Failed Christchurch clothing manufacturer Lane Walker Rudkin (LWR) still owes nearly $110 million, a year after receivers took control of the company
The receivers' third report on the textile manufacturer and six fully-owned subsidiaries, also in receivership, show receivers paid $500,000 to lender Westpac in the six months to April, 2010
Westpac has already been paid $2m but is still owed about $108 million, with a further $701,000 still owed to Inland Revenue, which has increased in the past six months
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Most of the companies have now ceased operating and others have been sold In December the LWR Hosiery and Underwear business was sold to Designer Textiles International for an undisclosed amount In August last year, Southern Alps Socks Ltd, was sold to Sock Holdings Ltd for $106m. replica gucci bag
LWR Manufacturing, which owes $5135m to Westpac, is the only business still being run by the receivers, selling LWR products including Merino, sportswear and underwear through the Christchurch factory shop. replica handbags
Receivers Stephen Tubbs and Brian Mayo-Smith have previously said inadequate financial reporting and corporate governance were to blame for the company's receivership. (Wholesale T-shirts & Tanks).
Their concerns have also prompted a Serious Fraud Office investigation into whether LWR misrepresented its financial strength to Westpac in order to secure loans
LWR traces its history back to the production of men's socks and cardigans from the homes of Alfred and Sarah Rudkin in the 1880s
Since then it has provided military clothing to soldiers in World War I and World War II, clothed All Blacks, America's Cup yachting team and New Zealand Olympians
The company has previously employed many high-profile people, including Prime Minister John Key, and used the advertising clout of Rachel Hunter and Jude Dobson
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For Megan Courtney, being a part of a state or national championship team was one of her biggest goals. She narrowly missed that goal with Alter High School's girls volleyball team last season, finishing second in the state. Her Dayton Lady HoopStars 13U team finished third in the nation.
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They say the third time's a charm.
Courtney won a Junior Volleyball Director Association national championship in Louisville, Ky., June 26-30, with Cincinnati-based Team Z 16s Orange. The tournament featured 500 teams that ranged from ages 12-18. Courtney's team competed in the 16s Open division.
Courtney, a Washington Township resident, said she was recruited by one of the team's players. Her new teammates told her that Team Z was drama-free and they would accept her.
"From the start I knew I could be myself on this team," Courtney said. "It really played a role in how I played because I knew that no matter what happened on the court ... off the court we were always going to be sisters."
Courtney usually plays setter -- the quarterback on the floor -- for Alter. With Team Z, she couldn't play the position because she would only be able to play parttime at the beginning of the season since it coincided with basketball. Since Courtney was a very capable hitter, she was able to position herself as the outside hitter.
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"Everyone was really emotional," Courtney said about winning the championship. "It was the greatest feeling in the world."
Courtney has played volleyball since she was a second-grader. She said that watching her mother and father play recreational volleyball is what got her interested in the sport. Courtney's older brother Robbie, an Alter graduate, plays volleyball for Quincy College.
The support seems to be working. With the exposure she has received from playing with Alter and Team Z, Courtney has received letters from Penn State, Kentucky, Purdue and Illinois.
Alter's girls volleyball team will be losing five seniors from last season's state runner-up squad, according to Courtney. She hopes to transfer what she has gained from playing with Team Z to her high school team.
"I know what it feels like to win and how far you have to go to get there," Courtney said. "The work ethic you have to (have), the focus, the concentration, the time management. It's really hard, but you gotta work at it, if you want to (win)."
Courtney plays volleyball yearround and doesn't worry about getting burned out.
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"My love for volleyball is unlimited."
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Pyle's First Law of Journalism: No matter what you think, it's not that simple.
Viz:
- Temp work a complex indicator of job growth - George Pyle/The Buffalo News
The road to economic recovery ? the kind of recovery that includes healthy employment numbers ? traditionally has gone by way of temporary hiring. But some Western New Yorkers with the job of helping others find work ? or find workers ? say whether the current recovery is following that path varies by region, industry, even company.
"It is hard replica breitling watches to go by any big trend," said Richard Pedersen, who operates two Buffalo-area job agencies. "It just disguises all the trends underneath it."
Related, NYT columnist David Brooks on the cultural timebomb of lots of men without jobs:
- The Lean Years
Long-term unemployment is one of the most devastating experiences a person can endure, equal, according to some measures, to the death of a spouse. Men who are unemployed for a significant amount of time are more likely to drink more, abuse their children more and suffer debilitating blows to their identity. Unemployed men are not exactly the most eligible mates. So in areas of high unemployment, marriage rates can crumble ? while childbearing rates out of wedlock do not.
Even the toy business is no game:
- All work, all play, each day - Samantha Maziarz Christmann/The Buffalo News
The American International Toy Fair is under way in New York City, and two local toy companies are among the 1,200 exhibitors laying out their wares in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, jockeying for publicity and Christmas pre-orders from the more than 21,000 retailers in attendance.
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Buffalo Games, which produces jigsaw puzzles and board games from its headquarters on James E. Casey Drive, is in New York debuting a new board game called Truth Be Told, along with six new lines of puzzles.
And, I know jobs are scarce these days. But anybody want to work for Toyota?
- Toyota accelerator deaths rise to 34 - Ken Thomas/AP/Buffalo News
Complaints of deaths connected to sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles have surged in recent weeks, with the purported toll reaching 34 since 2000, according to new consumer data gathered by the government.
Complaints to a database maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about the popular Toyota Prius hybrid
grew by nearly 1,000 in just over a week.