Carl Mortished



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Full name: Carl Mortished

Area of interest: Business

Journals: The Times, Globe and Mail

Email: carl.mortished@the times.co.uk

Website/blog: TimesOnline

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Career: Has written for more than fifteen years on international business. Since May 2005, has had a weekly column 'Report on Business' in the Canadian Globe and Mail on a Thursday

Current position: International Business Editor

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The Times: World business briefing
Column remit: Business

Section: Business

Role: International Business Editor

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Email: carl.mortished@the times.co.uk

Website: TimesOnline

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Articles: 2010

 * of the free, but not the multinational'' - The glory days of the multinational company are well and truly over - 29th June
 * you would be king, drill not for oil but ore'' - Afghanistan is a rich source of critical resources — an opportunity for the brave - 21st June
 * must fund the recovery, not governments'' - If the world is to work its way out from under a mountain of sovereign debt, the banks must borrow and lend to businesses - 27th May
 * fire in the financial hotel'' - When all else seems to be lost, people look to the old refuges they remember, hoping that they still stand - 22nd May
 * carefully, Mr Obama. You need big oil'' - If the fallout from the Gulf oil spill forces Americans off the roads, we’ll tip back into recession - 10th May
 * much caution will kill off the economy'' - We need risk-takers – but don’t confuse them with bankers who gambled with others’ money - 21st April
 * on a green road to hell'' - All Britain's policymakers agree that biofuels are the way ahead — never mind the cost and never mind the rainforest - 10th April
 * shoots spring from ashes of satanic mills'' - Renewed foreign interest in British manufacturing provides hope that we might be entering a green industrial renaissance - 2nd April
 * global trade war hasn't happened'' - If there is no trade war brewing, we need to know why, because the elements for conflict are there and rising in scale - 26th March
 * happened to Tories and the free market?'' - David Cameron’s energy plans show his firm preference for a planned economy - 22nd March
 * can we trust to look after our money?'' - Belief in banks has been destroyed and governments hardly inspire confidence - 15th March
 * falls after battle'' - Total is hoping to bring to an end a battle with French unions over the future of the country’s refining industry - 9th March
 * protests are delaying the inevitable'' - The fuel factories of Europe and North America are in their death throes, crushed by high oil prices and shrinking demand - 24th February
 * can usher in true European reform'' - Thanks to the financial mess in the Balkans, there is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reform Europe’s finances - 11th February
 * needs an industrial policy for more than only high finance'' - Having shut the playground, is there any point in pretending that we want our banks to be capitalist venturers? - 28th January
 * heart-warming tale about a friendly Troll . . .'' - . . . that’s the monster gasfield which has kept British homes warm through the big freeze. Thank the market, not ministers - 8th January



