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Ensaios Imperfeitos (Free subscription) | 14/09/2008
By John Robertson , War in Context, September 13, 2008 D on't look now, but the US is perhaps heading for a third war - this one, with an ally (or so Mr. Bush has told us, and them, for the last eight years): Pakistan. The head of Pakistan's army has reiterated his earlier warning to the US, that Pakistan cannot tolerate US ground and air forces ( which killed another 12 people yesterday - some of...
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Newswise (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Voters in the U.S. are closely evaluating the presidential candidates' stances on education, health care, the economy, energy and many more important issues. But how much will the candidates' experience and expertise with Middle Eastern affairs sway voters? CMU Middle East expert John Robertson is available for commentary on the issue.
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
By John Robertson A CANCER sufferer who is terminally ill won a GBP 130,000 damages award yesterday.
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The Emirates Economist (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
The official annualized rate of inflation in Zimbabwe in June was 11.2 million percent. "The actual figure could be high as 40 million percent in June," said independent economist John Robertson. "The actual figure for July could be as high as 300 million percent, while for August it could be 600 million percent," he added. Zimbabweans' solution? Use gas coupons as currency .
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Blether with Brian (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Out of the loop. Thus John Robertson MP describing his Holyrood Labour comrade Tom McCabe on Good Morning Scotland . It is, I suppose, the quintessential political put-down. By definition, political aspirants customarily want to be inside the tent, avoiding the mud with the rather distinctive aroma on the outside. Snag is that, on this occasion, Tom McCabe suspects that the loop in question is actually...
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The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 26/07/2008
GARY GLEN last night vowed to follow in the footsteps of his hero John Robertson and become a Hearts scoring legend.
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The West Virginia Rebel's Blog (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
Zimbabwe has a way for its people to pretend they're rich: It has become common now for Zimbabweans to talk of their daily expenses in trillions (one trillion is 12 zeros). When John Robertson pinned a chart to the wall of office naming numbers up to twice as long, he says he 'raised a bit of a laugh' from his colleagues. But for many officials and accountants, a quadrillion - a million billion - is...
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African Millennial Rennaissance (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
A 100 Billion Dollar note buys a loaf of Bread? Educating Zeroes to Zimbabwians Zimbabweans play the zero game By Kathyrn Westcott BBC News Quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion - crazy numbers with lots of zeros, that independent Zimbabwean economist John Robertson found himself chewing over with colleagues in the capital Harare this week. In January, the bank introduced a Z$10m note The financial...
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Daily Express (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
KILMARNOCK boss Jim Jefferies has handed Conor Sammon the chance to win a contract - after he was given a glowing recommendation from John Robertson.
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Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
John Robertson and his wife Margaret opened their shop for business in Exeter's Okehampton Street last week.
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The Australian (Free subscription) | 13/07/2008
Unions NSW's John Robertson has his eye on the top job and is in the process of reinventing himself.
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connecting*the*dots (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
photo by John Robertson If you’re in a band, and you can’t afford to tour even semi-comfortably with the current cost of gas, you might want to try Better Than The Van. I mean, it has to be, right?
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Daily Express (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
John Robertson has made a sensational offer to return to crisis torn Hearts and work for nothing.
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Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
The Zimbabwe dollar plunged through Z$1 billion to the US dollar on the country's legal and illegal markets this week. "The market is short and we are in free fall," Harare-based economist John Robertson said on Friday. "It is likely that one US dollar will buy Z$2 billion or more by the end of June." At Zimbabwe's official inter-bank rate on Friday, $1 bought Z$1.4 billion. The Old Mutual implied...
