine Buchmarkt: “My goal was to preserve as many jobs as possible and make the company fit for the future. This has been achieved”.

The managing director of the new company, Klaus Meiß, expressed in August 2025: “We are delighted that we can continue our Christian literary work in many places with our…

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi: In the present case, a company appeal was filed by the Regional P.F. Commissioner, Employees Provident Fund Organization (‘Appellant’), challenging the impugned order passed by the National Company Law Tribunal, Ahmedabad (‘Adjudicating Authority’), which had rejected an interim application seeking directions to release the payment of Provident Fund dues in light of Section 36(4)(a)(iii) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (‘IBC’) read with Section 11 and 17B of the Employees Provident Funds and [Miscellaneous Provisions] Act, 1952 (‘EPF Act’). The Bench of Ashok Bhushan, J. (Chairperson) and Barun Mitra (Technical Member), dismissed the appeal, stating that as…