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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:15:20 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:28:32 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/john-gapper http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/john-gapper http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5af52e98-d2a5-11e2-88ed-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct We do not know what this new technology of data analysis and artificial intelligence means because we are only at the beginning of its era Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:15:20 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5af52e98-d2a5-11e2-88ed-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 5af52e98-d2a5-11e2-88ed-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/945ef436-cf60-11e2-a050-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The US is doing exactly what western politicians have feared from China – exploiting domestic companies such as Apple to monitor foreign citizens, writes John Gapper Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:12:21 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/945ef436-cf60-11e2-a050-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 945ef436-cf60-11e2-a050-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e57abef0-cd0c-11e2-90e8-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Larry Page resembles Thomas Edison: the company he leads has boundless ambition and the capacity to deliver a flow of unexpected products Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:57:01 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e57abef0-cd0c-11e2-90e8-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e57abef0-cd0c-11e2-90e8-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c9554b2-c792-11e2-be27-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The idea that civil servants are valued for their specialist skills rather than their ability to gain special favours strains credulity Wed, 29 May 2013 17:48:40 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c9554b2-c792-11e2-be27-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 0c9554b2-c792-11e2-be27-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb8dbb5e-c215-11e2-8992-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct If he is innocent, Steve Cohen’s good name should be restored. If he is guilty of massive insider trading on Wall Street, he should be punished Wed, 22 May 2013 17:59:52 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb8dbb5e-c215-11e2-8992-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct fb8dbb5e-c215-11e2-8992-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e2f39d2-bcb1-11e2-b344-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Bank and fund managers have liked the company’s zeal and ambition, but this error will prompt them to take another look at the cost of the relationship Wed, 15 May 2013 18:12:16 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e2f39d2-bcb1-11e2-b344-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 5e2f39d2-bcb1-11e2-b344-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9242b8c8-b687-11e2-93ba-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct A computer that people do not know how to switch off (it lacks a Start button) and cannot find their way around is not useful, writes John Gapper Wed, 08 May 2013 18:43:36 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9242b8c8-b687-11e2-93ba-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 9242b8c8-b687-11e2-93ba-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/614f6e1c-b19d-11e2-b324-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Western companies should not withdraw from the country but help to raise both safety standards and living standards, writes John Gapper Wed, 01 May 2013 18:06:04 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/614f6e1c-b19d-11e2-b324-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 614f6e1c-b19d-11e2-b324-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b6451902-a8d4-11e2-a096-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Spooks, oligarchs and spin in Le Carré’s modern-day London. John Gapper reviews ‘A Delicate Truth’, by John Le Carré Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:00:55 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b6451902-a8d4-11e2-a096-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b6451902-a8d4-11e2-a096-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e8e0b8a-954c-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The iPast shall consider the concepts of effectiveness, fairness and objectivity of standards, and dismiss them as antiquated, says John Gapper Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:54:53 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e8e0b8a-954c-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 8e8e0b8a-954c-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/399d0972-9093-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Executives have to repudiate handouts that sound nice but would make it harder to build a sustainable enterprise, writes John Gapper Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:15:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/399d0972-9093-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 399d0972-9093-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7061694e-8da5-11e2-a0fd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct They need only look at banks to witness the effects of an entire industry being discredited over the sins of a few, writes John Gapper Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:59:16 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7061694e-8da5-11e2-a0fd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 7061694e-8da5-11e2-a0fd-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f2934780-8b24-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Even a law-abiding drunk drowning his sorrows at home imposes health costs on others. Alcoholism triggers crime and violence, writes John Gapper Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:34:45 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f2934780-8b24-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct f2934780-8b24-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d943f20-85ad-11e2-9ee3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Super-rich people who yearn for recognition based on their assets might be better off if they consider giving it away, writes John Gapper Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:04:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d943f20-85ad-11e2-9ee3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6d943f20-85ad-11e2-9ee3-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/90300088-80cf-11e2-9c5b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The lesson from Marissa Mayer’s whip-cracking – in Silicon Valley, of all places – is that this is an age of harder work, writes John Gapper Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:59:59 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/90300088-80cf-11e2-9c5b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 90300088-80cf-11e2-9c5b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a018b672-7a92-11e2-9cc2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct One does not need to be paranoid to imagine business switching to New York or Hong Kong to evade EU-wide regulations, writes John Gapper Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:25:58 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a018b672-7a92-11e2-9cc2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a018b672-7a92-11e2-9cc2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/92bf6f3e-7a88-11e2-9cc2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct John Gapper reviews The AIG Story by Maurice R. 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Cunningham and finds it an opportunity missed to relate a fascinating tale Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:45:22 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/92bf6f3e-7a88-11e2-9cc2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 92bf6f3e-7a88-11e2-9cc2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5a90079a-7533-11e2-b8ad-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The switching of horsemeat for beef is a spectacular signal that a limit has been reached in the squeezing of suppliers, writes John Gapper Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:58:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5a90079a-7533-11e2-b8ad-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 5a90079a-7533-11e2-b8ad-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e41f4534-7119-11e2-9d5c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The spate of recent dealmaking contrasts strangely with the sluggishness of economies and the risk-averse banks, writes John Gapper Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:22:39 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e41f4534-7119-11e2-9d5c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e41f4534-7119-11e2-9d5c-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c94b5e4e-6fc2-11e2-8785-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Free speech is no defence for fraud and nor should it be if an agency lowers its standards to please issuers and gain revenues, writes John Gapper Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:44:12 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c94b5e4e-6fc2-11e2-8785-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_john-gapper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c94b5e4e-6fc2-11e2-8785-00144feab49a