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When the news is wrong about my homeland
Oped, José González Vargas, Published on 11/12/2025
» The people of Venezuela conjure contradictory images, particularly for those living in the Global North. We're starved and oppressed masses under a totalitarian thumb, but also arrogant and pigheaded émigrés living in golden exile from Miami to Madrid. More recently, we are hordes of criminals, the scum of the Earth, flooding into the United States. Where's the truth? Where's the lie?
Israeli farms desperate for workers
Miriam Jordan, The New York Times, Published on 14/11/2023
» KADIMA, Israel - Israeli farms, core to the country’s national identity, for years employed Palestinian and Thai workers. But since the Hamas-led attacks on Oct 7 and the war in the Gaza Strip, most Palestinians have been banned from Israel and many fearful Thais have returned home, leaving growers to scramble for labour.
A prescription for healthier policy
Oped, Kemi Adeosun, José Antonio González Anaya and Trevor Manuel, Published on 06/09/2022
» A healthy population is both a cause and a result of economic growth and development. But achieving both today requires finance ministers to leave their comfort zones.
EU carbon tax hurts poorer states
News, Miriam González Durántez & Calli Obern, Published on 27/06/2022
» In July 2021, the European Commission did something that no other major governing body had ever attempted: It tied trade policy to climate policy. Reaching the European Union's goal of cutting net greenhouse-gas emissions by 55% by 2030 will require the EU to reduce emissions both at home and beyond its borders.
Amazon and Other Potential Suitors Explore Peloton Deal
Business, Cara Lombardo & Miriam Gottfried & Dana Cimilluca, Published on 07/02/2022
» Peloton Interactive Inc is drawing interest from potential suitors including Amazon.com Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, as the stationary-bike maker's stock slumps and an activist urges it to explore a sale.
Reeling in a deal to save the seas
Oped, Helen Clark, Arancha González, Susana Malcorra & James Michel, Published on 02/12/2021
» The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet's surface, produces half of the oxygen we breathe, feeds billions of people, and provides hundreds of millions of jobs. It also plays a major role in mitigating climate change: over 80% of the global carbon cycle passes through the ocean. But this precious natural resource is not invincible. Despite all the benefits it affords us, the ocean today faces unprecedented man-made crises that threaten its health and its ability to sustain life on Earth.
Advent, Permira Near Deal to Buy McAfee for More Than $10 Billion
Business, Cara Lombardo & Miriam Gottfried & Dana Cimilluca, Published on 08/11/2021
» Security-software company McAfee Corp. is nearing a deal to sell itself to a group including private-equity firms Advent International Corp. and Permira for more than $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
Hyatt Plans to Buy Apple Leisure Group for $2.7 Billion
Business, Miriam Gottfried, Published on 17/08/2021
» Hyatt Hotels Corp. plans to buy resort company Apple Leisure Group from its private-equity owners for $2.7 billion.
Neiman Marcus Nears Bankruptcy Filing
Business, Soma Biswas, Miriam Gottfried & Suzanne Kapner, Published on 22/04/2020
» Neiman Marcus Group Inc. is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection as soon as Wednesday, with plans to restructure its debt in hopes of reopening most of the luxury chain's stores after the coronavirus pandemic, according to people familiar with the matter.