The Neil Armstrong, first of the Armstrong-class Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) ships, will be equipped with sonar to map the ocean floor and laboratories for experiments.
At General Electric, Jack Welch made the decision to fully fund Crotonville, a first-class training program for employees out of which emerged a generation of leaders, many of whom have gone on to run other companies.
At the last general election Labour made pledges on cutting primary school class sizes, introducing legislation for a Welsh Assembly in the first year, cutting NHS waiting lists by an extra 100, 000, getting 250, 000 under-25s off benefit and into work (around 13, 000 in Wales), and setting tough rules for government spending and borrowing.