AN EXAMINATION into the $250 million collapse of Bill Express has heard that the public company's money was used to pay the personal loans of directors, their business associates and family members.

AN EXAMINATION into the $250 million collapse of Bill Express has heard the public company's money was used to pay the personal loans of directors, their business associates and family members.

Help is at hand for those whose finances are hanging in the balance — but it's best not to wait that long.

THE banks are in the business of lending money. But their real mission is to make money — out of us. And they're very good at it.

Sacrificed salary is now assessable income, writes George Cochrane.