Socrates replies here, as elsewhere (Laches,
Prot.), that Themistocles, Pericles, and other great men, had sons to whom they would surely, if they could have done so, have imparted their own political wisdom; but no one ever heard that these sons of theirs were remarkable for anything except riding and wrestling and similar accomplishments.
Prot initially took a business degree to work as an auditor on the New York and Paris commodities markets before coming back to his family's 300-hectare apple and grain farm in Chevreville, about an hour north of the French capital.
e troubled mutual, which last year reported a loss of PS2.3bn due to the near collapse of its banking arm, beneted from the sale of its farms and pharmacy operations as it posted a net
prot of PS216m for 2014.
ONLINE retailer ASOS reported lower
prots despite a record Christmas season contributing to a 27% rise in half-year sales in the UK.
e gures mark a signi-cant raise of the PS9.9m
prot announced in 2013 - but none of Mike Ashley's PS129m interest-free loan has been repaid this year.
e group said it expected its pre-tax result for the six months to March 31 somewhere between a loss of PS5 million and
prot of PS10 million.
In a YouGov poll of more than 2,000 UK adults for the Great Business Debate, 70% of people agree
prot is a good thing.
The board issued this statement: "Beyond the remarkable growth of BNP Paribas at the service of its clients, and the reinforcement of its financial strength, we are grateful to Baudouin
Prot for his total commitment during the financial crisis of 2007-2011 when he faced on a daily basis, with his teams, situations which were unprecedented in the financial sector.
Prot was the bank's chief executive at the time of criminal activities admitted by the group during a US investigation that led to a fine of USD8.9bn.
THE owner of Your Move and Reeds Rains estate agents reported a three-fold jump in
prots but expects the housing market to slow as regulatory changes kick in.
AS USUAL we kick o the year with our Top500 companies survey which - excluding the Royal Bank of Scotland and Bank of Scotland - shows a healthy 4.88 per cent increase in turnover, though a disappointing 7.3 per cent slip in
prots. at's an improvement on last year when
prots plunged 18.7 per cent and turnover only grew by 0.5 per cent.
His psychiatrist, Dr Mark Powell, is doubtful, yet
Prot keeps confounding doctors and scientists.