Articles: 2009

 * emerging economy, sub-Saharan Africa?'' - Region's growth rate is predicted to accelerate and help from China to make that happen will be mutually beneficial - 30th December
 * much longer will big business play the bad guy?'' - 29th December
 * inconvenient truth about climate change'' - Talks like those held at Copenhagen will continue to fail until we recognise that China is now in charge - 23rd December
 * is divided by the price of a home'' - The row over expenses and bonuses is all about bricks and mortar. The voters have had enough - 12th December
 * America prepares to fire the starting gun in its dash for gas'' - Power generators, oil refiners, chemical manufacturers and cement makers have been warned: the EPA will hunt you down - 9th December
 * symptom of international industrial decline'' - For Siemens to prosper it needs a thriving manufacturing sector but the German company only sees such an outlook overseas - 4th December
 * the mirage of markets built on sand'' - From Dubai to Moscow to Shanghai, the world's financial centres stand and fall not on their losses but on their governance - 2nd December
 * born amid rivalry of ruling families'' - Dubai is not controlled by a council of equals but an alliance of families or tribes - and Abu Dhabi calls the shots - 2nd December
 * it’s the end of the road for petrolheads'' - Modern cars are complex and boring. Gone are the days of tinkering under the bonnet or lusting, like Toad, after a ‘motor’ - 23rd November
 * clock is ticking for dinosaur model'' - While we were doing our jobs, we saw our business model thrown on the scrapheap for something smaller and cheaper - 12th November
 * private equity brave enough?'' - The leveraged buyout almost disappeared in 2008 as the banks crumbled, but where are these bottom-fishers today? - 7th November
 * jumps on gold bandwagon but Warren Buffett rides the growth train'' - As India buys up reserves of gold, America's tycoon investor makes a bet on a different natural resource - coal - 5th November
 * Aramco seeks solution to crude problem'' - Wes Texas Intermediate is highly volatile and the spec bears little relation to the heavy, sulphurous crude oil they sell - 24th November
 * big challenge is to keep the ball in the air'' - Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Games is the one to watch because it could go wonderfully right or spectacularly wrong - 23rd October
 * on the spot ahead of gas war'' - There's trouble in the pipeline as gas buyers look to exploit falling prices and sellers seek to stick to long-term deals - 15th October
 * fails chemistry test as industry leaves'' - Billions of dollars of potential investment in refining and petrochemicals is moving east in search of lower costs - 8th October
 * truths on overseas aid'' - No one will be spared the next government’s spending squeeze, except for one select group of people - 3rd October
 * fairness got to do with anything, Gordon?'' - The new mantra — industry, good; finance, bad — is being scrawled on every wall in Downing Street - 1st October
 * China make a great green leap?'' - Beijing’s commissars have the power to end the world’s worst polluter's energy-squandering ways - 23rd September
 * is the will to power?'' - Huge new discoveries and a falling wholesale price for gas ought to mean cheaper bills but only the energy companies benefit - 19th September
 * enmity is back to blacken Indian and Chinese trade relations'' - Hopes that the Doha Round might be revived are being punctured by bitter wrangles over Chinese toys and Chinese tyres - 17th September
 * nations will struggle to go Green'' - Countries such as Bangladesh are more concerned with building an infrastructure for their own people than climate change - 16th September
 * for Cadbury is all about new imperial realities'' - Kraft’s chairman understands that without legions and the breadth and scope of empire, Kraft is stuck - 9th September
 * refugees carry lesson in imperialism to China'' - The cost of oil for the People’s Republic is now measured in refugees, thousands of Burmese fleeing into China - 1st September
 * a throwaway world, Bunzl could be worth holding on to'' - The stock market has punished Bunzl for being a dull distributor, its revenues locked into the underlying economy - 25th August
 * in business class'' - Falling revenues, high overheads and fuel costs, mean BA should throw its whole structure up in the air and see how it falls - 1st July
 * West can’t spend and China won’t'' - We need Chinese consumers to start splashing the cash. Will they break the habit of a lifetime? - 28th July
 * downside of doing business with China'' - For years Western bosses sung Beijing’s praises. Now they are learning the cost of dealing with a control-freak regime - 16th July
 * adventure but not a lot of fun for us'' - Excuse me? We should agree a long-term oil price with Opec? Don’t quibble, it’s a splendid plan - 9th July
 * China quit the opium of the gases?'' - Join our crusade against carbon and we’ll keep buying your goods, says the West - 7th July
 * taxman's long arm must be resisted'' - If President Obama gets his way, US tax authorities will be informed whenever banks do business with American content - 2nd July
