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Insolvencies drop by 6 per cent on last year
Friday 02 August 2013
Some 6,469 bankruptcy orders were recorded in the second quarter of this year
Battle to keep bankrupt Detroit solvent...and without a bailout
Sunday 21 July 2013
The governor of Michigan today defended last week’s bankruptcy filing by Detroit even as lawyers for his office moved to contest a ruling by a lower court judge that it violates the state constitution and must be withdrawn.
It won’t be easy, but Detroit will rise again
Sunday 21 July 2013
Out of America: For 20 years this newly bankrupt city, in the words of a Tamla tunesmith, has really got a hold on me. The recovery is already beginning
Taxman opts for assets ahead of liquidation
Monday 15 July 2013
The number of winding-up petitions issued by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has slumped by more than a third in the past year, according to figures released on Monday, with experts claiming the taxman is increasingly choosing to seize goods from companies instead.
Simon Read: Bankruptcy mustn't become the latest celebrity accessory
Friday 05 July 2013
The people's champion
Statto's stats pay off as sports data firm sold in £47m deal
Thursday 04 July 2013
The television betting guru Angus Loughran is nicknamed "Statto" because of his love of sporting statistics but now he has proved there is good money in it too, as he has profited from the sale of the sports data firm Opta.
Kerry Katona dropped as the face of payday lenders Cash Lady after filing for bankruptcy a second time
Wednesday 03 July 2013
Cash Lady say they will not be able to continue using Ms Katona in thier adverts
The Oxford sex abuse gang have been sentenced; the suffering of their victims is ongoing
Thursday 27 June 2013
The little girls – for that is what they were – abused by this gang are the victims of some horrific crimes. Today, hopefully, they each take a large step towards ending their ordeals for good.
Iron, Steam & Money: The Making of the Industrial Revolution, By Roger Osborne
Friday 21 June 2013
An inspirational history of the Industrial Revolution and its vanishing legacy.
Hearts go into administration
Monday 17 June 2013
The club was faced with a winding-up order last week
Simon Read: Women may be more sensible with money, but why?
Friday 31 May 2013
Last week the charity Debt Advice Foundation warned that more women than men are likely to apply for personal insolvencies this year.
'EU treaty changes needed' for banking union
Wednesday 29 May 2013
The European Union will need to change its treaties to establish a full banking union, the Bundesbank's vice-president said yesterday.
Standard Chartered blames QE as it signals profits fall
Wednesday 08 May 2013
Emerging-markets bank Standard Chartered shocked investors today with news that profits for the first three months of the year were "slightly down" on a year ago.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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