Only about a third of Barclays' activity is in Britain, partly thanks to its purchase of bits of Lehman Brothers in 2008.

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Although they weren't supposed to duke it out with Maserati for customers on the street (thanks to a clause in the contract for sale of their company), the brothers had no such qualms about creating racing cars.

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Instead, they assert suavely that all Angolans are brothers, all have suffered from the war, and all are now winners thanks to the peace.

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The private sector world is littered with stories of failure (think Michael Bloomberg being fired by Salomon Brothers ahead of creating his eponymous information company) that authored grand, life enhancing success, but thanks to the comforts of government work that includes lifetime job security, a rising number of Americans will never know the work stresses and strains that often drive exciting commercial advances.

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