"It would not be appropriate for Lloyds to think about investment banking when they have a very large U.K. domestic operation to get back on track and make profitable, " he said, adding that if investors wanted to put their money in a British lender with investment banking exposure, they could just invest in Barclays.

FORBES: Banks

If it can make the disposable part of the operation, the one-serving K-cups, ubiquitous and cheap, and available in a lot of valued brands, then it can charge high prices for those aspirational machines, the long-lasting complementary good.

FORBES: Green Mountain Shareholders, Wake Up And Smell The Einhorn

In March, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley ordered inspections of every abortion clinic in the U.K., following a sting operation by the Telegraph newspaper.

FORBES: U.K. Sees Rise of U.S.-Style Anti-Abortion Tactics

So far the antiresearch crowd has forced the company to close a small operation that distributed primates in the U.K. Remarkably, antivivisectionists have not pursued Foster in the U.S. A bigger challenge to preclinical research may be to beat out such competitors as Covance, which originally specialized in human clinical trials, and MDS, a provider of contract drug discovery services.

FORBES: Magazine Article

He said Operation Compassion wrongly assumed the goods were all coming from K.I.

FORBES: Charity Eyes Quarter-Billion-Dollar Write-Down In Value Of Goods Handled

Police opened their bribery probe, called Operation Elveden, in July 2011, as a scandal erupted in the U.K. over illegal reporting tactics.

WSJ: News Corp. Tabloid Journalist to Face Charge

"In the U.S. it's necessary to move potable water over distances greater than the length of U.K., " says Richard Manning, a Brit who runs the building products operation.

FORBES: Magazine Article