Brentford have agreed to sign forward Emiliano Marcondes from Danish club Nordsjaelland in January.

Marcondes, 22, has passed a medical and will join the Championship side on a three-and-a-half year deal when his current contract expires.
The Denmark Under-21 striker has scored 17 goals in 94 Superliga appearances.
"His signing is another indication of us looking towards the future and preparing for what's to come," manager Dean Smith told the club website.
"We have a good knowledge of Danish football and we feel that Emiliano can progress further with us."
Marcondes is Brentford's seventh addition this summer, following the signings of Ollie Watkins, Neal Maupay, Kamo Mokotjo, Akaki Gogia, Luke Daniels and Henrik Dalsgaard.
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A murder investigation has begun after a man died following a stabbing in Essex, police have said.

The man, aged in his 40s, was found with serious injuries in Caister Drive, Basildon, at about 21:30 on Tuesday.
The victim, who lived in the town, is thought to have been stabbed during an altercation with a group of about five youths or young men.
He was treated at the scene before being taken to Basildon Hospital where he died from his injuries.
Carole Crisp, 56, who lives nearby, has described the moment the injured man rang her doorbell, desperate for help.
"He buzzed my intercom, I never answered, he buzzed again. He said 'Can you help me, I've been stabbed'," she told BBC News.
Mrs Crisp said she cut off the man's clothes while her neighbour, a paramedic, tried to treat him before he was taken to hospital, where he died.
"I'm heartbroken for him and I'm heartbroken for his family," Mrs Crisp said.
Det Ch Insp Simon Werrett from Essex Police appealed for anyone who saw the attack to contact his team.
"This happened in a residential area so people would have been about," he said.


Mainland Chinese shares on Wednesday fell again, extending losses from the previous day, despite recent government attempts to stabilise markets.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite index fell by 0.7% to 3,668.12 as investor confidence failed to pick up.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index followed the mainland lead and traded 0.6% lower at 24,377.05 .
Sentiment was also hit by a weak showing from Wall Street on Wednesday.
US shares were hit by poor results from a number of media companies, including Disney and Time Warner.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 index closed 1.1% down at 5,610.10 points.
The main market news was the plan from ANZ bank for a A$3bn ($2.2bn; Â£1.41bn) share sale to boost its capital ratios in the wake of tougher regulatory requirements.
ANZ shares are currently suspended and trading is expected to restart on Friday.
In South Korea, the benchmark Kospi ended the day down 0.8% at 2,013.29.
Japan bucked the region's trend, with the Nikkei 225 finishing up 0.2% at 20,664.44.
Shares of NTT rose by more than 4% after the telecoms company reported strong earnings and announced a plan to buy back about 1% of its shares.


Chelsea manager Antonio Conte said he was happy to see the rumours about Diego Costa come to an end after his goal in the 2-0 win over Hull City.

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The Spain striker missed the 3-0 win at Leicester, citing a back injury after a disagreement with a coach, amid reports of Chinese Super League interest.
However, he scored the opener on Sunday as the Blues went eight points clear.
"I am pleased for him and for the fans and club. Today finished all types of speculation," Conte told BBC Sport.
The Italian had been consistently questioned about Costa's future in the aftermath of the Leicester game and during the week. He repeatedly insisted the striker had told the club he could not train in the build-up to the Foxes game because of a back problem, and also denied any bid from a Chinese club.
"In this situation I told always the truth," Conte added. "I am happy for him and to finish this speculation. He played and played very well.
"A lot of people asked me about his form, his attitude, and I said I took the best decision for the team. I think I made the best decision after this performance."
Costa's celebration of his 15th Premier League goal of the season involved moving his hands to imitate speaking, which may have been aimed at the media for discussing the reasons for his absence.
Conte said: "Honestly, I was very happy to see his celebration because I was celebrating the goal on the bench. The most important thing was he scored."
Defender Gary Cahill, who scored the Blues' second goal, said: "He is delighted to come back. There has been a lot of talk.
"If he misses one game you are hearing about all the different stories. It gets a bit tiring and the best way to respond is to get a goal. We are delighted to have him back in the team."


Canadian firm Cooke Aquaculture is expanding further in Scotland after buying a Shetland-based salmon producer.

Cooke acquired Thompson Bros Salmon Ltd, located on the island of Yell, in a share deal for an undisclosed sum.
The move will add two new farms to Cooke Aquaculture Scotland's current operations.
The new sites are located next to Cooke's existing facilities at Unst and Yell.
Cooke chief executive Glenn Cooke said: "After this transaction, Cooke will own all of the salmon farms in the area.
"That will allow us to coordinate management for the entire area and enhance our ability to meet a growing demand for our products."
The combined business is expected to raise Cooke's total harvest in Scotland next year to 22,500 tonnes of whole fish.
Last year, Cooke bought salmon farm operators Meridian, which has bases in Shetland, Orkney and the Scottish mainland.
Cooke already runs operations in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Maine, Chile and Spain.


A chain of 34 Budgens stores has failed to find a buyer and will close, with the loss of more than 800 jobs.

The owner of the stores affected, Food Retailer Operations Limited (FROL), was put in administration a month ago after hitting "difficult" trading conditions.
The stores are spread around the UK, from Dorset to Norfolk to Scotland, and were bought from the Co-op in 2016.
The closures do not affect the remainder of the Budgens chain, which has more than 100 stores.
The administrators, PwC, said they had failed to find a buyer for the FROL stores and were looking for firms to take over their leases.
Nine of the 34 closed at the weekend and the remaining 25 will shut for good over the next two weeks.
Mike Denny, joint administrator at PwC, said: "Unfortunately, we have been unable to find a buyer and it is not commercially viable to continue trading the stores.
"We are working closely with the Co-op, USDAW and the relevant government agencies to ensure that all employees receive the maximum levels of practical and financial support through the redundancy process."
The Budgens brand is owned by food wholesale giant Booker, which is currently in the process of being taken over by Tesco.
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Eleven planned court closures will "erode access to justice" in Wales, the Law Society has warned.

