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SBS language | Feds under fire from states over vaccine rollout
The slow rollout of vaccines is now making international news, with the BBC reporting that Australia has fallen 85% short of its vaccine delivery target. The BBC article reports that Australia has lost 3.4 million doses against its target…
Lehman CDS sellers face massive auction losses
NEW YORK, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Banks, hedge funds and other protection sellers on Lehman Brothers LEN.NLEHMQ.PK the debt faces losses on the order of 90% of the insurance sold when the value of the bankrupt bank's credit default swaps…
Daniel Snyder buys out minority owners’ stake in Washington football team
Maybe it's time to kick off the classic '90s hit "Return of the Mark." Shams Charania of The Athletic reported on Saturday that former Golden State…
ASX 200 Morning Report – WBC, ETF & PMV Stocks at a Glance
the S&P/ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) rose only three points to start the week, with a strong day for the financial sector (+1.4%), which represents about 30% of the index, not enough to overcome broader weakness.
Energy and Materials continue to…
5 Texas criminal justice stories to watch in 2020
At the state level, 2019 was largely a year of missed opportunities to reform the criminal justice system in Texas. Despite a reputation as a leader criminal justice reform, Texas lawmakers accomplished very little in this year's…
Tycoon Djoko Tjandra sentenced to 4.5 years for bribing officials
Jakarta. The Jakarta anti-corruption court on Monday convicted real estate tycoon Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra of bribery and sentenced him to four and a half years in prison in a corruption scandal that has dragged senior law enforcement…
Vijay Mallya offers to pay the bank charges
Embattled Karnataka business tycoon Vijay Mallya has offered to settle the bank dues by selling some of his assets and has sought permission from the Karnataka High Court.“UBHL and I have filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court on June…
Criminal charges in Flint water fiasco offer a simple trickle of justice – Mother Jones
Former Governor Rick Snyder following his arraignment on January 14, 2021. Ryan Garza/TNS via ZUMA Wire
This story was originally posted by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate office collaboration.
No…
Scottrade to pay Massachusetts $250,000 fine for sales contests
Ending a dispute of more than two years, Scottrade agreed to pay a fine of $250,000 to the Massachusetts Securities Division regarding supervision and training regarding sales contests.
Commonwealth Secretary William Galvin, the…
Breakingviews – Corona Capital: private jet deal
By Breakingviews ColumnistsMILAN/NEW YORK/LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Corona Capital is an updated column throughout the day from Breakingviews columnists around the world with short and precise information on the…
IBX and Economy League are looking for ideas to deal with the millennium health crisis
the pandemic- and the resulting isolation, job loss and grief - are crushing our society Mental Health. According to a recent Blue Cross Blue Shield Association surveyit is hitting millennials particularly hard: 92% of 24-39 year…
Success of Agrokor(king): plan of arrangement sanctioned by an English court | Hogan Lovells
A multi-disciplinary team led by partner Tom Astle advised a syndicate of around 75 lenders on a bespoke €1.06 billion super-priority loan to Croatian production and retail giant Agrokor (the "SPFA“) on an arrangement under…
Japanese bank MUFG obtains bond settlement agent license in China
(Nikkei Asian Review) - Japanese bank MUFG has received a license from the People's Bank of China to act as a settlement agent in the country's interbank bond market, Nikkei has learned.
Foreign investors are in principle…
Family of trans woman settle over her death at Rikers Island, but they say it’s not enough
The family of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco, who died while in solitary confinement on Rikers Island, will receive a record $5.9 million settlement from New York City.According to several reports, the terms of the agreement reached…
Pelosi says ‘no chance’ of US-UK trade deal if Irish peace is jeopardized
There is "absolutely no chance" of a US-UK trade deal going through Congress if the Good Friday deal is undermined, US Democrat Nancy Pelosi has warned. Comments by Ms Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, put further…
Carbios acquires the entire stake of Limagrain Ingredients in the capital of Carbiolice
CLERMONT-FERRAND, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory news:
Carbios(Paris:ALCRB) pioneering company in new bio-industrial solutions to reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textile polymers, announces today the acquisition from…
Incentive Payments and Class Action Settlements
Monday, September 21, 2020
For years, class action settlements have typically included incentive payments to named plaintiffs. Payments are typically…
Machine learning and financial crises
Summary
To concentrate
Financial crises wreak economic, social and political havoc. They impose significant fiscal costs, increase public debt and disrupt our societies. Designing and implementing policies that reduce the risks of a…
Should we feed starving children, or the war machine?
