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China's Second-Largest Property Giant Evergrande Accused Of $78B Fraud, Founder Hui Ka Yan Faces Legal Peril
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 2:58am | 763China’s Evergrande Group (OTC:EGRNQ) has been accused of massive fraud, with its founder Hui Ka Yan at the center of the controversy. The company’s onshore unit, Hengda, is alleged to have inflated its revenue by $78 billion, leading up to its default in 2020. What Happened: The China...
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Chinese Wealth Manager Zhongzhi Faces Insolvency: 'The Hole In Its Book Is Enormous'
Thursday, November 23, 2023 - 3:59am | 605The leading wealth management entity in China, Zhongzhi Enterprise Group, is on the brink of insolvency with liabilities nearing a staggering $64 billion. This recent development has sparked concerns over the impact of the country’s property debt crisis on the wider financial...
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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit Reportedly Plans For Insolvency Even As It Seeks Emergency Funding
Monday, March 20, 2023 - 6:41am | 373Billionaire Richard Branson‘s commercial space satellite venture Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:VORB) is reportedly working with two restructuring firms on fallback plans for its insolvency days in the event that it cannot secure new funding. What Happened: Virgin Orbit, the sister...
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Is the ECB Secretly Bailing out Greece?
Thursday, August 9, 2012 - 9:36am | 439As Greece continues to slip further into depression, complete with massive unemployment, a credit crunch, and loss of economic confidence, it seems as though the ECB has started to implement a backdoor bailout of the European nation. Greece has a $3.7 billion maturing bond on August 20, so if...