 * new boss has no oil in his bones'' - As Carl-Henric Svanberg swaps mobile phones for black gold, our correspondent says an outsider fits the bill - 26th June
 * see no beauty in lakes and mountains'' - The commodities market is once again a battleground as farmers look for protection and consumers pay a heavy price - 24th June
 * BP and Shell face the future together?'' - As two of the world's biggest oil companies cut overheads, they may yet decide that going it alone is a wasted effort - 10th June (See: Oil: summary)
 * car giants have run out of road'' - As General Motors' failure shows, the future of the industry lies with low-cost manufacturers making more economical cars - 3rd June
 * peasants' revolt in the new age of brutality'' - Forget talk of a kinder capitalism. We have had the easy life, now shareholders and voters want a better return on their money - 28th May
 * day of reckoning is a warning for Europe'' - If America is looking at a financial rescue package for the Golden State, the EU must begin to contemplate similar tailspin scenarios - 26th May
 * enmities are put aside in fight for gas'' - What do you get from an Austrian, a Hungarian, a Kurd and two Emiratis? - 20th May
 * cash for gunboats and diplomacy'' - Who is the enemy, who are we protecting and what is the price we are prepared to pay? - 5th May
 * can be done but what is it we are doing?'' - The sheer scale and massive cost of putting Britain on the path towards zero carbon is only beginning to become apparent - 30th April
 * we moan, the Chinese get on with it'' - in the West we wring our hands over the collapse of capitalism but in Central Asia they are fighting over the spoils - 29th April
 * may come to the UK's rescue'' - Individuals who want to avoid handing over their investment income to pointless fund managers might buy utility bonds - 23rd April
 * imports - a costly trade in bunkum'' - More ships are burning more fossil fuel to move more biofuel in order to burn less fossil fuel. And the game has only just begun - 18th April
 * Heathcare rings the emergency bells'' - The drugs sector was once seen as having immunity from recession but now it is catching a cold as the whole world sneezes - 15th April
 * brisk bidding in stolen goods'' - To spell it out, there are people who are criminals; there are people who profit from the proceeds of crime; and, then, there is eBay - 11th April
 * cheaper, are diamonds still a girl’s best friend?'' - 11th April
 * no one listened to the harbingers of doom'' - For the global economy to recover, we must shed our money worries, step up to the plate, borrow more money and spend - 9th April
 * riches but the real problems remain'' - This may be the best opportunity to invest in Iraq for decades, but not for the reasons touted by Business Secretary Lord Mandelson - 7th April
 * pay. Politics is not a career'' - A term in Parliament should be a form of national service - and bankers should be treated as staff - 28th March
 * truth behind numbers that govern our lives'' - Against all common sense, a local, landlocked market in a shrinking commodity has become a global benchmark for energy - 18th March
 * the seductive allure of investment banks'' - As the cost of underwriting share issues soars, corporate financiers are reaping rich rewards from wooing their clients - 12th March
 * countries have oil but no rice'' - Anxiety about the future is leading to an agricultural land grab around the world by sovereign wealth funds in the Gulf - 5th March
 * lenders actually willing to do the job'' - If banks are unwilling to actually do any lending, then it is time that other institutions stepped in to fill the gap - 25th February
 * looking beyond the fringe'' - Perhaps the legacy of this recession will not be protectionism but greater integration, with the core eurozone economies in command - 21st February
 * not about jewellery - this gold rush is all about fear'' - You know that something is going very badly wrong when the bestselling investment is a metal that is good for nothing except to cap rotten teeth and repair fragile relationships - 21st Fenruary
 * of a flagship leaves UK stalling in a declining car industry'' - In this contracting universe, where Britain lacks a leading manufacturer to wave the flag, it may struggle to be noticed - 17th February
 * world's carmakers are stuck in neutral gear'' - Car companies need more than just the cash promised to them by governments. What they need now is a seriously good idea - 11th February
 * law or the City: head to the oil rigs to find your fortune'' - Now that jobs in finance have dried up, bright young graduates should look beyond the public sector for a promising career - 3rd February
 * companies get ready to do business'' - Fall in price has left investment in new frontier oilfields uneconomic and Kremlin’s unofficial banker, Gazprom, is troubled - 21st January
 * food prices are not here to stay'' - The important question is where very sharp market swings leave us in terms of food security - and it doesn’t look good - 14th January
 * the puritans kick out the privateers?'' - The credit crunch has revealed the divide between flamboyant risk-takers and sensible savers - 7th January

