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Editorial: Breakthrough in Greece? Austerity and solidarity

12/01/2015

Greece will hold parliamentary elections on January 25 and Syriza, the left-wing party which has consistently called for debt restructuring...

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Editorial: The more things change: Heinz and the varieties of private equity buyout

06/03/2013

Subject to shareholder approval later this year, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and Brazilian 3G Capital will acquire food giant Heinz...

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Editorial: Austerity rewards corporate tax evasion

19/11/2012

While the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the IMF wrangle over precisely how many more Greek workers must...

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Portuguese Workers Strike Against Austerity

25/11/2011

The 24-hour national strike called jointly by the Portuguese trade union confederations UGTP and CGTP halted public services and factories...

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Editorial: Financialization and its investor discontents

24/11/2011

The US cereal and snack maker Kellogg’s has announced it will invest USD 70 million in unspecified manufacturing improvements, and...