Ms Bravo may yet find that she has pulled Burberry from the obscure depths of one conglomerate, only to see it swallowed up by another.

ECONOMIST: Face value

In a spasm of temper Yvonne swung around and opened her hand, flinging away into the river something tiny that gave out one glint of light before it was swallowed without a splash, the water healing instantly behind it.

NEWYORKER: She��s the One

It swallowed up NatWest in Britain, Charter One in America and eventually led the consortium that bought ABN AMRO in 2007.

ECONOMIST: Face value

The hearing was told that on one occasion the scam failed because a player swallowed the capsule while a player dropped it from his mouth on another.

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