Company Privatization

Jim Judge, who resigned last fall as Lake Emergency Medical Services executive director amid talks of privatization, has landed a top-management position in neighboring Volusia County. He will head Volusia's emergency management department, taking...

The Orange County Fair Board agreed Thursday to formally oppose a bill that activists warned could lead to privatization of the publicly owned fairgrounds. Theresa Sears and Reggie Mundekis of the Orange County Fair Preservation Society alleged that...

* 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...

(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...

NEW 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...

— 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...

MOSCOW (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...

* 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...

PRISTINA (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...

Northampton County Council on Thursday voted to file a civil lawsuit against County Executive John Stoffa to prevent him from entering into a contract for non-emergency transport at Gracedale nursing home. Council members said Stoffa subverted their...

ATHENS (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...

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia is looking to sell its largest telecoms operator and second largest bank, sources said, as it steps up efforts to shore up its finances and avoid an international bailout. The country is racing to convince investors it...