Jim Armitage



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Career: former Deputy City Editor of the Evening Standard

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Other activities: adviser to Evgeny Lebedev, owner of the Evening Standard and Independent titles

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Column name: Global Outlook

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Articles: 2013

 * Voices in Danger: In Libya, Gaddafi's media suppression lingers - Though Gaddafi is gone, the tools he used to stop Libyan journalists attacking him are still being used - 1st May
 * No end to the pain in sight for US after cuts scare away the shoppers - With tax rises and spending cuts wired into Obama’s policy choices, he has little room to do much - 27th April
 * The $1bn deal that has Schroders looking down the barrel of a gun - Michael Dell should take out his iPad and watch The Artist, the 2011 Oscar winner - 20th April
 * Amid the scandals, there are still microfinance firms doing good - Global Outlook - 13th April
 * Stop moaning, Amazon traders, you can always find another marketplace - Global Outlook: I know it's fashionable to bash Amazon. I dislike its super-low tax bill as much as the next guy. But the storm over its fee hike for traders selling their wares through Amazon's marketplace is overblown - 30th March
 * Need to keep Germany sweet pulls the plug on Russia's Cyprus rescue - Global Outlook: Mr Putin knows that the wealthy Russians likely to lose money are not the most popular - 23rd March
 * So should we be in a real funk as investors rush into buying junk? - Global Outlook: Last week I reported how the exotic financial products that blew up the world in 2007 are back with a vengeance. If that wasn't enough to get you stocking up on tinned food and a new bunker in the garden, perhaps a story buried in yesterday's FT might be - 16th March
 * They're back - the exotic (and toxic) products that blew up our economy - US Outlook: So many reasons exist to be suspicious of the current boom in world stock markets, it's hard to know where to start. The renewed eurozone crisis, slowing growth in China, sovereign debt down-grades, the flattering effect of QE. I could go on - 9th March
 * Beppe Grillo’s not funny and he’ll have to grow up now he’s a big player in Italy after election - Global Outlook: Remember at primary school when, on General Election day, we kids would play at staging our own elections? - 2nd March
 * Mugabe regime still failing the test, so why are we handing it a prize? - Zimbabwe is arguably run largely for its leaders’ benefit - 16th February
 * A glimmer of hope for Greece but it's still going to be a long haul - There have been real reforms made to reduce labour costs, pensions and so forth - 9th February
 * Despite the Davos hype, Europe's economy is still neck-deep in crisis - Global Outlook: If the Alps around Davos were echoing to the sound of bankers' champagne corks popping last week, by this weekend the hangover had already set in - 2nd February
 * Blair's repeated Guinea trips raise eyebrows over his connections - Global Outlook: It is his mixture of charity and business that can leave questions to be answered - 26th January
 * As far as oil and gas workers are concerned, money trumps risk - Global Outlook Engineers are a tough breed. Oil and gas engineers the toughest of the bunch - 19th January
 * Lobbyists help smooth the way for Diageo's jumbo-sized tax breaks - The deal will mean Diageo saves many millions more dollars in rebates - 12th January



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 * Revulsion at latest US massacre, but don't expect investors to flee - Global Outlook: A total of 47 per cent of households own a gun, up 6 per cent on two years ago - 22nd December
 * Fracking future could see Uncle Sam hanging up his policeman's helmet - Global Outlook: It’s not beyond the realms of reason to see China muscling in on the scene to prop up the sheikhs - 15th December
 * Cosy deals by Glencore and ENRC's chums are costing the Congo dear - Global Outlook: London Stock Exchange mining giants ENRC and Glencore have some questions to answer about the company they keep in Africa - 8th December
 * Old Mutual seems unembarrassed by its links with Mugabe's Zimbabwe - Global Outlook: The company has a big reputation to look after, in the UK and around the world - 1st December
 * Whistleblower Woodford warns of Japan's 'collective economic suicide' - This is a Made in Japan problem. It’s cultural... It’s about the way the society functions - 23rd November
 * Out of Africa - a scheme where helping refugees helps everybody - Refugees are survivors, with the drive and ambition that make fantastic entrepreneurs - 17th November
 * Obama's win shows the numbers always count - Economic Outlook: We will teach about the failures of forecasters for years in statistics - 12th November
 * Brits are still basking in the heat of a thriving economy in Gulf states - Compared to more fashionable emerging markets, the Gulf states have enjoyed sustained growth -10th November
 * Bumi fiasco casts a cloud over the President's tea party at the Palace - Indonesia risks gaining the same reputation as Russian mineral firms on Wall St - 3rd November
 * So what happened to the billions in oil money that gushed out of Libya? - The Libyan Investment Authority, the sovereign wealth fund set up under Colonel Gaddafi, has been quiet since before the war that killed him and his four-decade regime a year ago - 27th October
 * tale of corruption and greed should be an election issue in US'' - General Electric is one of those companies that touch our lives from the moment we wake to the moment we turn in. And then it's present while we sleep as well - 20th October
 * As Rupert Murdoch says - take the money and run! - If you ever thought Rupert Murdoch might be humbled by his experiences in the UK over the last year or so, forget it - 13th October
 * Time may not yet have come for the man who would rescue Venezuela - Hugo Chavez's Venezuela is one of the most violent countries on earth. Caracas saw more murders than Baghdad last year, and Mr Chavez himself has said the murder rate is the fifth-highest on the planet - 6th October



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