Thursday, 24 February 2011
This should be particularly important in banks. It is hard to see how even token-female board members could stuff things up any worse than did their male colleagues, allegedly appointed on merit..
Somehow the last sentence does not jibe with the headline: Record profits for the year, but profits decline badly in the second half. So, avoiding the Mr Grierson's agenda for this piece, I looked to the bottom line. For every pound's worth of gas that the owners of BG sold us, they got to keep 4 pence. Seems fair. Would you work or invest your money for less?
Republicans need to stir come controversy and kill some jobs to prevent the recovery from kicking in before the 2012 elections. That their tactics to win elections will hurt their fellow Americans bothers them no more than the Democrats are bothered by spending the country into poverty in pursuit of votes.
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Too right, Banks should be punished for the stupidity of their customers!
We should make lending to dummies as difficult as possible. If a bank wants to take a risk on an idiot, it should be required to cover itself by explaining the obvious to the dunce and getting initials on the explanation.
They should not be allowed to issue credit cards to these folks without getting an essay, in the recipient's own handwriting, on what will happened when their credit-card debt matches their annual income.
The best and the brightest turn to white-collar crime, whether as hackers or at RBS, UBS or Goldman Sachs.
" her expenses were scrutinised more because she is a woman"
An odd way to play the victim card: 'I only got caught because of gender discrimination. Had I been a man, I could have gotten off undetected whilst committing twice the offenses.'
Education Secretary Michael Gove said some of the limitations put on adopters in the past - based on ethnicity, sexual orientation and faith - was "social engineering of the worst kind".
Worse than that, it was state-sponsored racism of the worst kind.
Every time the Independent covers these fees, I ask what percentage of the cost of instruction they represent. Yet the stories never tell us. Is the Independent trying to hide something or are their reporters just to lazy to bother to find out?
Monday, 21 February 2011
China is already eating our lunch, we just don't know it yet.
Same thing happened to Europe, as America rose to pre-eminence.
About 1/10th of those lost to fizzy sugared drinks.
"Half of the UK's female managers also think the law should be changed to make companies ensure that a minimum proportion of seats on their boards are filled by women..."
Absolutely, there should also be minimum proportions for every creed, ethnic group and sexual preference resident in the UK. Can't think of a better way to get the best to serve on boards.
When a dictator says he is willing to fight his people to "the last man" it usually means the last of the people, not the last of the dictators.
People who want a service that they are willing neither to pay for nor run with their own volunteer time should not be surprised if that service is dropped.
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Commented Feb 24, 2011 at 06:22:19 in Politics