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Greeks Sell-Off Assets to Repay Debts in Europe’s Newest Onion Economy
- January 21, 2013
- Afandou
- Agricultural Bank of Greece
- Antonis Samaras
- ATE
- Athens
- Athens airport
- Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company
- Bailout
- beaches
- Europe
- EYDAP
- firesale
- government assets
- government rollback
- Greece
- Greek
- Greek Debt
- Greek debt crisis
- Greek government
- Greek lottery
- Hellenic Horse Racing Company
- Hellenic Petroleum
- Hellenic Post
- HELPE
- IMF
- International Monetary Fund
- Investment
- Piraeus Bank
- Prime Minister
- private investors
- Privatization
- Rhodes
- sale
- Sovereign Debt
- state assets
- state holdings
Firesale privatization of Greek State Assets Raises Concerns for Future of Greece, accusations of Corruption In order to repay its sovereign debts, the Greek government has placed everything from a police headquarters in Athens to leasing private beaches on the auction block to raise much-needed funds. As part of its bailout of Greece, the International Monetary Fund […]
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Dell Considering Privatization
Dell Computer, once a titan of the PC industry in the 1990s, is rumored to be considering a private buyout that would take the corporation into the realm of private equity and allow it to reconfigure itself for future markets without the scrutiny of shareholders. Rather than face the fate of RIM or HP, both […]
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The Return of Peronism in Argentina: Neo-Corporatism and Axel Kicillof
- May 5, 2012
- Argentina
- Axel Kicillof
- Carlos Menem
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
- Economics
- Ecopetrol
- ENAP
- Eskenazi Family
- European Commission
- Jose Manuel Barroso
- Julio de Vido
- La Campora
- Leftist
- Nationalization
- Natural Resources
- Oil
- PDVSA
- Pemex
- Petrobras
- Privatization
- Repsol
- Socialism
- South America
- Sovereign Debt
- State Owned Enterprises
- The Peterson Group
- Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales
- YPF
Limits on foreign currency exchange have led to the development of an underground market for dollars – such is the economic climate in Argentina today. Six months after tightening currency controls, it is not uncommon to find such ‘cash vendors’ in metropolitan areas like Buenos Aires, the capital, and, though illegal, it often is an […]
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Argentina’s Shift Left: How President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s Flirtation with Socialism Hampers Prospects for Economic Growth
- April 28, 2012
- Argentina
- Carlos Menem
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
- Economics
- Eskenazi Family
- European Commission
- Jose Manuel Barroso
- Leftist
- Nationalization
- Natural Resources
- Oil
- Peterson Group
- Privatization
- Repsol
- Socialism
- South America
- Sovereign Debt
- State Owned Enterprises
- Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales
- YPF
Argentina’s move to seize control of national oil giant YPF (Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales) has cheered domestic supporters of embattled Peronist President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, but the move has angered Argentina’s trans-Atlantic friends in Spain. What began as a business issue has now become a full-blown diplomatic incident. The proposed nationalization of YPF follows Kirchner’s previous […]
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President of Argentina Cristina Fernández Kirchner Nationalizes 51% of YPF, the Former State Oil Company
The move is widely considered an economic catastrophe for Argentina but the nationalization of former state oil enterprise YPF, a hallowed mark in Argentina, will not only address energy and cash shortages but may also shore up the president’s popularity. Yet, many find this most recent move by Cristina Fernández disturbing because, like Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, […]
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