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SIR Howard Davies, hosting his first event as Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chairman on Tuesday night, claimed he would have themed it around the Rugby World Cup if as an Englishman he hadn’t lost interest in the tournament so quickly.

He went on sadly: “To be chief executive of an institution whose chief executive and CFO are both obsessive rugby-mad Kiwis has been a cruel and unusual punishment. We also have a chief risk officer who is Australian and who has systematically turned down every business proposal put forward by the CEO and CFO, to get his own back before the inevitable catastrophe ahead.”

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THE Bottom Line is no stranger to doing its bit for charity. But we have to doff our cap to Lochwinnoch’s Corinne Hutton.

Ms Hutton, along with radio presenter George Bowie and 100 tenants at Skypark in Glasgow, abseiled down 140 foot from the business park’s tallest building.

It is believed Corinne was the first quadruple amputee in the UK to complete the abseil, with her efforts helping to raise £10,000 for charity – smashing the £6000 target.

Corinne had both her hands and feet amputated after suffering pneumonia and septicaemia in June 2013. She started Finding Your Feet to help others who find themselves facing similar trauma.

Corinne said: “A huge thank you to Skypark’s tenants who have made a difference to Finding Your Feet. The funds will go to help others like me who suffer life-changing physical trauma.”

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WE do not think the press release was aimed directly at The Bottom Line. Or at least we certainly hope not.

“Pornography has once again become the number one threat to mobile devices,” declared the statement from Blue Coat security labs, which protects more than 15,000 organisations from computer viruses around the world.

We are sure there must be a business gag in there about opportunity and risk, but we can’t think of anything appropriate for a family newspaper.

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WE momentarily though property prices had gone off the scale in the shadow of Hampden Park, the spiritual home of Scottish football, in Glasgow.

Queen’s Park was briefly trending on Twitter this week as it emerged “walnut-lined luxury units” were on the market for $1.3 million.

We discovered on further enquiry that the apartments were not on sale in the south side of Glasgow, but near Queen’s Park in Toronto, Canada.

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THIS week’s prize for overly-enthusiastic email goes to Edinburgh-based Origo, the e-commerce body for the financial services sector.

It said in a letter to delegates who recently attended the National Association of Pension Funds annual conference: “Three days have never gone so quickly! In fact, it was almost as fast as our pension transfers.”

Our contact informed us: “An email has never gone so quickly into my delete folder.”