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For sale: Greek islands, hotels and historic sites
As privatisation agency chairman, Stergios Pitsiorlas is seen as the right man to expedite disposal of a growing list of assets In Greece today, government power comes with few trappings. Unable to tap capital markets and dependent wholly on international aid, the debt-stricken country’s senior officials are acrobats in a tightrope act. They are placating […]
Top Gear: Trying to hold on to the magic – BBC News
The Guardian was so interested, it live blogged the show. Their reaction? I won’t spoil the surprise you can read it for yourself. The post show online discussion on the BBC Worldwide site also wasn’t impressed. Everyone knows the only reason there were two new faces in the Top Gear studio was because of an […]
‘Stockbroker’s Bible’ Just Told Oil Industry To Accept Its Demise
The editorial board of the Financial Times isn’t exactly stacked with bleeding-hearted environmentalists. Just a month ago, the British paper defended ExxonMobil’s right to question climate change amid legal probes into whether the oil giant covered up evidence of global warming. But in an editorial published Saturday, the FT urged the oil industry to “face a […]
Tony Blair: Corbyn government would be a dangerous experiment
Former prime minister says he worries about populist politicians such as Labour leader in harshest comments yet Tony Blair has said it would be a very dangerous experiment if Jeremy Corbyn or a populist politician like him were to form a government. In an interview with the BBC, the former Labour prime minister said populist […]
World’s 25 most popular amusement parks
(CNN)Mickey Mouse reigns again. The world’s most famous mouse house has topped the list of the world’s 25 most popular theme and amusement parks. The Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida welcomed more than 20.4 million visitors in 2015, a 6% increase of over 2014, according to a report released Wednesday.