So let's raise a glass to high-flier Fred Watt, finance director of the Royal Bank of Scotland, who, says the Daily Record, has announced he will step down later this year to see his children grow up. The 1.3m he earned in salary and bonus last year will no doubt have made his decision easier.
- Big Brother is watching children in US schools and sizing them up as potential cannon fodder, according to the Washington Post. An article explains how the Pentagon is using a "commercial privacy invasion" company to assemble dossiers on American high school children and college students.
Recruiters will then be able to target candidates for military service after they hit 16. The dossiers will enable them to use the "most effective sales pitch" - for example, by emphasising job security to students with few employment prospects.
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