Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Avon Calling! Cosmetics Giant’s Move to Britain Quashes Project Fear



Avon Calling! Cosmetics Giant’s Move to Britain Quashes Project Fear
by Donna Rachel Edmunds 15 Mar 2016
Prime Minister David Cameron’s efforts to keep Britain within the European Union have been dealt another blow as the cosmetics giant Avon has announced plans to move its headquarters to the UK despite the referendum on EU membership.

Pro-Brexit campaigners welcomed the move as “great news for Britain.” They say it demonstrates that Britain will not merely survive outside the EU, but can thrive as an independent nation.

The 130 year old company, known for selling its products door to door, sold much of its North American business to private investment firm Cerberus last year following falling sales in the country. Consequently, it now plans to move its headquarters to the UK to focus on rebuilding the brand as part of a three year plan to kick-start new growth. The company will also lose 2,500 of its 28,300 employees worldwide in a bid to cut costs, the BBC has reported.

The news will be something of a disappointment for the Prime Minister and his fellow ‘remain’ campaigners, who have been engaging in ‘Project Fear’ tactics designed to frighten the British people into voting remain. Mr Cameron has been predicting dire economic consequences of a Brexit for some weeks now, even going so far as to have civil servants in Downing Street draft a letter to be signed by FTSE 100 CEOs. In the end, just a third of the bosses agreed to put their name to it.

But for pro-Brexit campaigners, who have long insisted that the British economy is powerful enough to stand alone, Avon’s move is a vindication.

UKIP’s employment spokeswoman Jane Collins MEP called the announcement “another blow to Project Fear and great news for Great Britain.”

She added: “We’ve had companies defy Mr Cameron and his team of letter writers in 10 Downing Street by saying they will remain in the UK if we vote to leave the EU but this is a new step as it’s a company moving jobs here showing this country can thrive as an independent nation.

“Freed from the shackles of the EU and its rules and regulations as well as the drive for a corporate tax base, we will see a thriving economy and real pull factors to companies to base themselves in Britain: a death knell to this lie of three million jobs being at risk should we govern ourselves.”

Avon isn’t alone in showing faith in the British economy; the announcement comes on the heels of the German exchange Deutsche Börse making a bid for the London Stock Exchange – yesterday rumours swirled that it may even raise its bid in an attempt to see off a challenge by US rival Intercontinental Exchange – and less than a week after the chief executive of Norway’s $830 billion sovereign wealth fund said that a Brexit would not pose a significant risk to their investments.

Yngve Slyngstad said: “We will continue to be a significant investor in the UK at about the same level as we are today and probably even increasing our investments there going forward no matter what happens.”

Meanwhile, a CNBC poll found that 73 percent of global Chief Financial Officers said that Brexit would make either no difference or a positive difference to their chances of doing business with the UK.

“The more David Cameron says that Brexit will trigger some sort of economic Armageddon, the more developments in the business world fly in his face,” said Liz Bilney, CEO of the Leave.EU campaign.

“While the Prime Minister threatens voters with years of pain and uncertainty, Avon has shown that the UK will be a place to do business despite the fact that we are on the verge of leaving the EU.

“The British public should follow the money.”

David Cameron
David Cameron is the prime minister for the United Kingdom (UK), and William J. Bratton is his security adviser.

Note: William J. Bratton is David Cameron’s security adviser, and a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
William H. Webster is the chair for the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, a friend of Michael Douglas, Daisy M. Soros’s brother-in-law, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Michael P.C. Carns was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and is a director at the Remington Outdoor Company.
Remington Outdoor Company is owned by Cerberus Capital Management L.P.
Stephen A. Feinberg is the CEO for Cerberus Capital Management L.P., and Martin Feinberg’s son.
Martin Feinberg is Stephen A. Feinberg’s father, and a Newtown (CT) resident.
Newtown (CT) is the location of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Larry Klane was a group leader for Cerberus Capital Management L.P., and is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee.
George P. Shultz is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
Paula Stern is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, a director at Avon Products, Inc., a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a trustee at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Stuart E. Eizenstat is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a U.S. ambassador for the European Union (EU).
Donna E. Shalala was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is the president & CEO for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Lee H. Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a board member for Global Green USA, and a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Global Green USA is a US affiliate of Green Cross International.
William J. Bratton is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and David Cameron’s security adviser.
David Cameron’s security adviser is William J. Bratton, and is the prime minister for the United Kingdom (UK).
Des Browne was the secretary of state for defense for the United Kingdom (UK), and is the vice chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Malcolm Rifkind was a foreign secretary for the United Kingdom (UK), and is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
David A. Hamburg is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and an advisory board member for the Global Security Institute.
Mikhail Gorbachev is an advisory board member for the Global Security Institute, the founder of Green Cross International, was a general secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
Global Green USA is a US affiliate of Green Cross International.
Lee H. Hamilton is a board member for Global Green USA, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
William J. Bratton is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and David Cameron’s security adviser.
Annise Parker is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety.
Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Warren E. Buffett is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, and an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a friend of George Soros.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)
Larry Klane is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, and was a group leader for Cerberus Capital Management L.P.
Paula Stern is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, a director at Avon Products, Inc., a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a trustee at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
George P. Shultz is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
Stuart E. Eizenstat is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a U.S. ambassador for the European Union (EU).
Henry E. Catto was the chair emeritus for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and a U.S. ambassador for Great Britain.
Paula Stern is a trustee at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a director at Avon Products, Inc.
Michael P.C. Carns was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and is a director at the Remington Outdoor Company.
Remington Outdoor Company is owned by Cerberus Capital Management L.P.
Daisy M. Soros is George Soros’s sister-in-law, and a leader’s council member for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
When you buy or think pink, know where your green is going
The cost of raising $100
Below are the 10 breast-cancer charities rated by the American Institute of Philanthropy. Top-graded organizations spend most of their profits on their mission and not on fundraising itself. They are able to raise $100 by using very little money in the process.
(Organization, grade, the cost to raise $100)
Breast Cancer Research Foundation, A+, $7
•National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund, A, $12-$13
•Breast Cancer Fund, A-, $13
•Susan G. Komen for the Cure, B+, $6-$17
•Breast Cancer Network of Strength, B-, $24
Avon Foundation/Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, C+, $21-$39
•American Breast Cancer Foundation, F, $43-$67
•United Breast Cancer Foundation, F, $48-$69
•Coalition Against Breast Cancer, F, $81
•Breast Cancer Relief Foundation, F, $76-$86

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