Real Time - privatizations
News - privatizations
Italy's Monti says Greece will probably keep euro
24 May 2012, 8:42 pm
ROME (Reuters) - Greece will probably remain in the euro zone, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said on Thursday, but demands made of Greece by its partners had been unrealistic and far reaching economic reform could take decades to achieve. "Anything can happen, but I think the most probable outcome is the one which is most positive for Greece and for all of us," Monti said on an Italian ...
Greece slides on bailout targets in political paralysis
17 May 2012, 8:47 am
ATHENS (Reuters) - Prolonged electoral uncertainty has put Greece into a state of deep freeze, meaning whoever finally emerges as the new leader will take over a country already falling behind on its promises to lenders. The European Union and International Monetary Fund demanded extensive cuts and reforms as part of a 130 billion euro bailout package agreed in March. But Greece has had no ...
Greece gets caretaker PM until new vote in June
16 May 2012, 8:14 pm
A senior judge has been sworn in to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as the debt-crippled country lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the 17-nation eurozone.
Greece gets caretaker PM until next vote in June
16 May 2012, 5:15 pm
A senior judge was sworn in Wednesday to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as the debt-crippled country lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the 17-nation eurozone.
Public Power Corp - Comment on a press article
11 May 2012, 3:30 am
ANNOUNCEMENT Comment on a press article Commenting on a recent press article citing that "with a decision taken by the Interministerial
privatizations Committee on April 25 and published in the Official ...
Analysis: EU hunts for quicker, sharper growth kick
30 April 2012, 8:34 am
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Slowly but surely, the European Union is shifting its message on promoting economic growth and is coming to the realization that it may have been looking for it in the wrong place. The question is whether the bloc can come up with a strategy that convinces skeptical financial markets while keeping debt on a downward path. For many months, the mantra has been that struggling ...
World - privatizations
Devalue the euro to help Europe - Japan Times
27 May 2012, 8:31 am
Recent International Monetary Fund prescriptions for Greece, already implemented, imply a 20 percent cut in public sector salaries, 40 percent cut in pensions, high taxes, cuts in public services and
privatizations of utilities with resultant price rises.
RCMP to close Regina lab - Regina Leader-Post
26 May 2012, 7:59 pm
Beyond this closure, "this government keeps stripping things out of Regina and I'm not happy," said Goodale, who cited the recent closure of federal immigration and international trade offices in Regina,
privatizations of community pastures, the closure of ...
New York City’s public-private partnerships - Reuters Blogs
24 May 2012, 1:57 pm
For example, the city hosts 67 business improvement districts (BIDs) and two major park
privatizations, and these show that cities can receive support from the private sector without having to hand over, in exchange, major profit-seeking opportunities and ...
Slim Family Sees European Crisis as Good Time to Invest - Bloomberg
24 May 2012, 5:35 am
A sale of that stake would require approval by the coalition government, which is led by the Social Democrats, who oppose
privatizations. America Movil declined to comment. Sawiris said he’d be willing to sell his own Telekom Austria stake to ...
Turkey Earns $32.4 bln in privatizations - Turkish Weekly
24 May 2012, 1:39 am
Turkey’s Privatization Administration (ÖİB) has conducted
privatizations worth $43.1 billion since such processes began in 1986, netting a total revenues of $32.4 billion as of Dec. 31, 2011, according to new figures. The difference is due to deferred ...
When the state seizes industry - Socialist Worker Online
21 May 2012, 6:54 pm
Central to those policies were
privatizations of natural resources and state services. On May 1, two days before Argentina's nationalization of YPF, Bolivian soldiers entered the offices of the central electric company and draped a flag from the ...
Greece slides on bailout targets in political paralysis - msnbc.com
17 May 2012, 8:43 am
privatizations needed to raise cash are on hold. The board of directors of Greece's privatization fund decided on Tuesday that it would not take any decision on sales of state assets "until the formation of a government." Athens has already cut ...
