From 1942 to 1964, under the Bracero program (as in "brazo", which is Spanish for arm as in someone who works with his arms and hands), nearly 5 million guest workers came in and out of the United States.
British Telecom is considering abandoning its plans for a floatation of its wireless arm, including BT Cellnet, in favour of a merger with Telefonica Moviles, the mobile phone arm of the Spanish telecoms company.
What has been brought to my attention is an interesting new way to hive off the 315 RBS branches, which the bank was on course to sell to Santander, before the UK arm of that Spanish giant dropped the deal.