But the fact is that his sire's progeny do not always look disposed to run through a brick wall.
ITV lost 2.6p to 267.1p despite Liberum saying that a possible privatisation of Channel 4, as suggested at the weekend, could benefit the broadcaster: [In an] interview with Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham in the Sunday Telegraph [it is clear that] C4 thinks its privatisation is very much on the agenda (with a possible sale price of up to £1bn) as the government looks to dispose of assets.
If they place such an order now, I will be looking to dispose more of my stake before this happens".
Firms in a host of distressed industries are looking to dispose of non-core businesses, and the buy-out funds are eager to help them.
Rather than file criminal charges against corporations, federal prosecutors — looking to dispose of cases efficiently and to avoid damaging companies needlessly — increasingly are striking deals.
By providing additional commercial services such as PayPal, eBay has been encouraging more people to do business on the Internet, from individual traders to big companies looking to dispose of goods cheaply.
If local regulatory approval is not given for divestments in individual European countries, the companies would look to dispose of Deutsche Borse's complementary operations in those countries, the person added.
The British government, intent on cleaning up its budget by selling state-owned enterprises, said in March that it had hired Morgan Stanley to look into disposing of all or part of its Urenco stake.
Just along the coast, Eastbourne council is looking to dispose of 3,000 acres of land in the Eastbourne Downs, both councils driven by the need to review "non-core assets".
It involves a culture shift – it's not just about maintaining assets or looking to dispose of them; it's about plugging into the local growth and regeneration agendas, making your assets work better for the local community.
