Privatizations

Leumi: Too good to let go

No politician could pass up the patronage opportunity of appointing a bank chairman. Behind all the pleasant words about postponing the privatization of Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI ) in order to maintain its stability is a different...

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THE BLUE GOLD – HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH TO US?

We utilize it for washing and waste disposal, employ it for transportation, power generation and irrigation, use it for cooking and after all need it to live – water. Although it is essential for all life on our planet, we...

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U.S. Has Bases In 130+ Countries, 5.2 Million Contracted Employees (2005)

By Loyd Eskildson The intent of One Nation Under Contract (Yale University Press/ 2009) is to highlight the implications of privatizing government policy, that present practice is scandalous, and that undoing government...

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Most of courthouse custodial staff call in sick

One day after the Milwaukee County Board agreed to privatize scores of county housekeepers, 19 of the 25 custodial staff at the courthouse complex called in sick, county officials said Thursday. Jack Takerian, the county's...

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To the Board of Supervisors

To the Board of Supervisors Staff Writer Nevada County is buzzing with the news that privatization may be on the horizon for our wonderful county library system. I am stunned that you would even consider such an irrational...

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Company Piles Up Profits From City's Parking Meter Deal

After a rocky start hurt their bottom line, Chicago's new parking meter operators are raking in more than $1.1 million a week and expect even more revenue next year, according to internal company documents obtained by the...

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Gulf capital head-to-head with co-ops in sugar refineries bid

Yesterday was the last day to submit bids on state-owned Turkish Sugar Refineries Corporation (TÜRKŞEKER) facilities in Kastamonu, Kırşehir, Turhal, Yozgat, Çorum and Çarşamba, in a privatization auction that attracted interest...

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Suterra owner is leading CA water privatization effort

A group of water oligarchs in California have engineered a disastrous deregulation and privatization scheme. And they've pulled in hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars without any real public outrage. The amount of power...

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Veto overrides push county levy up 2.2%

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker won half a loaf on his privatization push Wednesday, as the County Board finished work on the 2010 budget that will increase the property tax levy by $5.6 million.

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UC Worker/Student Strike Shows the Way to Fight Back

Up and down the State of California, at the campuses of the University of California and the California State Universities, students and workers went on strike on November 18, 2009 to stop the privatization of our public...

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