Beware Greeks selling tankers
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Greek shipping magnates, long the dominant figures in the world's shipping industry, fear that the cartelization of the industry is putting an end to their dominance. The Greeks are also being affected by a combination of poor freight rates, taxation, and heirs who refuse to join the family business.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1996
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Selling up: property
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Commercial property markets in the US and Britain are giving indications that they are heading towards a recovery. Billions of dollars in building and non-performing loans have been sold. In the US, $4 billion in commercial loans have been bought so far in 1993.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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It beats selling pencils: education
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Kentucky is reforming its public education system, which is considered on of the poorest in the US. A number of officials in corrupt rural schools were forced to resign, and property reassessment has raised revenues for public schools.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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