News about John Hancock

Major blow for Gina Rinehart's children in long-running legal battle of family fortune

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 23, 2024
The WA Supreme Court has denied Gina Rinehart's (pictured right) children John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart's (pictured left and inset) application to access dozens of documents and correspondence that were made between their mother and her lawyers dating back decades. Ms Rinehart and Hancock Prospecting claimed the documents were 'privileged' because they contained legal advice and were therefore 'without prejudice'.

Federal Reserve votes to hold interest rates steady at their current 22-year high - but officials open the door to more rate cuts this year

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 31, 2024
After borrowing costs increased to a 22-year high, the Federal Reserve voted to hold interest rates steady for the fourth straight meeting today. Officials will announce their decision at 2 p.m., but economists predict there is no chance of a cut, implying that the rate will remain unchanged at 5.5 percent. The Fed's aggressive rate hikes were supposed to pour cold water on stagnant inflation, which peaked at 9.1 percent in June 2022. In December, the annual inflation rate slowed to 3.4 percent. However, it is still much higher than the Fed's 2 percent target, which means a rate cut appears unlikely today.

Just my cup of tea! JANE KNIGHT searches out the city's finest cuppa as the city commemorates a 250-year absence from taxes on its brew has ignited a revolution, while consuming nuggets of history along the way

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 18, 2023
Jane Robinson samples the five teas that were poured into Boston Harbour on the night of December 16, 1773, an event that sparked the American Revolution. 'British city of 650,000 people has a strong proportion of students and businessmen,' despite the fact that Boston trades on its history.' It's also incredibly easy to walk around, as you take in everything from the buzzy harbour district to the upmarket Back Bay neighborhood.'

Rio Tinto is embroiled in the conflict between Australian mining dynasties, with a war raging in the middle of the twentieth century

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 14, 2023
In the state's Supreme Court, lawyers for the Anglo-Australian company are fighting allegations that have accrued from funds earned as far back as the 1950s and 1960s, including claims worth billions of dollars in iron ore royalties that have flowed from discoveries dating back to the 1950s and 1960s. The tense debate in the Pilbara region centers on four open pit iron mines owned by Rio's Hammersley Iron subsidiary and Hancock Prospecting, which have been in partnership since 2005.

Gina Rinehart and her children's fierce dispute over mining royalties is reaching a turning point

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 5, 2023
Gina Rinehart (left), Australia's richest person, and two rival mining dynasties are fighting it out for a verdict over iron ore deposits from a Rio Tinto project half owned by Rio Tinto are a step closer to a decision. Mrs Rinehart's business, Hancock Prospecting, is up against Wright Prospecting and Don Rhodes' heirs over the massive Hope Downs mining project. In addition, the mining magnate is fighting her elderly children, John Hancock (inset) and his sister Bianca Rinehart (right), who claim Lang Hancock left them a large stake in the Pilbara mining deposits that he discovered in the 1950s.

The celebrated Signature Room restaurant in Chicago has announced the closing of its historic John Hancock Tower, as well as 'challenges' in crime-ridden Windy City

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 29, 2023
The restaurant's Facebook and Instagram pages announced the closing on Thursday, as police continue to combat a violent criminal wave that has resurfaced since the pandemic, particularly in the city's Downtown. The iconic fine dining restaurant opened more than 30 years ago and can be found on the 95th and 96th floors of the former John Hancock Center. With a note plastered in the lobby of the 100-story skyscraper, a place to ask the question, enjoy a scenic dinner, or mark a special occasion. Aside from the disclaimer, a memo was reportedly sent to the workers, citing'safety concerns and negative publicity as reasons for the staff's departure, rather than'severe economic hardship,' it was forced to close for more than a year due to the pandemic.

Ginia Rinehart's private chef Jean Lopez charged over Bondi robbery - and two women have restraining orders against him

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 9, 2023
Gina Rinehart's daughter has been charged with allegedly employing a locksmith to help him with his escape from a house, and two separate people have been charged with restraining orders. Jean Lopez, a self-described hospitality specialist, has been working as a private chef to mining heiress Ginia Rinehart and her partner Simon Robinson at the couple's Pacific Penthouse, which overlooks Bondi Beach in Sydney's east. Lopez, a 31-year-old French national, was arrested in June after a aggravated break and enter at a home in North Bondi, according to Daily Mail Australia.

Meet Australia's youngest billionaires - as their remarkable journeys to wealth are revealed

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 1, 2023
The youngest billionaires in Australia have been announced, and their ages point to an exciting trend. Female billionaires are on average younger, with an average age of 53, in comparison to male counterparts, who have an average age of 70.

According to Perth Supreme Court Gina Rinehart, Australia's richest woman, defrauded her children out of billions of dollars in iron ore deposits

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 14, 2023
Mrs Rinehart's children's solicitor says there are clear signs that mining licences were illegally transferred to Hancock Prospecting and a subsidiary after her father Lang Hancock died in 1992. The move, according to Christopher Withers, was contrary to Lang Hancock's intended for Mrs Rinehart's eldest children, John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart, to profit from the trust.

Gina is adamant in her family court dispute with Rinehart over inheritance billions

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 30, 2023
As siblings Bianca Rinehart and John Hancock battle it out for a billion-dollar war with mum Gina, a bombshell letter sent by the pair in a separate lawsuit could have a big effect on their own family's trust claim.

Gina Rinehart vs. Wright in a court lawsuit as John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart were chastised

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 27, 2023
Gina Rinehart's eldest children, John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart, had no argument over lucrative iron ore tenements, and that fraud charges against their mother have no connection to a court fight about money. The pair, as well as Gina Rinehart, are fighting against Wright Prospecting for multibillion-dollar stakes in WA's northwest, which is entangled in the complicated legal turmoil.

Judith Ann Neelley, a sadistic female killer, may be released next week

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 19, 2023
Judith Ann Neelley, 58, will appear before the Alabama Board of Pardons and Parole Boards on May 25, her second chance of parole after her death sentence was commuted to life in jail in 1999. Neelley was found guilty of murdering 13-year-old Lisa Ann Millican in 1983 after she and her partner Alvin Neelley abducted her from a Georgia shopping mall, sexually assaulted her, injected her with drain cleaner and fatally shot the teen. Officials waited for 55 seconds before refusing to release her appeal.