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Tenants in Europe fight back against landlord Wall St

They rally against eviction after US firms swept into cities, suburbs to take advantage of fallout from the worst economic downturn since World War II

Published Sun, Dec 11, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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THE Tobun family never missed a rental payment on their modest brick row house in eight years. But in February, the couple, who have two young children, received a letter warning that they would be evicted when their lease expired. Forty of their neighbours got the same notice.

When they went to investigate, the tenants, in the working-class suburb of Tyrrelstown, discovered a trail that led all the way to Wall Street.

After Europe was ravaged by a financial and economic crisis, the giant investment bank Goldma…

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