The UK government is consulting on plans to shut 91 courts and tribunals in England and Wales.
Law Society president Jonathan Smithers said it had "grave concerns" about the proposals which would mean people would have to travel elsewhere.
The government has said if the plans go ahead, 95% of people could drive to another court in an hour.
Carmarthenshire council met on Tuesday to discuss the implications should Carmarthen Law Courts shut.
Carmarthen Civil, Family, Tribunal and Probate Hearing Centre is also earmarked for closure.
Council leader Emlyn Dole said the rural nature of Carmarthenshire would make it "impossible" for some to reach hearings transferred to Swansea and Llanelli.
Mr Smithers said the society was collating solicitors' views on the plans and their impact in order to respond to the government consultation which ends on 8 October.
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Conservative MEP Philip Bradbourn has died, the party has announced.

The 63-year-old, who represented the West Midlands, had served in the European Parliament since 1999.
He was diagnosed with bowel cancer shortly after being re-elected in May and died on Friday night.
The Prime Minister said Mr Bradbourn had a "truly admirable" dedication to public service and described him as a "well-respected and effective" politician.
Mr Bradbourn was appointed an OBE in 1994 for his public and political service.
He had been a town planning officer in local government for more than 20 years before becoming political adviser to the Conservative group on Wolverhampton City Council.
Born and bred in the Black Country, Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps said Mr Bradbourn took "immense pride in championing the West Midlands" and would be "sorely missed".
Ashley Fox, leader of the Conservative MEPs, said: "His no-nonsense approach to politics made him a powerful voice for the West Midlands as well as a resolute defender of the British taxpayers' interests in Brussels and Strasbourg."


A woman has been raped at knifepoint by a man who broke into her home in Greater Manchester.

Police said the 22-year-old woman was at home in Old Trafford when a stranger forced his way in carrying a knife at about 19:30 GMT on Saturday.
He held the knife to her face and ordered her to hand over any money she had before raping her.
The offender is described as white, in his 20s or 30s, and of medium build with dark hair.
He spoke with a local accent and was wearing a dark hooded top or coat with dark-coloured bottoms.
Greater Manchester Police are investigating and Det Insp Carl Gilbert asked anybody who may have seen anything suspicious around the time of  this "brutal and terrifying" attack to contact police.


Hull City's two-year stay in the Premier League came to an end as they drew with 10-man Manchester United at the KC Stadium.

Steve Bruce's men had to win to give themselves any hope of survival.
But Newcastle's victory against West Ham took the issue out of their hands, condemning Hull to relegation no matter what their own result.
Hull did create chances, forcing Manchester United goalkeeper Victor Valdes to make excellent saves to deny Ahmed Elmohamady and Nikica Jelavic.
David Meyler wasted the hosts' clearest chance but they could not find a way through, even after Marouane Fellaini was sent off for a crude challenge on Paul McShane 13 minutes from time.
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Midfielder Robbie Brady tried to hold back tears at the final whistle as the Hull fans stayed on to show their support for the team.
Hull's season started with optimism when they headed to Slovakia to face Odu Trencin in the Europa League on 31 July.
Yet the eagerly awaited first European adventure was over by the end of August, having lasted just four matches.
Their European campaign contributed two of only 10 victories since Hull's FA Cup final appearance against Arsenal 12 months ago, when they led by two goals but were beaten in extra time.
Sunday's blank meant they failed to score in exactly half of their 38 league games.
Such a scenario cannot have been envisaged by Tigers owner Assem Allam, who sanctioned £40m to bring in 11 new players over the course of the season.
The spending, evidently, has not proved value for money.
Of the new recruits, only Michael Dawson and Dame N'Doye started the final attempt to salvage Hull's Premier League status.
Abel Hernandez, a club-record £10m purchase from Palermo, scored just once in 21 appearances since starting his Hull career with three in five.
And the Uruguayan might have caused more problems for himself when he appeared to punch United defender Phil Jones in the stomach as they grappled at a Hull corner following his introduction as a substitute.
Jake Livermore was another expensive recruit at £8m. The 25-year-old was unavailable to face United, though, as he awaits the results of a B sample on a positive test for cocaine.
Six years ago, Hull also went into a final-day encounter against Manchester United with their top-flight future on the line.
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They lost to a Darron Gibson goal that day, only for results elsewhere to save them and spark then-manager Phil Brown to burst into song.
This time, they were the ones needing both a victory and assistance from other teams.
However, as Hull had lost all seven previous top-flight encounters against their opponents, and former Red Devils captain Bruce had mustered the sum total of four draws from 21 games as a manager against his old club, the backdrop was hardly encouraging.
A flurry of activity around the visitors' goal midway through the opening period brought both hope and frustration for Hull.
McShane and N'Doye had the ball in the net within a couple of minutes of each other but both were ruled out for offside.
In between, Elmohamady got on the end of Brady's cross and steered his header towards the bottom corner.
Hull were still denied as Valdes, making his full United debut, dived low to save at his left-hand post.
United hardly created a chance in the first half, when their most notable event was Angel Di Maria's early exit, another injury ending a disappointing debut campaign for the Argentine. He cost a British record £59.7m from Real Madrid.
Meyler turned Jelavic's header wide from eight yards, Hull's last chance before news filtered through of Newcastle's opening goal at St James' Park, which threatened to make their own efforts meaningless.
The hosts pressed for a while and Jelavic brought a brilliant save out of Valdes when he turned Sone Aluko's cross goalwards at the near post.
But as their situation became hopeless, so the standards of behaviour slipped as well.
Referee Lee Probert was well placed to spot Fellaini leaving his foot in on McShane, showing the Belgian a red card just 18 minutes after he had been introduced for Ashley Young.
Hull could not take advantage of the extra man and their fans knew their fate had been sealed by Newcastle's victory.
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal: "When we analyse our season, we have played our best matches against the top six and our worst matches against the bottom six."
On Fellaini red card: "It is very stupid. I have said to him. He will start next season in the tribune. It is not good."


