Buttonwood: Be thankful they don't take it all Sep 4, 2009
Competition also explains why governments are unlikely to be tempted by the recent suggestion of Red Adair Turner, the head of Britain s financial services regulator, to impose a levy on capital-market transactions. It would only work if everyone else, including the Swiss and Singaporeans, did the same. (The Economist)
FSA Dragged Into Political Debate as Turner Champions Global `Tobin' Tax Aug 28, 2009
In a previous job as director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, he earned the nickname Red Adair. Hes also head of a committee that encourages cooperation between international regulators at the. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Melbourne news legend John Sorell dies Apr 13, 2009
He won two Walkley awards, for pieces written about US firefighting legend Red Adair in 1969 and on John Gorton after he resigned as prime minister in 1971. Former Nine Network boss Kerry Packer lured Sorell to television in the mid-1970s. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Student legacy Feb 28, 2009
So Lord Dearing became known as the great conciliator or, as one academic commentary put it, the "Red Adair of educational oilfield fires". The message was not lost on succeeding education secretaries who turned to him to achieve workable solutions for promoting "core skills" amongst teenagers, reforming 16-19 education, and, most recently, introducing compulsory foreign languages into primary schools. (BBC News -- UK)
