How to use game theory at the office April 3, 2014 Defecting may be a dominant strategy, but cooperation and being a risk-taker can also pay GAME theory isn’t often associated with day-to-day life. Developed as a mathematical technique for studying complex, multi-party interactions (by the likes of John Nash, famously portrayed by Russell Crowe in the film A Beautiful Mind), it’s probably best-known as the [...]
Disappointing on a biblical scale April 3, 2014 FILM NOAH Cert 12a Two Stars You probably remember Noah’s Ark from school. It’s the one where the nice man with the beard builds the giant boat to save the furry animals from the massive flood. It’s a simple, morally unambiguous story, and as such it’s is one of the best-loved tales in the Bible. [...]
What the other papers say this morning – 25 March 2014 March 24, 2014 FINANCIAL TIMES Russia braced for £70bn in outflows The Russian government is braced for the country’s capital outflows to soar to $70bn in the first three months of the year as investors seek cover from the fallout of President Vladimir Putin’s Ukrainian land grab. Andrei Klepach, Russia’s deputy economy minister, said capital outflows in the [...]
Obituary: RMT union boss Bob Crow passes away aged just 52 March 11, 2014 Outspoken union leader dies after suffering sudden heart attack UNION boss Bob Crow died yesterday at the age of 52 after a sudden heart attack. Crow was rushed to hospital in London on Monday night, where he later died. Doctors at Whipps Cross hospital battled for over an hour to save the Rail, Maritime and [...]
Obituary: The firebrand who led London’s transport staff March 11, 2014 WHEN BOB Crow was challenged last month about sunbathing in Brazil while his union headed towards a series of strikes on the London Underground, he replied in his typically brusque manner: “What do you want me to do, sit under a tree and read Karl Marx every day?” Crow’s fight for rail workers since winning [...]
Letters to the Editor – 12/03 – Venezuela chaos, Greenbelt land, Best of Twitter March 11, 2014 Venezuela chaos [Re: Venezuela’s mad socialist experiment is destroying a nation, yesterday] The Left has been praising Venezuela as some sort of democratic New Way, and has remained wilfully blind to the rigged courts, massive increase in murder, and the harassment of journalists and the media. The country rode on the back of high energy [...]
Union leader Bob Crow passes away March 11, 2014 The 52 year old leader of the Rail Maritime Transport (RMT) union Bob Crow has passed away. He died at Whipps Cross hospital from an aneurysm and heart attack according to initial reports. Geoff Martin of the RMT said in a statement: It is with the deepest regret that RMT has to confirm that our [...]
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Lancaster warns Burgess he faces World Cup fight February 17, 2014 ENGLAND coach Stuart Lancaster has warned rugby league star Sam Burgess that he faces an uphill battle to break into his squad for next year’s World Cup. Burgess, 25, has targeted a spot in Lancaster’s team at the tournament on home soil after agreeing a £500,000 deal to switch codes later this year and join [...]
TfL to talk more with unions now Tube strike is off February 11, 2014 TRANSPORT unions called off a 48-hour Tube strike hours before it was due to start last night, after last-ditch talks with London Underground officials produced the seeds of a compromise. The two sides agreed to sit down for further “intensive talks” over the next two months, taking the RMT and TSSA representatives station by station [...]