A man and woman have pleaded not guilty to making preparations for a terrorism attack in the UK.

Munir Hassan Mohammed, 36, and Rowaida El-Hassan, 32, denied at the Old Bailey of planning to make a bomb or poison to use against British citizens.
Mr Mohammed denied a total of three terrorism offences, while Ms El-Hassan pleaded not guilty to two charges.
The pair, who were arrested during anti-terrorism raids, were remanded in custody and await trial in June.
Mr Mohammed, an Eritrean national seeking asylum in the UK, and Ms El-Hassan were arrested on 12 December.
They are jointly charged with preparing an act of terrorism between 7 July 2016 and their arrest last year.
The pair both pleaded not guilty to researching, planning and obtaining materials to produce an "improvised explosive device or poison" with a view to committing an attack in the UK.
Mr Mohammed, of Leopold Street, Derby, is further charged with being a member of Islamic State (IS).
He faces one other charge relating to the possession of information useful to terrorism and dissemination of terrorist publications.
Ms El-Hassan, of Willesden Lane, London, is further charged with possessing instructions on how to build an explosive device inside a mobile phone.
The pair were among six people arrested across the country, the rest of whom were released without charge.


The chief executive of Rotherham Council is to step down following a report that exposed the scale of child sexual exploitation in the town.

Martin Kimber will leave the post in December, he has announced.
In a statement, he said wanted to reiterate his "sincere apology to those who were let down".
A report published last month said at least 1,400 children were sexually exploited from 1997-2013, mainly by men of Pakistani heritage.
Mr Kimber, who joined the authority in 2009, said: "I believe that new leadership will enable the town to recover more quickly from the events of the last two weeks, and strongly signal a new beginning at this critical time in its recovery."
Council leader Roger Stone quit following the publication of the report, which was commissioned by the council and detailed gang rapes, grooming, trafficking and other sexual exploitation on a wide scale.
Calls for further resignations have gathered momentum as the spotlight turned to others at the helm of local services during the time of the abuse.
South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner, Shaun Wright, who was in charge of children's services in Rotherham from 2005 to 2010, has so far resisted calls to step down.
In the wake of the Jay Report, Mr Kimber said no council employees would face disciplinary action because there was not enough evidence to prosecute.
The report concluded there had been "blatant" collective failures by the council's leadership.
The Labour Party has since suspended four members, including Mr Stone, ex-deputy leader Jahangir Akhtar and councillors Gwendoline Russell and Shaukat Ali, pending an investigation.
South Yorkshire Police has commissioned an independent investigation into its handling of the scandal.
The inquiry will "examine the role of both the police and council... and address any wrongdoings or failings," Chief Constable David Crompton said.
The government is also considering carrying out an inspection of the council.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles told the House of Commons he hoped to make an announcement about the investigation "very soon", as soon as the person he wanted to lead it had cleared their diary.
Mr Wright will face questions from MPs on Tuesday about his knowledge of the abuse.
The Home Affairs Select Committee will also hear evidence from Mr Crompton, senior Rotherham Council official Joyce Thacker and NSPCC chief executive Sir Peter Wanless, who is leading a review into the Home Office's handling of abuse allegations.


A senior police officer has said parades are policed impartially in Northern Ireland.

It follows the use of CS spray at a junior Orange Order parade in south Belfast and masked republicans marching during Easter Rising centenary events.
PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Stephen Martin was speaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme.
"I can tell you that I police those [parades] in an impartial, consistent way," he said.
"Yes I have to make different decisions based on different contexts, unfortunately we are a divided society where often it comes down that if I'm celebrating, you will condemn, and vice versa, these are difficult decisions."
On Thursday, First Minister Arlene Foster said she did not believe there is a two-tier policing in Northern Ireland.
She said the PSNI need to get to the bottom of issues "causing concern" but it had a "very difficult job to do".
Mrs Foster said it was important to "establish the facts" around the parade on the Ormeau Road in south Belfast on Tuesday.
Ch Supt Chris Noble said police had used CS spray during the junior Orange Order parade after coming under attack by adult band members.
The parade's organiser, Noel Liggett, claimed the spray was "indiscriminately" used after police confronted the parade.
Mr Liggett said the spray caused children to have swollen eyes and lips.
The police said two officers received minor injuries during a "minor disturbance". A 26-year-old man has been charged with assault.
Police are investigating three parades commemorating the 1916 Easter Rising in Lurgan, County Armagh; Coalisland, County Tyrone and Ardoyne in Belfast.
Unionists complained after masked men paraded through Lurgan on Saturday and marchers wore paramilitary-style uniform in Coalisland on Sunday.
On Friday, a 12-year-old boy said he was left with itchy eyes after CS spray was used during the junior Orange Order parade on the Ormeau Road in south Belfast on Tuesday.
However, Christian King said it would not stop him from marching again.
"It started stinging and burning so I tried to open them and it really hurt," he added.
"We rang the hospital and they told us to go to the opticians. "They said I was lucky that I did not lose my sight.
"I wouldn't want it to happen again, but I definitely would go out again."
A delegation of unionist councillors from the south Belfast area also met with senior police officers to discuss the policing of the junior Orange Order parade.
"We highlighted the concerns expressed to us by our constituents about the contrasting approaches taken in recent public order situations," they said.
"We made clear to the representatives of the PSNI that pro-active efforts will need to be made to restore confidence in policing to the highest levels: something that we all would like to see."


