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Newton questions the merits of maintaining public sector companies: <\/strong>The mismanagement of state-owned companies awash in red ink is costing the government valuable resources that could be better appropriated for education or health, Newton writes in his latest piece for Al Masry Al Youm<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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