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The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has ruled that legal proceedings under the Negotiable Instruments Act (NIA) for cheque dishonour cannot be suspended merely because loan recovery has been temporarily halted under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), TheLiveNagpur.com reported. Justice M.M. Nerlikar delivered the ruling while hearing a plea filed by Shri Ramdev Cotspin, an Akola-based firm, against Ashok Mehra (Chairman) and Chandraprakash Mehra (Managing Director) of Pacific Cotspin Company, Kolkata.
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Vietnam is planning to limit its crypto exchange pilot program to just five licensed operators, pointing to a cautious regulatory approach despite the country's status as a global crypto adoption leader, Decrypt reported. The framework would allow for only five licensed exchanges to operate during the pilot as the Ministry of Finance develops detailed regulations for taxation, compliance, and operational standards, Deputy Finance Minister Nguyen Duc Chi said at a government press conference on Monday, according to a VnEconomy report, a local media publication.
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By 2010 almost 1 in 5 companies limped along because of bailouts and other financing relief, rather than tackling their fundamental problems, Bloomberg News reported. In 2008 three economics professors, one from Japan and two from the US, coined a term for these enterprises: “zombie companies.” Now the country’s financial landscape is changing. In March 2024 the Bank of Japan increased interest rates for the first time in 17 years, reflecting an improving economic climate and rising prices.
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Bankruptcy Rates of Small and Medium-Sized Construction Companies in South Korea Continue to Edge Up
Amid the continued bankruptcies of small and medium-sized construction companies due to the severe downturn in the South Korean construction industry, the insolvency rate of small and medium-sized construction companies that borrowed through the government's credit guarantee fund is also rising, Maeil Business reported.
Japan's jobless rate rose to its highest in over a year, signaling a slight loosening of the labor market as speculation swirls over a Bank of Japan rate hike in the near term, Bloomberg News reported. The unemployment rate rose to 2.6 per cent in August from 2.3 per cent in the previous month, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported Friday, against a median economist expectation of 2.4 per cent . Separate data from the labor ministry showed that the job-to-applicant ratio ticked down to 1.20 from 1.22.
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Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said inflation was on track to durably hit the bank's target but warned of global uncertainties that could discourage firms from raising wages, leaving himself a free hand on whether to raise interest rates in October, Reuters reported. Ueda reiterated the central bank's resolve to continue raising still low interest rates if the economy and prices move in line with its forecasts.
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