duh ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, NOT ROCKET SCIENCE THIS ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fred the Shred says ABN "has a lot of very good people" ... "and some others who will be out of work soon".

Just watch out for the word 'synergies' appearing in any press statements if RBS do 'win' - then its time to get your P45.

And so, [RBS] was launched upon the high seas of international finance.

There it lay, the prize they sought, the richest jewel in the crown of the I.M.F.: a financial district swollen with multi-nationals, conglomerates, and fat, bloated merchant banks.

Hidden behind the faceless, towering canyons of glass, the world of high finance sat smug and self-satisfied as their future, in the shape of their past, slipped silently through the streets, returning to wreak a terrible revenge.

Adopting, adapting, and improving traditional business practises, [RBS] puts into motion an audacious and totally unsuspected takeover bid.

And so, heartened by their initial success, the desperate and reasonably violent men of [RBS] battled on... until, as the sun set slowly in the west, the outstanding return on their bold business venture became apparent: the once-proud financial giants lay in ruins, their assets stripped, their policies in tatters.

Do your stuff Fred! Bring those jobs back to Edinburgh ;-)