Privatization

[$] Hungarian Carrier Expands in Downturn

Wall Street Journal Jun 29

Wizz Air Hungary Airlines is likely to dominate Central Europe's short-haul market, as the economic downturn batters its competitors.

[$] Japan Post Privatization Takes Hit

Wall Street Journal Jun 14

Tokyo's effort to break up and privatize Japan Post, the postal monopoly that includes huge financial-services operations, is quickly losing steam.

Mozambique Renews Plans for mCel Privatization

Cellular News Jun 14

The Mozambican government is reported to be planning a partial privatization of the state owned mobile network operator Mocambique Celular (mCel),

CEO of Colorado Workers' Comp Insurer: Private Would Be Better

Insurance Journal Jun 10

The head of Colorado's state-created workers' compensation insurance company says the organization could do a better job if it were privatized. CEO Ken Ross told state lawmakers that Pinnacol ...

Politics and the Crisis Slow the Drive to Privatize

New York Times Jun 5

Privatization deals, hailed as a win-win for Main Street and Wall Street, have been collapsing, making it the boom that wasn't.

[$] Bourke Trial Gets Under Way

Wall Street Journal Jun 3

Investor Frederic Bourke Jr. engaged "with enthusiasm" in a scheme to bribe Azerbaijan government officials, prosecutors said as his criminal trial began.

BCE Compensation

Canadian Business Blog Apr 23

According to the most recent management proxy circular, BCE Inc. paid six executive officers a total of $15,761,246 or almost $0.02 per share in "One-Time Privatization Transaction Related Payments" during 2008. Now if memory serves when it was...

PCCW buyout bid dropped in wake of court decision

MarketWatch Apr 23

Major shareholders in Hong Kong telecom PCCW Ltd. have dropped their bid to buy out the company and will apparently not appeal a high court decision to block the deal, media reports said Thursday. The company will also issue a special dividend in...

McCulley: We need the political will to socialize the losses

Credit Writedowns Apr 22

Paul McCulley of PIMCO made a few comments back in March which caught my attention. Given how well banks are doing this earnings season, I thought it relevant to quote him here. The essence of his remarks was this: Deleveraging is a...

Privatization of Hong Kong Phone Group Rejected

New York Times Apr 22

The court ruling was a stunning setback for PCCW’s chairman, Richard Li, and a major victory for the city’s increasingly assertive regulatory authorities.

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