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COLUMN-Some cracks in the technocrat cult-Chrystia Freeland
Reuters(Chrystia Freeland is a Reuters columnist. Any opinions expressed are her own.) By Chrystia Freeland NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Government, Research, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Newspaper and Magazine
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Column: Some cracks in the technocrat cult
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In government, the technocrats are on top, too. From Washington to Frankfurt to Rome, technocrats have stepped in where...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Government, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Research, Newspaper and Magazine
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Ross: Public-private funding needed to fix stadium
— Steve Ross' grim expression before the Super Bowl finalists made their pitches at Tuesday's NFL meetings was the tipoff. The Miami Dolphins' owner sensed his fellow owners would snub South Florida, as they did in awarding the Super Bowls in...Tags: Roger Goodell, Super Bowl, Miami Dolphins, Football, Microsoft Corporation
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Insight: No more easy pickings in Russia's banking market
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign banks that once treated Russia as virgin land where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained for. While players such as Citi and Austria's Raiffeisen thrive, many have found...Tags: HSBC Holdings plc, Government, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Vladimir Putin
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INSIGHT-No more easy pickings in Russia's banking market
Reuters* Domestic players Sberbank, VTB are hard to beat * Foreign banks have made mistakes in Russia's retail market * Russia remains under-banked compared to BRICs * Investment banks are here to stay By Megan Davies MOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters) - Foreign...Tags: HSBC Holdings plc, Government, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Vladimir Putin, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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Greece's EU/IMF lenders maintain 2013 privatization target
ReutersATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's foreign lenders have maintained the country's privatization revenue target of 2.6 billion euros for the year, and left the country's overall debt outlook unchanged from a previous assessment, according to a report released on...Tags: Government, Weather Reports, Economic Indicator, Privatization, European Union
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Museum seeks more help from Milwaukee County taxpayers
Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe Milwaukee Public Museum is seeking a multimillion-dollar infusion from county taxpayers to cover its unfunded pension liability and to extend the county's commitment for an annual operating subsidy. The museum is also raising the subject of...Tags: Government, Privatization, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Finance
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Merger school board approves budget heavy on cuts but still $30 million in the red
Commercial AppealTo view the enrollment and teacher staffing projections on a mobile device or tablet, click here. (PDF) A proposed $1.186 billion general fund budget for the new Memphis and Shelby County unified school district is on its way to the County Commission on...Tags: Teachers, Budgets and Budgeting, Lobbying, Finance, Elections
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FEATURE-Seaport battle looms as Israel plans new competition
Reuters* Netanyahu accelerates plans to introduce port competition * Unions oppose private piers at Ashdod, Haifa * Israel's smallest port privatised in February By Tova Cohen and Ari Rabinovitch TEL AVIV, May 16 (Reuters) - Israel is betting its economic...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Strikes, Government, Restraint of Trade, National Government
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Texas House kills local review of public-private projects
Austin American-StatesmanThe Texas House has killed a provision, at the urging of Gov. Rick Perry, that would have required public-private development projects on state land to go through local zoning. State Rep. Harold Dutton, D-Houston, said he stripped out the provision...Tags: Rick Perry, Terry Keel, Executive Branch, University of Texas at Austin, Government
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Kosovo privatization boss quits over transparency concerns
ReutersPRISTINA (Reuters) - The head of Kosovo's AKP privatization agency resigned on Thursday amid mounting international concern about a lack of transparency in the sale of state assets in the corruption-ridden young Balkan country. Blerim Rexha quit after...Tags: Hashim Thaci, Government, Political Corruption, United Nations, Privatization
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Little agreement at liquor privatization hearing
The Philadelphia InquirerWhen it comes to selling alcohol in Pennsylvania, this much is clear: No one agrees on how best to do it. That lack of consensus was on display Tuesday in the second of three hearings before the Senate Law and Justice Committee, which is considering a...Tags: Government, Privatization, Dining and Drinking, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Bars and Clubs
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