John Bowker

Position: UK Transport / Defence Correspondent
I am Reuters' UK transport and defence correspondent, but in my three years at the company I have written about everything from Kazakh oil exploration to Michelle Obama's clothes. I joined from The Scotsman newspaper - based in my home town of Edinburgh.

Articles

Russian auto giants strengthen ties November 20, 11:24am EST 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Heavily-indebted Russian carmaker AvtoVAZ appointed Sergei Kogonin, head of truckmaker Kamaz, to its board of directors, increasing the prospect for the creation of a state-controlled autos giant.  Full Article 

Blog Posts

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Vauxhall future is headache for Mandelson

Vauxhall's ownership has been finalised but the fight is only just beginning for Business Secretary Lord Mandelson. He has to decide how much state cash to provide the car-maker's Canadian owner and how many job losses he his prepared to accept that the group's two UK plants.  Full Article 

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Expect Federer v Murray to decide US Open again

Whatever the claims of Rafa Nadal, expect the final grand slam of the year to be decided by another battle between Roger Federer and Andy Murray.  Full Article | Comments [11] 

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Big Brother: killed by Topless Models

Big Brother's demise can be attributed to the number of aspirational glamour models who went into the house. They exploited the show for commercial gain and robbed it of its innocence and charm.  Full Article | Comments [1]