A fundraiser meant to help Umar Zameer’s family pay their debts following a three-year prosecution has amassed more than $200,000 in donations in the two days since the Brampton accountant was acquitted of first-degree murder in the death of a Toronto police officer. The fundraiser, a GoFundMe organized by Zameer’s wife, Aaida Shaikh, has been active since 2021, but the majority share of donations have come in over the last 48 hours, Nader Hasan, Zameer’s lawyer, told CTV News Toronto. ...
A home theatre company with eight stores in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and the NSW Central Coast has gone into administration - sparking a messy legal dispute.
The Australian government has announced a major — and much-needed — change to how HECS-HELP debts are indexed, which is set to “wipe out” $3 billion worth of debt from around three million Australians. As it gears up to unveil the 2024-2025 Federal Budget on May 14, the government has revealed a little spoiler of […]
The federal government announced the changes on Sunday which will cut the indexation rate on HECS and HELP debt.
Nigeria’s credit rating outlook was lifted by Fitch Ratings to positive from stable, six months after it said that reform progress since President Bola Tinubu came to power in May of last year was faster than it anticipated.
Supermarket giant Asda said the deal has pushed the majority of its maturities past 2030 and included the biggest sterling high-yield bond this year.
The latest round of forgiveness brings the total amount of relief given to student loan borrowers under the Biden administration to $160 billion for 4.6 million individuals.
The move signals Reservoir's ambition to fuel further growth through acquisitions while reducing its debt Source
While some cyanobacteria are among the deadliest organisms in the world, others help us flourishBlue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, come in many forms and have generally got a bad press, mainly because five of the 2,000 identified species can produce some of the deadliest toxins known to science.At the same time, they are among the oldest organisms in the world, dating back 2.1bn years, and we owe them a debt of gratitude. Continue reading
To be eligible, borrowers with any of four types of federally managed loans must consolidate them by April 30.
(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden's plans to cancel student debt for some borrowers could cost taxpayers up to $1.4 trillion, depending on how the plans are implemented, a new report estimates. The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimated all Biden's recent debt cancellation efforts would cost a combined $870 billion to $1.4 trillion. "That’s more than all federal spending on higher education over the nation’s entire history,"...
Amid financial aid delays stretching months beyond what’s typical, some students are feeling pressured to make college decisions without even knowing how much they’ll be required to pay.