David Marsh scored twice as Clyde defeated 10-man Stirling Albion to finish third in Scottish League Two and qualify for the promotion play-offs.

Stirling's Sean Dickson headed narrowly wide before Marsh drilled home following Scott Linton's corner.
Marsh headed in from Ross Millen's cross and David Gormley fired Clyde's third from close range.
Stirling's Ross Smith was shown a straight red card with 25 minutes left, but Scott Burns fired a reply.
Victory lifted Clyde above Queen's Park, who lost to Annan Athletic, into third place, meaning a play-off semi-final against Elgin City.


There's a new meme on the block and his name is Dissident Dan.

He's the brainchild of the PSNI and he's a stick man with attitude and a woollen balaclava.
He is based on a similar stick figure who has taken the internet by storm. The original Bill is the creation of Eugeniu Croitoru.
Bill is a polite stick man who is clogging up Facebook timelines with tongue-in-cheek advice about the correct way to behave online .
Bill is far too polite to tell you straight out not to do something. Instead he leads by example. But the message is clear and often very funny.
The images first started appearing online late last year, but have surged in popularity in January, spurred on by a dedicated Facebook page simply called "Be like Bill" - which now boasts more than 1.25m likes.
Dissident Dan, on the other hand, is his nemesis.
He's an example of how police in Northern Ireland are tapping into trends to get a serious message across.
Dissident Dan, the brainchild of police in Craigavon, was posted after security alerts at a railway line in Lurgan and serious disorder when more than 100 petrol bombs were thrown at police at Lake Street. A shot was also fired at police.
In their post, police said: "This is dissident Dan. Dissident Dan has an irrational hatred of trains. Dissident Dan also hates the people of Lurgan going about their day to day lives in peace.
"Dissident Dan lives in the past, and puts things on the train tracks in order to stop the trains, and his own community. Don't be like Dan."
The message ended with a "HUGE" thank you to people in north Lurgan for their patience during the alert.
"Thank you for your kind words as we went door to door, and for the 99.9% of you who didn't come out throwing stuff at us or shooting at us as we tried to keep you safe.
"The alert is now over and the roads are open. Trains will get back to normal over the coming hours," they said.


Thousands of people have protested across Pakistan following the execution of the former police bodyguard who shot dead Punjab's governor.

Mumtaz Qadri was hailed as a hero by Islamists after killing Salman Taseer over his opposition to blasphemy laws in Islamabad in 2011.
His supporters took to the streets in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and also blocked highways into Islamabad.
However, most rallies dispersed peacefully, AFP news agency reported.
Security forces were on high alert and riot police were in place in the area around Qadri's home in Islamabad.
Demonstrators burned tyres and chanted slogans, while schools and markets in Islamabad and nearby Rawalpindi closed early over fears of violence.
What are Pakistan's blasphemy laws?
Qadri's funeral will be held on Tuesday at Liaquat Bagh park in nearby Rawalpindi, where large numbers of mourners are expected.
Prison officials said he was executed at 04:30 local time (23:30 GMT) at Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, near the capital, Islamabad.
Qadri, who had trained as an elite police commando and was assigned to Taseer as his bodyguard, shot the politician at an Islamabad market in January 2011. He was sentenced to death later that year.
He claimed it was his religious duty to kill the minister, who was an outspoken critic of Pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws and supported liberal reforms.
Analysis: M Ilyas Khan, BBC News, Islamabad
Mumtaz Qadri's hanging has come as a surprise to many who thought such a move could spark a severe backlash from the religious lobby.
The hanging comes amid two recent developments that have already incensed religious groups.
In January, the Punjab government banned preaching in educational institutions by Tablighi Jamaat, a proselytising and revivalist movement. And earlier this month it enacted a law that provides for a helpline for women to report abuses by their husbands and others.
Amid this atmosphere, the move to hang Qadri indicates a growing confidence of the government in taming the street power of religious groups, which the military has long been accused of using to control politicians at home and fight its proxy wars abroad.
One reason may be the fact that most hard-line groups adhere to the Deobandi school and would be loath to lionise Qadri, an adherent of the rival Barelvi sect. But a more important reason seems to be the military's new-found willingness to curb militant groups that have a domestic agenda.
Pakistan has seen Islamist groups grow in influence in recent years and several high profile blasphemy cases.
When it came to Qadri's court case, many lawyers argued that Qadri's actions were religiously justified and refused to take part in the prosecution, chief prosecutor Saif ul Malook told the BBC.
"There was a time when nobody was ready to prosecute this accused person and it was really a challenge and I did it only to protect the rule of law," he said.
At his first court hearing Qadri was showered with rose petals by supporters. He never expressed any regret for the killing. His brother appeared to reassert that when he told the AFP news agency about his final meeting with Qadri.
"I have no regrets," Malik Abid told AFP. "We started crying, but he hugged us and chanted 'God is great,'" he added.
In May, just months after Taseer was gunned down, Pakistan's Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, the cabinet's only Christian, was shot dead by gunmen who ambushed his car.
That August, Salman Taseer's son, Shahbaz Taseer, was abducted in Lahore. His whereabouts are still unclear.
Blasphemy is an extremely sensitive issue in Pakistan and critics argue that blasphemy laws are often misused to settle personal scores and unfairly target minorities.
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The resignation of Sinn Féin's Daithí McKay has prompted widespread reaction from the key players and main political parties.

