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Martin Doyle cartoon: Doing it tough

Friday, 21 June 2013, 9:57 am
Opinion: Martin Doyle

Doing it tough

By Martin Doyle

In the past week or so, four large businesses have run into trouble and/or announced staff lay-offs. They barely rate a mention in the news, and receive little comment nowadays from the Government.

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