Mellon comes clean on outsourcing

The decision to walk away from negotiations with F&C proves the model is no longer a viable proposition

In many ways, the business world offers substantially more flexibility than the real world. In business, you can pull out of a deep and meaningful relationship without having acid poured over your vintage car collection by your jilted ex.

You can openly flirt with several potential partners and even suggest that you will walk down the aisle with one or more of them, before choosing a life of celibacy without fear of retribution. And, in business, it is anatomically possible to be half-pregnant.

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