And the argument of the Governor of the Bank of England would be that - by cutting out these poisonous assets - RBS would be strengthened both financially and psychologically.
But it's good that companies are looking at what is core and what is non-core - and are cutting out the non-core businesses.
Tonsillectomy - cutting out the two lumps of lymphoid tissue found at either side of the back of the throat - is an operation that was described first over 3, 000 years ago.
However, beginning Saturday, affected Medicare beneficiaries will receive a 50% discount on all branded prescriptions during the gap in coverage, effectively cutting their out-of-pocket costs in half.
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In 2003, unable to find a bra that would give her the smooth line she longed for, she took scissors to a pair of control-top pantyhose--cutting out the gusset and legs to create a makeshift bra that wouldn't be lumpy from the back.
The acquisition was not so much for Compaq's PC business-- Dell Computer 's (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ) relentless cost-cutting model has taken out most of its competitors' profits there--but in the hope of building a consulting business, particularly in managed services, that could complement HP's highly profitable printing business.
In terms of health care, obviously the President has been insistent on health care reform being budget-neutral and cutting health care costs in the out-years of which the plans that have been scored do that.
Priority, he said, must go to boosting growth and jobs, not to tax-cutting or doling out welfare.
Technology companies were believed to have ambitions of cutting credit-card companies out of the equation, but at least with Google, that's not the case.
Those demands from Europe are also at the heart of Greece's political turmoil as voters in the heavily indebted nation revolt against the harsh budget-cutting medicine doled out by the European Union and International Monetary Fund.
Cutting out wheat-based foods such as bread and pasta could be the best thing you ever do, says one of his clients, tennis coach Pete McCraw, who has helped develop top players such as Maria Sharapova and Jelena Jankovic.
Only more investment and further cost-cutting can ensure that Brazil breaks out of its stop-start cycle.
And instead of Amazon's all-in-one approach aimed at cutting out the middlemen, Softbank's strategy helps preserve a supply-chain status quo.
Think of multinational corporations clear-cutting tropical forests, home-grown movies being squeezed out by Hollywood blockbusters, and the Asian Financial Crisis.
Among its most creative features are a museum info platform and a cutting-edge entry list sent out every five minutes.
Almost two years ago she received a "disconnect" - a letter cutting her mother out of her life totally.
Synthetic CDOs were a cutting-edge product that had exploded out of nowhere.
And polls show a similar result may be produced again this time, although European leaders warn deviating from the cost-cutting path could lead Greece out of the euro.
Superior Japanese engine technology and quality were the wedges at a time when California had to take the lead in boosting mileage and cutting emissions out of sheer self-preservation, and demanding West Coast consumers had no patience for poor manufacturing quality coming out of Detroit.
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Volunteers were out on the village-side lake the weekend before the festival, cutting out big ice blocks.
From the mom-and-pop storefront shops to the high-tech startups that keep America on the cutting edge, small businesses create two out of every three new private-sector jobs in America.
Rothman has made a five-minute instructional video on gem-cutting that his dealers can hand out like business cards.
And while the scrum and line-out worked well in the first-half they lacked the cutting edge of their Welsh opponents.
Nash was struggling to farm the strike, and he was the last man out, upper-cutting Broad to Alastair Cook at third man.
So I think the trick for us in manufacturing is to make sure we have the absolute best, cutting-edge practices that we can lay out across the world.
Hundreds of journals churn out learned articles on cutting-edge research.
America's biggest airline, American Airlines has prepared a glide path down to Chapter 11 by laying out a cost-cutting strategy and a financing plan before it asked its workers to agree to wage cuts.
In a 20-minute excerpt from hours of examination carried out in 2011, Mr Hayward insisted that cost-cutting at BP had not affected its drilling operations.
No word if celebrity permaculturist Daryl Hannah plans to fly out for the ribbon-cutting.
What you're left with is a cutting-edge device that's priced way out of consideration for most, and frankly, way outside the realm of sensibility.
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