Etiket: debt
Rich countries owe 500 billion per year in “moral debt” to poor countries, says Esther Duflo
Rich countries owe 500 billion US dollars per year in “moral debt” to poor countries, estimates Nobel Prize winner Esther Duflo, who proposes making developed countries assume responsibility for global…
Regulator to impose debt cap on mortgage loans
(Ottawa) Canada’s banking regulator says it will impose limits on the amount of debt banks allow in their uninsured mortgage portfolios. Published yesterday at 4:28 p.m. The Office of the…
Atos wants to restructure its debt, which exceeds 4.5 billion euros
Highly in debt, the IT group Atos presented the terms of its restructuring plan on Monday evening. He wants to restructure part of his debt into shares and make his…
Debt of 17 million at risk | Gilbert Rozon on the attack to get paid
Gilbert Rozon turns to the courts in the hope of saving the 17 million that he risks losing in the sinking of Just for Laughs (JPR). The founder of the…
Some Canadians feel a little more optimistic about their debt
Some Canadians are feeling a little more optimistic about their debt with the prospect of interest rate reductions on the horizon, according to MNP. The insolvency firm’s Consumer Debt Index…
With $463.6 million in debt, Stéphan Huot signs the worst bankruptcy in the history of Quebec
Unable to recover from the spectacular debacle of his real estate empire, fallen developer Stéphan Huot declares the largest personal bankruptcy in the history of Quebec, with $463.6 million in…
Stress linked to debt harms health, according to the Quebec Observatory of Inequalities
Debt has negative consequences on people’s health, reveals a study by the Quebec Observatory of Inequalities published Wednesday. This analytical note — the third in a series on wealth and…
European position towards Ukraine, situation in Gaza, disunity of the left, debt… What to remember from the interview with Manon Aubry
Before the European elections, franceinfo receives the head lists of French parties. Manon Aubry, head of the LFI list, was the guest of “Demain l’Europe”, Wednesday April 3. Published on…
The spiral of debt and illness
Can being in debt make you sick? Conversely, are we more in debt when we are sick? Posted at 1:27 a.m. Updated at 6:00 a.m. The Quebec Observatory of Inequalities…
Montreal pimp admits buying young woman for drug debt
Already sentenced to 5 years in prison for forcing a minor runaway into prostitution, a pimp has just received an additional 18 months this time for attacking a young woman…
Pimp sentenced to six and a half years | Bought for a drug debt, a woman experiences an ordeal
Rebecca* was living on the street with an abusive partner when Jeffrey Audet somehow “bought” her in exchange for a drug debt. She was 19 years old. For years, she…
How does Canada’s debt level compare with other G7 countries?
This text is taken from Courrier de l’ économique. Click here to subscribe. Canada is in a better position than the other G7 members, according to Minister Chrystia Freeland. Are…
erase France’s debt to the ECB, a proposal that is difficult to achieve
Published on 03/26/2024 11:07 p.m. Video length: 3 min Public deficit: erasing France’s debt to the ECB, a proposal that is difficult to achieve Among the proposals put forward to…
She pays off $20,000 in debt by taking a second full-time job at McDonald’s
Riddled with debt, a 42-year-old civil servant had to work full time at McDonald’s in addition to her regular job to keep her head above water. And she is not…
the Islamic State and Russia have “a blood debt that goes back several years”, analyzes a jihadism specialist after Daesh’s claim
Journalist Wassim Nasr, a specialist in jihadism, reacted Friday on franceinfo to the Islamic State’s claim of responsibility for the attack on a concert hall near Moscow. A claim to…
four years later, a “public health debt” in hospitals and “worrying disparities”
According to the first barometer from the French Hospital Federation (FHF), hospitals have regained their “overall” level of activity from 2019, but with worrying disparities depending on the sector. And…
Debt | The duty
A wind of concern is blowing after the disclosure of the latest budget of the Quebec government, and the specters of the deficit and the debt resurface in the alarmist…
A series of costly choices may have contributed to Just for Laughs’ debt
A report filed in the Superior Court of Quebec details the reasons for the financial difficulties which pushed the parent company of the Just for Laughs comedy festivals to cancel…
Arrest of four suspects | Young man beaten and kidnapped over debt
Montreal police have arrested four young men suspected of having kidnapped and beaten a 19-year-old victim in early February. The attackers even threatened him with a gun, demanding payment of…
Quebec Budget 2024 | The “King of debt” pays for his electoral checks, according to the opposition
François Legault has been compared in turn by the opposition parties to a “King of debt” who poorly spent past surpluses, in particular by distributing electoral checks, with a budget…