The MLA for North Antrim stood down amid allegations he helped coach loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson, who gave evidence to a Stormont inquiry about the controversial Nama property deal. Mr McKay was chairing the committee at the time.
Mr Bryson, whose evidence included claims that the then First Minister Peter Robinson was set to profit from the deal, told the BBC the coaching allegations were "absolute nonsense".
"Having reflected on the allegations against me which have arisen in the last 24 hours and consulted with associates, friends and family,  I acknowledge and accept that my contact with a witness to the Finance and Personnel Committee's Nama inquiry in advance of his testimony was inappropriate, ill-advised and wrong.   I apologise wholeheartedly for this.
"Whilst I don't offer this in any way as a justification for my action,  I want to be absolutely clear that my intention was not, as alleged, to coach the witness in question with regard to the substance of his testimony, but rather ensure that the inquiry had full access to the truth with regard to all the issues relating to the Nama scandal.
"This scandal was and remains an unresolved matter of wholesale fraud and corruption at the highest level affecting parties across the board. I hope that my own error of judgement on a matter of process will not provide cover or obscure the real and unresolved questions of substance which remain."
"I have worked with Daithí in the Assembly over the past nine years and he's a very competent person. He was chair of the finance committee, and people saw him on the floor of the house and how he conducted his business. He was a very good MLA and a very good Sinn Fein activist.
"He has accepted that he made an error of judgement, and he acted accordingly and with the type of integrity you would expect from someone of Daithí's calibre.
"He accepts he acted on his own volition and then took appropriate steps."
"For some time, the Democratic Unionist Party has had concerns about the nature of the inquiry, how it was conducted and the way witnesses from the party, including the then First Minister were treated.
"It is clear from what is already in the public domain that what occurred is an abuse of the process and the privilege of the committee and it was used to besmirch the good name of the then First Minister and Party Leader Rt Hon Peter Robinson MLA.
"We are now seeing what many of us believed, that this was a political dirty tricks operation against Peter Robinson. The fact that this information is now in the public light it again demonstrates, as we already knew, that Peter Robinson was innocent of the scurrilous accusations made against him."
"I am shocked by these revelations, which fundamentally undermine trust between parties in the Assembly, and with our constituents.
"The role of committee chair should be carried out with integrity and I am disappointed that this does not appear to be the case in this instance.
"The Standards and Privileges Committee needs to act on this immediately. Given the breach of public office, if this needs to be referred to the PSNI then there should be no obstacles put in the way.
"From the reports, it looks like Sinn Féin effectively took out the then leader of the DUP and First Minister of Northern Ireland. It is political dynamite and indicates that Sinn Féin have run rings around the DUP.
"Where does this start and where does it end? It demands an investigation because if the information is genuine, it begs the question - was Daithí McKay on a solo run or was it a Sinn Féin operation sanctioned from the top? Certainly the long-standing culture within Sinn Féin is one of centralised control and not of solo runs.
"Finally, this situation also raises important questions about the operation of some committees. Is this the only committee on which this happened? We simply don't know. "
"The investigation into alleged malpractice and corruption, involving the single biggest property deal in Irish history, is of critical importance to the confidence and accountability of our political institutions and to the North's business community.
"Interference in that investigation only serves the purposes of those who are alleged to have corruptly benefitted from it.
"Sinn Féin don't do lone wolves, they do scapegoats. Today's statement of absolute denial by Martin McGuinness will therefore be naturally met with extreme scepticism."
"We need a proper full independent inquiry into the behaviour of Daithi McKay and potentially others.
"We have to continue to see if the behaviour of the two largest parties is in the interests of all the people of Northern Ireland or if it's in the interests of their two parties.
"Clearly there are some very significant issues around Nama which have not been fully teased out. If there's a real issue today, it's around the further loss of public confidence in the behaviour of some MLAs at Stormont and that's damaging to the political process and to all of us."


Edinburgh will host French outfit La Rochelle in the European Challenge Cup quarter-finals.

La Rochelle, who are second in the Top 14 league, qualified for the last eight as one of the best three pool runners-up.
Edinburgh, who won Pool Five, played their first game of the season at Myreside - their home for the second half of the campaign - on Friday.
But they may opt to shift the quarter-final back to Murrayfield.
Myreside can hold around 5,500 spectators, while Scotland's national stadium seats more than 67,000.
The last-eight fixtures take place on the weekend of 31 March-2 April.
La Rochelle finished second in Pool One behind Gloucester, ending their group campaign with a 31-8 home win over Benetton Treviso, who had led until the 57th minute in France.
Edinburgh secured a home quarter-final with a 49-3 win over Romanian outfit Timisoara Saracens.


Unless you're a movie director, an interior designer or a maintenance worker you probably don't pay much attention to light bulbs at work.

