Confirming that the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) amounts to “a huge transfer of power from people to big business,” Greenpeace Netherlands on Monday … Exposes TTIP Corporate TakeoverRead more
Economics
Posted inEconomics / Greece / Politics / ToMl
Varoufakis’s Challenge to Economics
Yanis Varoufakis’ first meeting with the Troika of Greece’s creditors revealed what he believes is a perilous disdain among top economic decision-makers for the democratic … Varoufakis’s Challenge to EconomicsRead more
Posted inEconomics / Politics / ToMl / USA Empire
Share-the-Gains Capitalism
Marissa Mayer tells us a lot about why Americans are so angry, and why anti-establishment fury has become the biggest single force in American politics … Share-the-Gains CapitalismRead more
Posted inBank / Economics / Finance / India / News
RIL, SBI sign shareholder pact for payments bank joint venture
Reliance Industries (RIL) has signed a shareholder agreement with SBI to set up a payments bank joint venture. “The Subscription and Shareholders’ Agreement was signed … RIL, SBI sign shareholder pact for payments bank joint ventureRead more
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SBI to absorb corporate branches of associates post merger
SBI today said the corporate branches of its five associate banks will “fold up” into the parent bank as part of network rationalisation after their … SBI to absorb corporate branches of associates post mergerRead more
Posted inEconomics / Greece / Politics / ToMl
We Were Elected to Say No to the Creditors
Yanis Varoufakis talking: We were elected to say no to the creditors. No to what? Not to an agreement, to an honorable agreement, but no … We Were Elected to Say No to the CreditorsRead more
Posted inEconomics / India / Patent / Software / ToMl
Don’t listen to the IT giants
The Indian government has rightly rested its Digital India initiative on a series of measures to liberalise the economy. One of those measures of free-market … Don’t listen to the IT giantsRead more
Posted inEconomics / Tax / ToMl / whistleblower
Luxembourg Puts Journalist and Whistleblowers On Trial
LUXEMBOURG IS TRYING to throw two French whistleblowers and a journalist in prison for their role in the “LuxLeaks” exposé that revealed the tiny country’s … Luxembourg Puts Journalist and Whistleblowers On TrialRead more
Posted inEconomics / ToMl / Transportation / USA Empire / Worker
What’s Yours Is Mine
In 1999, I accepted a job in downtown San Francisco and resettled in the East Bay suburbs after a long absence. My mother encouraged me … What’s Yours Is MineRead more