On August 21, the humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, Lise Grande, published a heartbreaking callusl that nations keep their promises to send humanitarian aid to feed destitute families in war-torn Yemen. Unless promised funds are received…
Vaishno Devi temple received 1,800 kg of gold, Rs 2,000 cr in cash in 20 years
The Vaishno Devi temple has received over 1,800 kg of gold, 4,700 kg of silver and a whopping amount of Rs 2,000 crore over the past two decades (2000-2020) as donations. The popular Hindu shrine located in Jammu is one of the richest…
Abu Dhabi’s Adnoc and OCI set to hire banks for Fertiglobe IPO
DUBAI: Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency internationally, traded lower on Monday, falling 2.39% to $40,887.62 as of 8:00 a.m. Riyadh time.
Ether, the second most traded cryptocurrency, was priced at $2,847.05, down 2.55%,…
Rethink supermarkets and start with Morrisons
After a month in which shares of many unloved stocks have soared, fueled by flash mob-like attentions from the Reddit forums, it's a little strange to talk about the investment record for WM Morrison (MWR). Indeed, for…
Give money away, avoid custody fees and inheritance tax
Many of us spend much of our lives trying to somehow accumulate as much money as possible. We start by filling a piggy bank with coins, then putting money aside for education, saving for a car, for a deposit on a house, and –…
Laz Parking settles EEOC discrimination suit for $155,000
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
BALTIMORE — LAZ Parking, the second-largest parking company in the United States, will pay $155,000 and provide significant…
Beware of Trolls: Recent Lagging Copyright Rise and What You Should Do | Vide Rome LLP
Over the past year, clients have experienced an increase in “copyright trolling,” which refers to the practice by some plaintiff law firms of using algorithms or other digital fingerprinting technologies to search or "fish" for copyright…
Reflections on Global Financial Stability and the European Capital Markets Union
Hello.
Allow me first of all to thank José María Roldán, President of the Spanish Association of Banks (AEB), and of the Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), today represented by Rick Watson and Richard Hopkin. They are…
Michigan court holds no title insurance coverage for reduced easement
The Michigan Court of Appeals recently ruled that a title insurance company was not required to reimburse its insured after the company negotiated a settlement that reduced the size of an easement used by the insured. To see Horwood v. N.…
AIS Resource Settlement with MGX Minerals
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AIS Resources Limited (TSX-V - AIS, OTCQB: AISSF) (the "Company" or "AIS") is pleased to announce that it has settled its debt receivable from MGX Minerals Inc. (“MGX”). On…
14 billionaires who went bankrupt – 24/7 Wall St.
Wall Street has seen volatility on several occasions since March 2020. COVID-19, the brief activist push from GameStop, and the blockage of the Suez Canal have all rattled global trade. Investment firm Archegos Capital Management…
Find out to reimburse customers $214 million for deceptive credit card practices
Discover Financial Services, one of the nation's largest credit card issuers, will refund $200 million to 3.5 million customers it tricked into buying expensive and unnecessary credit card products, it said on Monday. federal…
What to Look for in the 2020 Expenditure Review – Institute For Fiscal Studies
On November 25, the Chancellor will conclude the 2020 spending review. This will include an update on the amount of funding provided to public services in this financial year (2020-21) as well as a new set of…
Westpac hit with record fine after money laundering case
Westpac has agreed to pay the biggest fine in Australian corporate history to settle a money laundering case, in which it emerged the bank may have ease exploitation of children by pedophiles.Australia's second-largest lender by…
Four thousand inhabitants of Masiphumelele in a desperate hurry…
“We were running. We were running for our lives,” said Nyathi, whose house burned down in a fire that devastated an informal settlement in Masiphumelele, in the southern Cape, on December 17.
