Tag Archives : Malawi

A new type of hedge fund was invented in the mid-1990s. It was eponymously called ‘vulture fund.’ These funds are used to ‘buy debts racked up years ago by the poorest countries on earth, almost always when they were run by kleptocratic dictators, before most of the current population was born.’ They buy the debt from the original holder at [...]

Madonna faces a new hurdle in her desperate attempts to adopt a Malawian girl. A Malawian court had earlier rejected her adoption request on the grounds of residency. Now that Madonna is taking up case in Supreme court tomorrow the girl’s biological father has surfaced and is vowing to fight for her custody. Celebrity adoption case never had such [...]