Despite their power to change moods, create drama, and direct gaze, most of us barely notice light fixtures until we are swinging back on our chairs preparing for a power nap.
Electric light has been around for so long and is so common that  in most places we completely take it for granted, except when it's noticeably dim or much too bright.
And despite several historical technological advances, it's a fair bet that the only big light-related headline from the past few decades that most people would be able to quote is the changeover to LEDs.
But that may soon change.
Light fixtures are being redesigned with some amazing new attributes.
At this year's Lightfair in New York, the emphasis was on intelligence. Bulbs and sockets are no longer dumb devices. They now contain sensors, give off signals, communicate digitally and interact with the environment.
Take your average supermarket.
Phillips Lighting demonstrated how a front-facing camera app on a customer's smart device can pick up a unique code sent by each light from the ceiling.
This translates to a map on the screen, which allows item after item to be retrieved quickly, using the most efficient route.
No more vague directions to "somewhere at the back of the shop near the canned goods" from a disinterested teenager dreaming of clocking off.  Along the way people can allow themselves to be guided to special offers and sales.
It's different technology from GPS, because it works well indoors, is accurate to within centimetres and will only work for customers who opt in.
Phillips Lighting chief executive Eric Rondolat says the potential is enormous.
"We already have a pilot site for a museum. Can you imagine being in front of your favourite painting? You don't have to punch a number into the audio guide anymore," he says.
"You just hold your phone under the overhead light and an app will send you videos, articles or information about the artwork."
Smart phones and tablets are beginning to replace the ordinary on/off switch that used to be such an important part of any lighting setup.
Glow is now completely controllable from hand-held devices, even on large scale structures.
The new Tappan Zee bridge, currently being built a few miles north of Manhattan, will have about 3,200 lights that can be manipulated remotely from anywhere in the world.
Winning team colours from the Superbowl or World Series can blanket the bridge in seconds. And no matter what the weather or time, the lights will be able to automatically adjust to provide optimal conditions.
Any broken bulbs will be discovered in seconds, thanks to the inclusion of a digital self-reporting feature, that has already been tested thoroughly on the street lights in Los Angeles.
"Our CityTouch application is a huge energy saver and those types of scenarios are crazy when you think back even 10 years ago," adds Mr Rondolat.
In an office environment a phone can now auto-trigger or change the lighting conditions around an individual's desk using wifi or Bluetooth. And if that person moves to another work station, the exact same customised lighting setup can be instantly replicated.
Traditional corporate lighting has been confined mostly to ceilings, but you'll start seeing more and more huge surface areas, including walls and panels in every direction, becoming light sources.
The OneSpace design involves covering an entire area with a mesh of LEDs and fabric that effectively hides the lighting until it is on. Then it provides an even glow to the entire space.
Floors are probably the last place you'd expect to find lighting, but luminous carpets capable of customisable signage already exist, and will start being rolled out this year to anywhere where directions on the ground make sense - airports, convention centres or offices.
The carpet is specially made so that the LEDs underneath shine through the fibres when lit, but otherwise it just looks like an everyday walking surface.
Energy efficiency is usually the first consideration of any new corporate lighting project.
Years ago, motion detectors and timers were enthusiastically embraced as a way of turning off office lights at every opportunity. But, according to Damon Bosetti from Digital Lumens, the concept has been less than successful.
"Motion sensors were very expensive and very coarsely applied," he says.
"You might have had one motion detector or switch that was feeding 15 or 20 lights, so when the timer switch expired, the whole bank of lights would go off. So the set point would be very long - maybe 30 minutes or an hour."
In other words workers would deliberately try to stop the lights from going off for as long as possible in case they were left in semi-darkness, whilst sitting almost motionless at their computers - not much efficiency going on there.
But over the past couple of years component prices have continued to drop, allowing every fixture to have its own sensor. Each bulb can be timed and dimmed independently allowing for much bigger cost savings.
"LEDs themselves are far more controllable than older incandescent or fluorescent light sources and their lifetime and performance does not degrade when you do very rapid or very aggressive controls on them," says Mr Bosetti.
Due to the high level of LED control there is a lot of research being done in niche lighting applications. Growing is a good example.
Farmers and florists typically use one of two different light sources to grow plants. But according to John McCarty of Lux Dynamics, whilst those solutions do work, about 80% of the light energy is not used by the plants.
McCarty spent a year huddled with growers and scientists to determine the exact wavelengths of light and the amounts that optimized the growth of different plants.
"A plant is looking at wavelength changes through its season and knows when to go into flowering," he says.
"For example in Holland they are able to transport tulips in a van which is lit with a certain wavelength of light, and so they don't bloom until they get to the front store."
One possible application being looked at is the idea of installing herb cabinets in restaurant kitchens that provide a constant supply of perfect leaves for cooking.
Of course what many people want to know is when light fixtures be completely portable and totally wireless?
It could be fun to rip light squares off the walls and place them randomly nearby.
Unfortunately that is not likely to catch on in the corporate world as wireless solutions are currently nowhere near as efficient as wired solutions.


Religious supplementary schools in England that teach children intolerance will be investigated and closed down, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

