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Doug
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posted 09 January 2008 10:04 PM      Profile for Doug   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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Tony Blair has taken a part-time post with US investment bank JPMorgan.

Mr Blair, who stood down as UK prime minister in June last year, has been employed "in a senior advisory capacity", the bank said.

Since leaving Number 10, Mr Blair has been an unpaid envoy for the Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators.

It is not known how much JPMorgan will pay him, but some estimates say more than $1m (£500,000) a year. The bank said he had a "unique perspective".


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7180306.stm

Cringing beneath the rich man's frown can be awfully profitable, it seems.


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Dead_Letter
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posted 10 January 2008 01:46 AM      Profile for Dead_Letter     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I'd rather him at JP Morgan than in the Middle East as a "peace envoy".
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N.R.KISSED
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posted 10 January 2008 07:18 PM      Profile for N.R.KISSED     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
"I have always been interested in commerce and the impact of globalisation.

"Nowadays, the intersection between politics and the economy in different parts of the world, including the emerging markets, is very strong."


Of course politics and economics have generally been entirely independent.


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