Nyathi, who asked to be referred to only by…
Let’s tithe our energy and fight racism
If we devoted a tenth of our energy to fighting racism, we would make a lot of progress.(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lex Scott at a rally sponsored by the Black Lives Matter Utah Chapter, at the Public Safety Building in Salt Lake…
US deports woman who lied about role in Rwandan genocide
CONCORD, NH — A woman who served a 10-year prison sentence in the United States for lying about her role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide to gain American citizenship and then lost her bid for a retrial has been deported to…
You are not responsible for the debts of the deceased
Matthew Wallace
| For the Times HeraldWe regularly receive calls from the family of a deceased who left only debts. The spouse or children believe that they are responsible for the debts of their deceased loved one. They start getting…
5 things you need to know about Warframe Fortuna, including hoverboards and animal droppings
Warframe is going to Venus, and yes, you should care even if you're not super Warframe already. The game's next big expansion is called Warframe Fortuna, and it's slated for fall - although I got a quick glimpse of TennoCon, the official…
Kanye West’s crowdfunding campaign hopes to pay rapper’s $53 million debt
Someone out there feels bad enough for poor Kanye West to fund his alleged $53 million debt.
"Recently Kanye spoke to us about his personal struggle," wrote Jeremy Piatt on the GoFundMe page he created. "He's $53 million in debt and…
Superior Court Applies “Most Favorable Law” Provision and Finds Investment Fund’s Settlement…
Sycamore Partners Management, LP v. Endurance American Insurance Company, CA No. N18C-09-211 AML CCLD (Del. Super. February 26, 2021)
Nine West's estate has accused investment firm Sycamore Partners of structuring transactions involving…
Port Authority chief rushes after recovering from COVID-19
Rick Cotton has fully recovered from COVID-19 less than three weeks after the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey executive director became one of the first public officials to test positive for the virus. Cotton, 75, told the Port…
Per Jacobsson Conference – Central bank cooperation and US dollar liquidity: what can we learn…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdQCWKKb0Bc
Central bank cooperation and US dollar liquidity: what can we learn from the past?
Professor Catherine Schenk of the University of Oxford…
Pay your fair share! Contribution Claims in Commercial Litigation
What do you do when you are jointly and severally liable with someone else for damage suffered by a third party but you have paid the bill?
You can claim contribution from the other party under the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978…
No end in sight for the status quo for US-China agricultural trade | 2021-03-30
The U.S. agriculture sector really wants to know what comes next for the precarious trade situation with China, but farmers and ranchers may have to settle for the status quo for the foreseeable future as the Biden administration takes its…
ECC forms committee to address circular debt issue – Newspaper
ISLAMABAD: As it warned that the supply of crude oil, fuel oil, LNG and natural gas could soon cease due to the non-payment of more than 1.6 trillion rupees, the government on Wednesday set up a committee tasked with working out the…
Brooklyn property owners who settled for tenant harassment file bankruptcy cases – Business…
The owners of a portfolio of 128 rent-stabilized apartments in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn - who recently reached an agreement with the New York Attorney General's office on harassment of tenants - has filed for bankruptcy, according to court…
IL&FS expects to pay off half of its 95,000 crore debt by next year, says Uday Kotak
The Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services group will likely resolve half of its 95,000 crore debt by next year through asset sales, restructuring and liquidation, according to Uday Kotak.The board, appointed by the government to…
Billionaire Robert F. Smith buys two homes in North Palm Beach for $ 48.19 million
Robert F. Smith, a billionaire private equity executive and the richest black person in the United States, bought a pair of properties in North Palm Beach, Fla. From energy drink entrepreneur Russ Weiner for 48, $ 19 million,!--
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Mistaken Identity: Man’s Two-Year Battle to Fix the Debt Company’s Botch
The man's two-year struggle to get the mistake corrected is outlined in a recent decision by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, John Edwards (pictured) Photo / John StoneA man said he lost his job and struggled to get housing after…
Hard-hitting briefs in TCPA’s constitutional battle in the Sixth Circuit
We reported last week that the ACLU has joined the fray over the constitutionality of the TCPA following AAPC. (We have a BIG podcast interview with these guys scheduled for tomorrow BTW.)