In his speech to the Conservative Party Conference, Mr Cameron promised to open these religious schools to inspection.
He said there was no problem with children learning about their faith in supplementary schools, but minds must be broadened, not "filled with poison".
The Muslim Council of Britain said it had concerns about the plans.
Speaking in Manchester, Mr Cameron told delegates: "Did you know, in our country, there are some children who spend several hours each day at a madrassa?
"Let me be clear: there is nothing wrong with children learning about their faith, whether it's at madrassas, Sunday schools or Jewish yeshivas.
"But in some madrassas, we've got children being taught that they shouldn't mix with people of other religions; being beaten; swallowing conspiracy theories about Jewish people.
"These children should be having their minds opened, their horizons broadened, not having their heads filled with poison and their hearts filled with hate.
"So I can announce this today: if an institution is teaching children intensively, then whatever its religion, we will, like any other school, make it register so it can be inspected.
"And be in no doubt: if you are teaching intolerance, we will shut you down."
It's only a year since plans for a voluntary code of conduct for madrassas were shelved by the Department for Education.
Now, the government is going considerably further, with plans to consult then legislate to require supplementary religious schools to register and face what is being described as a "light touch"  inspection regime.
While any law would be broadly framed to include all religions, the thresholds of numbers of children and hours per week are likely to be set at a level that would exclude conventional Sunday schools as well as home education.
This is about what is being described privately as the "hard edge" of some religious instruction that crosses firmly into the territory of inciting hatred or intolerance.
There will be no tolerance of corporal punishment, but no prescription of what or how religious beliefs can be taught.
Of course, the reality of trying to define that in law will prove complex and highly contentious.
Ofsted may be less than keen to take on the additional role of trying to enforce sanctions, which could include plans to change through to closure.
The prime minister said extremist religious supplementary schools were part of a wider problem of segregation within some communities, adding extreme madrassas "incubate these divisions".
In a statement, the Muslim Council of Britain said: "We are concerned at the Prime Minister's targeting of the supplementary schools.
"It is neither Islamic, nor prevalent in madrassas to be isolationist or to preach hate of other faiths.
"We would hope that these serious allegations can be substantiated and the evidence brought forward, so that appropriate action can be taken."
Downing Street said that the new inspection regime would apply to religious institutions offering eight or more hours of study a week to children in England.
This could include  Christian Sunday schools and Jewish yeshivas, but is more likely to cover up to 2,000 Muslim madrassas.
Many religious supplementary schools offer teaching within places of worship, but others are conducted in homes.
Currently, they are not required to register with the authorities and are not subject to inspection, but under Mr Cameron's plans, they would have to register with the Department for Education.
Faith groups would be consulted on the precise details of how inspections should be carried out and whether they should be done by the schools watchdog, Ofsted, or another body.
The BBC understands the government will launch a consultation on the plan "swiftly".
A Number 10 source said that Mr Cameron's initiative came in response to concerns raised about some madrassas by members of the Muslim community.
It was expected no problems would be found with the vast majority of madrassas, the source added.
The plans were welcomed by the counter-extremism think tank, the Quilliam Foundation.
Political liaison officer Jonathan Russell said it was "entirely sensible" to make sure the right checks and balances were in place for supplementary schools to protect all young people.
"This is going to be a long-term challenge, but this is a start," he said.
But Pascale Vassie from the National Resource Centre for Supplementary Education told the BBC the plans could be counterproductive.
"Of course quality assurance is needed but so is support, encouragement and training," she said.
"If insufficient money is spent on training and supporting what are often voluntary workers, it could be entirely counterproductive. It could even push some organisations underground."


Philip Morris has launched a new, less harmful cigarette in the UK which it says could mean halting sales of its conventional tobacco products.

The so called Iqos product heats tobacco rather than burning it.
The tobacco giant claims this means smokers get the same nicotine hit, but 90% less of the nasty toxins that come with cigarette smoke.
It says trials - not yet externally verified - found the new cigarette had the same impact as quitting smoking.
The firm is not pushing that finding, saying only that the new product is likely to cause less harm.
Philip Morris International (PMI), the Swiss-headquartered giant created when America's Altria spun off its non-US interests eight years ago, has spent $3bn (Â£2.4bn) on creating the substitute cigarette.
Andre Calantzopoulos, PMI's chief executive, says he would like to work with governments towards the "phase-out" of conventional cigarettes.
In his first UK broadcast interview, he has told the Today programme that the company knows its products harm their consumers, and that the only correct response is to "to find and commercialise" ones that are less harmful.
"That is clearly our objective," he said.
It is not the first time cigarette makers have experimented with heating rather than burning tobacco to do less less damage to consumers.
In the 1980s, Reynolds, the big American tobacco company, produced the Premier, which heated tobacco but which still involved some combustion.
It lasted a year, with customers complaining of a complicated lighting procedure and a charcoal aftertaste.
PMI's solution is much more Silicon Valley. The Iqos is a Â£45 battery pack that looks like a small, dumpy mobile phone.
It charges a slim cigarette holder. You buy packets of tobacco sticks - a packet of 20 will cost Â£8 - that look like someone has taken a pair of scissors to normal cigarettes and chopped them in half.
The stick goes in the holder, and you puff away.
There is much less smoke than a conventional cigarette, and, users say, the smell does not stick to your clothes. Other cigarette companies are not far off producing rival versions.
E-cigarettes, which use an electronic system to deliver nicotine via a water vapour, are a different alternative.
Mr Calantzopoulos, however, points out their basic weakness. They are not very effective in converting traditional smokers.
The conversion rate to e-cigs of smokers is just 20%. Trials in Japan have shown that 70% of smokers stay with the new substitute once they have tried it.
Shareholders, Mr Calantzopoulos says, are enthusiastic about the new product.
He will need their backing, as traditional tobacco has proved an enormous money spinner.
Since PMI was created, it has returned nearly $83bn to investors in dividends and share buybacks - not far off its entire stock market valuation.
There is much riding on his new, low-harm cigarette.
But anti-smoking campaigners said products such as Iqos, like tobacco, need tough regulation. Deborah Arnott, chief executive of Action on Smoking and Health (Ash), told Today: "We still need to be very cautious about what the industry's up to."
"Philip Morris is a tobacco company. They are still making most of their profits from selling cigarettes," she said: "On current trends, smoking will kill one billion people in the 21st century, most in poor countries.
"If Philip Morris really want to see the end of smoking they have to stop promoting smoking to new young smokers around the world."


What's it like to be in a country where a highly infectious disease is killing people by the thousands, and spreading so quickly that efforts to stop it just can't keep up?

