Alexander Smith

Position: Journalist
Alex Smith is a Reuters columnist.

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BBVA finds way around stiff labour laws

The market's response to strict European labour laws designed to protect employees has produced an unexpected effect.  Full Article 

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Berlin must refuse Arcandor credit note

Arcandor's chief Executive Karl-Gerhard Eick has warned that if his department store group is forced into insolvency, it will do to the retail sector what the collapse of Lehman Brothers did to finance. It is hard to know whether Eick really believes this, although one has to hope he does not.  Full Article | Comments [1]