Lex



Profile:
Full name: Lex Column - currently edited by Jo Johnson

Area of interest: Local and global issues in business and finance

Journals: Financial Times

Email: [mailto:jo.johnson@ft.com jo.johnson@ft.com] (editor)

Website: FT.com / Lex

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Networks: http://twitter.com/ "The Lex Column"



Biography:
History: Column was originally conceived by Hargreaves Parkinson in the 1930's for the Financial News, which later merged with the FT. The first column appeared on 1st October 1945. Past contributors include Nigel Lawson and his son Dominic Lawson, former editor of The Sunday Telegraph

Viewpoints/Insight: About Lex (FT.com)

Current: Edited by Jo Johnson with a team of seven London-based writers, four New York-based and one in Tokyo

Other: De minimis



Financial Times:
Column remit: analysis and opinion of business and financial issues

Section: Back page

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Website: FT.Com / Lex

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Regularity: daily

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Articles: 'Best of Lex'

 * FT.com / Best of Lex



Links:

 * Lex by sector
 * Lex Discussions and polls, comment on Lex notes
 * Best of Lex