Darjeeling was the summer capital of West Bengal. A British Governor, with a fascination for freezing weather, turned up in Darjeeling that Christmas. When returning from their honeymoon, after Christmas, JRD and Thelly were driving down by car.

On their way home the police stopped the car of JRD and Thelly. Even though it was a bitterly cold morning the police halted traffic for almost an hour. All this was to give the Governor's car precedence. JRD and his wife decided to register their protest. They planned that when the Governor's car came, Thelly would step in front of it while JRD would give his Excellency a piece of his mind. It worked. Thelly and JRD boldly stepped in front of the Governor's car when it came up. When it stopped JRD ran to the Governor's window and shouted: 'Who the hell do you think you are, keeping five hundred people, women and children, in the cold for an hour? You damn fool!'

Source : Beyond the Last Blue Mountain

Wriston questioned everything. He and status quo were on collision path from the day he joined CitiBank.

Source : CitiBank - Rise and Fall of Financial Supremacy of America

Securities companies give a bit more bonus than other companies. Stocks and securities have grown rapidly in Korea in the last few years, and competition for employees has increased with demands for larger staff, so these companies are currently offering bigger bonuses. But this is only temporary. Several years ago, with construction booming in the Middle East, everyone wanted to get into construction; before that, the same thing had happened in the machine industry. But as we have seen, the economy keeps changing. Things have fallen off for some industries that once had a heyday, and the big winners today may not be so attractive in the future. Recently, foreign construction has been making somewhat of a comeback, but many of the people who rushed into the earlier boom have fallen into despair.

Source : Every Street is paved with Gold

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