Privatization

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...

When it comes to selling alcohol in Pennsylvania, this much is clear: No one agrees on how best to do it. That lack of consensus was on display Tuesday in the second of three hearings before the Senate Law and Justice Committee, which is considering a...

Thousands of people would lose their jobs and consumers would have less selection and pay higher prices for beer under liquor privatization proposals, an association for beer distributors told a Senate panel on Tuesday. Officials from the Malt...

Fairview Township couple Charlie and Mary Sue Mitke drove to Wilkes-Barre or White Haven to buy wine or whiskey for the last two years. On Tuesday, they said they were thrilled to have a state liquor store in the Mountain Top area again, where they have...

The controversial effort to privatize the Otsego Manor nursing home will kick off Wednesday when the local development corporation that will handle the sale is scheduled to hold its first organizational meeting. Rep. Katherine Stuligross, D-Oneonta, the...

BOYNE CITY -- Boyne City Public Schools will not privatize custodial services next school year. That was the unanimous agreement of the district board of education at its meeting Monday. By rejecting privatization, the district's eight full-time and...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece plans to sell bonds at some point early in 2014, ending four years of exclusion from international capital markets, the country's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Monday. This is the most optimistic forecast about a bond...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government is considering whether to sell its 40 billion pound ($62 billion) student loan book as part of a series of privatizations that includes selling off the Royal Mail Group , the Sunday Times newspaper said. The...

All three candidates running to replace former state Rep. Eugene DePasquale say they want to lower property taxes locally and reform the system. In interviews and at campaign events, they've cited different reasons for why they're the best person to...

HARRISBURG — Choice and convenience. They are two words Gov. Tom Corbett has used often since February. He says them when talking about his budget proposal to expand beer sales and sell the state-owned liquor store system to fund a four-year grant...

By John Kemp LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - For free-market purists, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a monstrous hybrid - part giant electric producer, part government agency. The Obama administration has announced a strategic review that could...

* Miskovic one of Serbia's richest, most influential figures * Faces up to 10 years in prison * Tycoon denies any wrongdoing BELGRADE, May 9 (Reuters) - Serbian retail tycoon Miroslav Miskovic was indicted on Thursday over a disputed privatisation...