Well, three more hard-hitting…
Sharon Osbourne vs. CBS fight over ‘Talk’ release could pay off on ‘strong…
Sharon Osbourne is set to receive a big payout after leaving CBS's "The Talk".According to Sixth pageOsbourne will walk away with a minimum of $ 5-10 million from his former employer. CBS vehemently denied the report, telling Yahoo…
BlackBerry and Facebook reach agreement in global patent fight
BlackBerry Ltd. said it settled a dispute with Facebook Inc. over patent royalties for terms that were not disclosed.
"We have resolved our differences under a confidential agreement and have no further comment," BlackBerry…
JEA to pay $ 1 million more per year for nuclear power under MEAG regulation
A settlement of JEA's long-running attempt to quash a deal for buy electricity at the Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant will force JEA to pay a total of $ 20 million more over a 20-year period for the purchase of power from the nuclear…
Long Beach Facing Huge Debt Seeks To Restructure Finances And Avoid Bankruptcy
Faced with nearly half a billion dollars in debt and other debts and obligations, the city of Long Beach is looking to restructure its finances in hopes of avoiding bankruptcy.…
Andrew Lessman sells his house in Miami Beach
Andrew Lessman with 835 East Dilido Drive (Google Maps, Facebook / ProCaps, iStock)
Vitamin mogul Andrew Lessman just swallowed some extra income after selling his second waterfront estate in Miami Beach in less than six months.…
Is it a good idea to take out a loan in order to pay off your credit card debt?
You may find that taking out a loan to pay down credit card debt can help you pay it off faster and with a lower interest rate. If your credit is strong, however, you may only be eligible for a lower interest rate.
Are you facing credit…
City of Hempstead to vote on controversial contract and deal with Malibu Beach Park vendor
Hempstead city council is due to vote Tuesday on awarding a 15-year contract to operate a town-owned beach club to a company that has accumulated debts to Hempstead and is the subject of close scrutiny by…
Americor CEO Banir Ganatra buys Miami Beach house
Andrew Lessman and 825 East Dilido Drive (Americor) Vitamin mogul Andrew Lessman has sold his waterfront Venetian Islands mansion to CEO of Americor, a debt settlement company, learned The Real Deal.
Lessman's AML Investment IX LLC…
Myrtle Beach and Horry County Vote to Settle Hospitality Expense Lawsuit | Myrtle Beach
Other local towns have sided with Myrtle Beach. This dispute sparked the trial in March 2019.But in August, the county and towns agreed to settle the matter. Under the proposed settlement, each city would receive the money collected…
Florida Supreme Court will not hear Palm Beach County lawsuit against Airbnb
An appeals court ruling that favored vacation rental companies over Palm Beach County tax collector Anne Gannon will stand.On Monday, the Florida Supreme Court declined to hear Gannon's challenge to the March 4th District Court of…
Russ Weiner sells his homes in North Palm Beach to Robert F. Smith
Elin Nordegren, Russell Weiner and Robert F. Smith, with 12520 Seminole Beach Road (Credit: Google Maps)
Billionaire Robert F. Smith, who recently agreed to pay a $ 139 million tax evasion settlement with the Justice Department, is…
Ironically, a large Costa Mesa debt settlement company files for bankruptcy – Orange County…
Morgan Drexen Inc. of Costa Mesa, which has raised millions of dollars a year selling debt and bankruptcy settlement services to lawyers and consumers, filed a Chapter 7 liquidation application in Santa Ana on Thursday.
The company,…
Bluma Wellness Inc. Sets Sixth One Plant Florida Retail Dispensary and Delivery Center in Avon Park,…
TORONTO - (COMMERCIAL THREAD) - Bluma Wellness Inc. (the "Society" Where "Bluma well-being") (CSE: BWEL.U) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned operating subsidiary, One Plant Florida, intends to open its sixth…
Beach Energy and Diamond Offshore settle dispute
Australian oil company Beach Energy has signed a new contract with drilling company Diamond Offshore for the use of the Ocean Onyx semi-submersible drilling rig.The news comes after Beach in April terminated the previously…
South Korean stocks gain on US stimulus, hopes of economic recovery
* KOSPI rises, foreigners net buyers
* Korean won weakens against U.S. dollar
* South Korea benchmark bond yield falls
SEOUL, March 8 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean
financial markets:
** South Korean shares…