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Re-Define's Managing Director Sony Kapoor
Note: We do not track the media on a regular basis but you will find some Op-Ed's, Interviews and Quotes below
(Small tax payers are always deceived - Sony Kapoor Interview with El Pais on Bank, Bonuses & Tax Havens)
- "Los pequeños contribuyentes son engañados siempre" - El Pais (August 15th, 2010)
(Speculation on life and death – Sony Kapoor Interview with Aftenbladet on Speculation and Food Prices)
- "Spekulation på liv och död" - Aftenbladet (July 24th, 2010)
(An open letter to President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel calling on them to finally implement Transaction Taxes)
- "EU Do it - The time is ripe for a financial transaction tax" - Euractiv (July 12th, 2010)
(One can just put apes in front of a computer - An interview with Sony Kapoor on Banks, Bankers and High Finance)
- "Man könnte einen Affen an den Computer setzen" - Der Tagesspiegel (June 27th, 2010)
(EU leades, don't disappoint us again - an Op-Ed by Managing Director Sony Kapoor on the EU stance at the G-20)
- "EU leiders, laat ons niet weer in de steek, voer die transactiebelasting in" - De Volkskrant (June 25 2010)
(G-20, it's time to decide - an Op-Ed by Managing Director Sony Kapoor on why the G-20 should implement FTTs)
- "Le G20 à l'heure des choix", Sony Kapoor Op-Ed" - PDF of Newspaper, Le Monde (June 25th, 2010)
(Politicians compare who has the biggest - Sony Kapoor Interview with NRC Handelsblad on EU Banks and Economy)
- "Politici kijken alleen wie de grootste heeft", Sony Kapoor Interview - NRC Handelsblad (June 19th, 2010)
(A solution to three problems - an Op-Ed by Managing Director Sony Kapoor on Financial Instrument Taxes)
- "Eine Klappe für drei Fliegen", an Op-Ed by Sony Kapoor - Financial Times Deutschland (June 17th, 2010)
(An interview with Sony Kapoor on Financial Regulation in Europe and the way forward on tackling big banks)
- Ex Lehman banker says the EU should crack down on big banks - Euractiv.com (February 9th, 2010)
- Ex banker - Politicians are missing the big picture - Euractiv.com (February 9th, 2010)
- Link to Reuters Story quoting Sony Kapoor - Reuters (December 2nd, 2009)
- Press Release on Financial Transaction Tax Hearings - European Parliament (December 3rd, 2009)
- Sony Kapoor Interviews on the Economy, Governance and Finance Sector - TRNN (Mid November, 2009)
- Sony Kapoor Interview on Financial Transaction Taxes - Sveriges National Radio (October 2nd, 2009)
- An Interview with Sony Kapoor - Dagens Industri TV (October 1st, 2009)
- An interview with Sony Kapoor - Sveriges National Radio (September 30th, 2009)
- Der Verschmutzer muss zahlen - Süddeutschen Zeitung (September 23rd, 2009)
(An Op-Ed by Sony Kapoor, Managing Director Re-Define on How Financial Transaction Taxes have Finally Arrived)
- Raus aus der Krise - Wir können auch anders - An SWR and ARD Documentary (September 23rd, 2009)
- Click for a Video Clip of the Documentary which features Sony Kapoor and Re-Define fellow Deepak Tayal
(A TV documentary on the SWR and ARD channels in Germany featuring Sony Kapoor and the work of Re-Define)
- Former Banker discusses Financial Regulation - Young Turk Radio (September 23rd, 2009)
(Activist and progressive US radio station Young Turk Radio interview Sony Kapoor on Financial Regulation)
- Sony Kapoor Video Interview - the Fragility of the Recovery - Real News Network (September 22, 2009)
- Sony Kapoor Video Interview - the Fed and the US Dollar - Real News Network (September 21, 2009)
- Sony Kapoor Video Interview - Financial Regulation - Real News Network (September 20, 2009)
- Sony Kapoor Video Interview - Derivatives & Tax Havens - Real News Network (September 19, 2009)
- Sony Kapoor Video Interview - Volatility, Complexity & Profit - Real News Network (September 17, 2009)
- Sony Kapoor Video Interview - Conundrums in Finance - Real News Network (September 16, 2009)
- Sony Kapoor Video Interview - his experience in Banking - Real News Network (September 14, 2009)
(Re-Define Managing Director gives a series of seven interviews to the Real News Network in the US on Finance)
- Die große Gier - A ZDF Documentary (June 29, 2009)
(Re-Define Managing Director Sony Kapoor is extensively interviewed in this German National TV Documentary)
- Neue Steuern als Strafen für die Banker - Süddeutschen Zeitung (June 15, 2009)
(An Op-Ed by Sony Kapoor, Managing Director Re-Define on Principles for Financial System Reform)
- Auf der Suche nach mehr Macht für die Gewerkschaften – Welt Online (May 15, 2009)
- Kein Gold für Schrott – Frankfurter Allgemeine (May 15, 2009)
- Wer bezahlt die Krise?– vorwärts.de (May 15, 2009)
- Alles, was schlecht ist –Süddeutschen Zeitung (May 14, 2009)
(Coverage of the Key Note Address by Sony Kapoor to the DGB Kongress on the Future of Capitalism)
- Kryss Nordsjøen igjen! – Aftenposten (March 17, 2009)
(An Op-Ed by Re-Define Managing Director Sony Kapoor on what the G-20 must do)
- Eksmegleren som starter tenketank – Ny Tid (January 30, 2009)
(Re-Define Managing Director Sony Kapoor is Profiled in Ny Tid, a Norwegian Weekly News Magazine)
Some selective coverage from before 2009
(Re-Define Managing Director Sony Kapoor writing about the collapse of the Financial System in Ny Tid)
- Finansreform som trafikkstyring – Dagsavisen (October 29, 2008)
(Sony Kapoor writes in Dagsavisen using a metaphor to describe the ills of the financial system and suggest reforms)
- Think tank chief prescribes financial risk-sharing to put global financial system on ‘healthy track’ – UN Press Release (October 10, 2008) In English & In French
(Re-Define Managing Director addresses the UN ECOSOC in October 2008)
- No More Safe Havens – Far Eastern Economic Review (September 22, 2008)
