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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comMon, 5 May 2008 17:49 BSTMon, 12 May 2008 22:30:12 BSTNewspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/michaelskapinker(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/996bc5ac-1aa3-11dd-aa67-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/996bc5ac-1aa3-11dd-aa67-0000779fd2ac.htmlSeparate proposals from the UK and the European Union are unlikely to rescue what is a chaotic and dysfunctional system, writes Michael Skapinker Mon, 5 May 2008 17:49 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8680005c-153a-11dd-996c-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8680005c-153a-11dd-996c-0000779fd2ac.htmlStaying away will not benefit the locals. More important is to decide what the company will and will not do, writes Michael Skapinker Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:52 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/210c522e-0fa0-11dd-8871-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/210c522e-0fa0-11dd-8871-0000779fd2ac.htmlFor legal firms to be engaging in widespread rampant, or even subtle, discrimination would make no sense, writes Michael Skapinker Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:11 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a1d72980-0a21-11dd-b5b1-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a1d72980-0a21-11dd-b5b1-0000779fd2ac.htmlNo client likes to play second fiddle to another, particularly when the other opposes what you paid the agency to secure, writes Michael Skapinker Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:52 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9ea04a74-05cd-11dd-a9e0-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9ea04a74-05cd-11dd-a9e0-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe veteran venture capitalist tells Michael Skapinker how business can bring about a lasting peace in the Middle EastFri, 11 Apr 2008 18:15 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/559266d4-04b3-11dd-a2f0-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/559266d4-04b3-11dd-a2f0-000077b07658.htmlTeenagers' abrupt and abbreviated text messages may not be literate in the traditional sense, but they serve their purpose, writes Michael Skapinker Mon, 7 Apr 2008 18:29 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9941f1fa-ff32-11dc-b556-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9941f1fa-ff32-11dc-b556-000077b07658.htmlHow would you feel about catching the train from Coca-Cola station or travelling to work on the Google line, asks Michael Skapinker Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:58 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a866a34-f9a3-11dc-9b7c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a866a34-f9a3-11dc-9b7c-000077b07658.htmlEven before the crisis, there were hints that a hands-off approach was not the only way to organise an economy, says Michael Skapinker Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:04 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ecdfb96a-f441-11dc-aaad-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ecdfb96a-f441-11dc-aaad-0000779fd2ac.htmlThese are perilous times. If we are heading into an international downturn, protectionist pressures will only grow, writes Michael Skapinker Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:59 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a731d7c-ee42-11dc-a5c1-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a731d7c-ee42-11dc-a5c1-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe first woman, first Asian and first Muslim to head Amnesty International tells Michael Skapinker why the group departed from the clarity of its original missionFri, 14 Mar 2008 20:02 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cda86b0a-eeba-11dc-97ec-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cda86b0a-eeba-11dc-97ec-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe money that doctors now send to homeopaths would be better spent on in-house counsellors with time for sympathetic chat, argues Michael Skapinker Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:34 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/014f7bc8-e93a-11dc-8365-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/014f7bc8-e93a-11dc-8365-0000779fd2ac.htmlWhat is the difference between frequent flyer points accumulated on government and company business? There is none, argues Michael Skapinker Mon, 3 Mar 2008 18:34 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/de48e4c8-e3b9-11dc-8799-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/de48e4c8-e3b9-11dc-8799-0000779fd2ac.htmlWomen may on average be more empathetic but we all know collaborative male managers and aggressive female ones, writes Michael Skapinker Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:35 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f029232-de33-11dc-9de3-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f029232-de33-11dc-9de3-0000779fd2ac.htmlThink about how your words can be used, whether by journalists looking for a story or by your opponents, says Michael Skapinker Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:54 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7990a3ec-d8a9-11dc-8b22-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7990a3ec-d8a9-11dc-8b22-0000779fd2ac.htmlKnowing what activists are up to, whether by working with them or by getting to know them, is good practice for companies, writes Michael Skapinker Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:22 GMT