Some random Ideas !

Tuesday, April 04, 2017 Francisco Carneiro 0 Comments

The starting point is that the British are already inflicting losses on the EU through the very act of leaving. As a result, EU citizens will lose the automatic right to move to the UK, the EU will lose legal jurisdiction in Britain and it will lose a substantial contributor to its budget. The EU will also lose face. And, if things really go wrong, the EU could lose its very existence, as other nations follow Britain out of the door.Faced with all these losses, actual and potential, the EU is determined that Britain must suffer more than the organisation it is leaving.
Gideon Rachman, FT today


Next time you drop into a branch of Bank of America, do not be alarmed if there is nobody there to greet you. Or if there is nobody there at all.
The second-biggest bank by assets in the US has begun to experiment with completely unmanned branches — part of a drive to keep costs as low as possible, while providing customers with enough technology to do a lot of simple tasks themselves. If they want something more complex — plan for retirement, start a small business — they are steered into a side room, where they can videoconference with specialists sitting in call centres.
Ben McLannahan, FT today


Markets work not in spite of the many business failures that occur, but because of them
Matthew Syed
Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.
Benjamin Disraeli
British politician (1804 - 1881)


The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.
Ronald Reagan
40th president of US (1911 - 2004)  


All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.
Mark Twain, Letter to Mrs Foote, Dec. 2, 1887
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)  


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