Hints and tips:
...There’s not much precedent to support the idea that Shina et al can walk away based on a MAC clause: WPP was forced against its will to buy Tempus in 2001, Guy Hands couldn’t scrap a bid for East Surrey...
...“Strategic” = any tactic necessary to keep Barclays out of the clutches of the UK Treasury OR any course of action the Core Group eventually deems more useful than holding a “long-term” (q.v.) stake in Barclays...
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...And since 2002, when a Predator drone assassinated al-Qaeda leader Abu Ali al-Harithi, they are also doing the killing....
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