Turkey has seen a widening crackdown against dissent after a mid-July coup attempt that the government says was orchestrated by followers of Fethullah Gülen, a US-based preacher with a large grassroots movement that had infiltrated the security apparatus, military and judiciary for decades.
Europe's biggest airline, Air France-KLM, has seen losses widen as a result of redundancy payouts.
And in the ensuing years, the Texas energy company has seen its influence widen nationally and internationally.
The country, which has seen income disparity widen, has also reacted negatively as the conglomerates absorb businesses including bakeries and retail outlets that had traditionally been the province of small business owners.
One of Britain's largest private equity-owned groups, Gala Coral, has seen annual losses widen by 11% as the highly indebted business struggles under worsening trading conditions at its bingo division.
Initially best known for the punishing, EBM-inflected hardcore sound that was all the rage across E-addled Europe in the late 80s and early 90s, R&S has seen it's scope widen in recent years.
"We have seen staggering widening inequality in income terms and therefore health terms," he says.
Recent years have seen a widening interest in research on aspects of well-being [ 1- 4].
The company — which has seen declines in revenues and a widening operating loss, according to its last earnings report from December — says it wants to cut operating costs by £15 million ($22 million) in the next financial year, which ends April 2017, implementing cost reductions in the current FY (ending April 2016).
Some concerns arise because since 2009 the region has seen a relaxation in fiscal policy, widening current account deficits and slowing growth.
