Articles by Rupert Neate
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Hedge Funds Tell Puerto Rico: Lay Off Teachers and Close Schools to Pay Us Back
Rupert Neate – The Guardian,
3 Aug 2015
Report commissioned by 34 hedge funds says government had been ‘massively overspending on education’ despite spending only 79% of US average per pupil.
→ read full articleSilicon Valley Pioneers and Michael Jordan Join Forbes Billionaires List
Rupert Neate – The Guardian,
9 Mar 2015
3 Mar 2015 – As list swells to 1,826 global billionaires, poverty charity Oxfam calls extreme inequality a ‘moral outrage’ as billions ‘go to bed hungry every night’. Silicon Valley created 23 new billionaires last year as the global elite increased its total wealth to an obscene $7tn.
→ read full articleTim Cook: ‘I Consider Being Gay among the Greatest Gifts God Has Given Me’
Rupert Neate and Alex Hern – The Guardian,
3 Nov 2014
30 Oct 2014 – Tim Cook, chief executive of Apple, has officially come out as gay and described his sexuality as “among the greatest gifts God has given me.” He has written about his sexuality for the first time, in the hope that he can ‘help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is.’
→ read full articleUK Government to Block Arms Exports to Israel If Military Action Resumes
Rupert Neate – The Guardian,
18 Aug 2014
Announcement comes after lengthy dispute between leading Tories and Liberal Democrats over restriction of arms sales.
→ read full articleFinancial Crisis: 25 People at the Heart of the Meltdown – Where Are They Now?
Rupert Neate – The Guardian,
13 Aug 2012
In 2009 the Guardian identified 25 people – bankers, economists, central bankers and politicians – whose actions had led the world into the worst economic turmoil since the Great Depression. On the fifth anniversary of the credit crunch, what are they doing?
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