Holly Taylor is learning fast.
She's 26 and in Sierra Leone for two weeks as part of her work for Oxfam.
The country is one of the worst affected by the Ebola outbreak, and over the next five days she'll be telling us about what she sees.
"What really struck me is how normal everything is here, compared to how I imagined it.
"I guess I imagined everyone would be indoors, there would be people in protective clothing walking around the streets, but that's not what its like.
"People are still out on the streets and still holding markets - and that's because Sierra Leone has had Ebola for six months.
"You can't stay at home for six months, you need to go out and work, you need to make sure you have food on the table."
"I guess that's scary because the woman who serves you in the shop might be living with someone who has Ebola.
"But you don't know that, and you're interacting with her.
"Ebola's everywhere but you can't really see it."
Holly describes her six hour car journey to Kabala, a town in the Koinadugu district in the north of the country.
She's wearing a long sleeved top because Ebola's spread by direct contact.
"If someone touches you and you've got clothes on you are at far, far less risk."
On the way the car is frequently stopped at Ebola checkpoints where passengers have their temperatures taken.
This is what would happen if Holly had a high temperature.
"You'd be made to stay where you were and then they'd call the Ebola ambulance and they'd treat you as an Ebola patient.
"That's quite a scary thought.
"What if you just had a temperature and not Ebola and you were put in an ambulance with other people with Ebola?"
Holly heard about a mother who was put in an isolation unit with Ebola patients because she had a fever.
She had a baby there.
The test results came back negative for Ebola, but now the mother and child are at high risk.
Arriving in Kabala, Holly meets Doris, an Oxfam worker based there.
The district worked hard to remain free of Ebola for six months, and then two weeks ago the first case was discovered.
The patient died on the long journey to hospital.
Now there are five known Ebola cases in Kabala.
"When you hear about these stories it makes you feel so sad and so frustrated," says Holly.
Sierra Leone is one of the countries hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak. To date, 1,259 people have died from the disease there.
"But it's kind of amazing that despite being in crisis the people of Sierra Leone are just staying really really calm.
"I guess beneath that calm they must be really worried."
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What if the linesman had said that Geoff Hurst's second goal for England in the 1966 World Cup final hadn't actually crossed the line? Would West Germany have won instead, depriving England of its only trophy?
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What if Frank Lampard's ludicrously disallowed goal against Germany in 2010 had stood? Would England have gone on to win the match?
Goal-line incidents like these have left exasperated fans - and officials - crying out for technology to come to the rescue.
And although solutions have been used for years in several other sports, this will be the first World Cup to feature goal-line technology (GLT).
It is just one example of how this World Cup promises to be the most hi-tech and interactive yet.
German company GoalControl has fitted 14 high-speed cameras - seven per goalmouth - to the roof of each of the 12 stadiums.
These are connected to an image-processing computer that filters out non-ball-shaped objects and tracks the ball's position to within a few millimetres, the company says.
When the ball crosses the goal line, the system - which has been thoroughly tested by governing body Fifa - sends a vibration to the referee's watch and the word "GOAL" appears on his screen, all in less than a second.
Meanwhile, technology company Sony, which is supporting official Fifa broadcaster HBS, has installed more than 224 high-definition (HD) cameras which will capture more than 2,500 hours of sport during the tournament - more than ever before.
And this will also be the first time some World Cup matches are captured in the ultra-high-definition (UHD) 4K format, which is roughly four times the resolution of current HD TV.
This requires a satellite network capable of handling 100 megabits per second.
While most fans won't yet be capable of receiving a 4K signal, Sony's World Cup programme manager, Mark Grinyer, told the BBC: "We've proved UHD streaming can work and we're building a 4K archive for Fifa for the first time."
Fans - about three million attending the games and possibly four billion watching on TV - will be viewing, chatting, voting and betting simultaneously on a variety of digital devices, making it a truly multi-screen World Cup.
"The ways people can watch content has exploded," says Alex Gibbons, UK and Ireland vice president for Akamai, the global content delivery network.
"There are more, better connected devices than ever before, and more people watching them."
Ian Foddering, UK and Ireland chief technology officer for infrastructure specialist Cisco Systems, agrees: "Two years on from the 2012 London Olympics, user expectations have increased in terms of their experience at such events.
"They now typically have an expectation of ubiquitous, high-speed connectivity enabling them to share exciting moments with the world via social media."
This presents practical challenges for content providers and IT companies alike.
For example, football app developer, Onefootball, has launched a dedicated free app for the tournament.
Chief executive Lucas von Cranach told the BBC: "This World Cup is going to break every record in terms of digital traffic and engagement - we're expecting seven digit downloads of our Onefootball Brasil app."
So how does the company prepare for such high traffic volumes?
"We've built a huge content management system that can cope with major increases in traffic - the load balancing is taken care of by our cloud provider, Amazon Web Services," he says. "We couldn't do what we do without cloud computing.
"But apps crash all the time," he admits . "A lot depends on the connection quality offered by the phone network provider, and that's out of our control."
To get some sense of the scale of this digital World Cup, Akamai says it is expecting to handle up to 2.5 million live content streams at any one time across its network.
This compares to 1.6 million during the 2010 World Cup.
And daily peak data traffic could reach 25 terabits per second (Tbps), says Mr Gibbons, up from its usual peak of 15Tbps.
"As the digital audience doubles, there's a tripling in complexity," he says.
One activity that is likely to generate big traffic during the World Cup is betting via mobile and online.
According to online payments company Skrill, nearly a third of UK adults intend to place a bet on the 2014 World Cup - nearly half of those will do it online and a quarter via mobile app.
The global value of bets placed using mobile devices is forecast to reach $62bn (Â£37bn; 46bn euros) by 2018 - a six-fold increase on the 2013 figure, according to Juniper Research.
"Mobile betting is likely to take more money than traditional bookies for the first time [at this tournament]," says Tom Levey, from app performance management company, AppDynamics.
"It's the first truly digital World Cup."
The company's online bookie clients will be processing hundreds of bets a second, he says. "As soon as we see peaks in traffic we advise on when and how to increase capacity. The companies can't afford to crash - minutes matter."
But increasing capacity isn't simply a case of plugging in to more cloud-based computer servers, says John Bates, chief marketing and strategy officer at Software AG, an IT services company.
"The biggest problem for service providers is the computational explosion associated with managing billions of transactions every second," he says. "This requires things like streaming analytics and in-memory architecture, and all this has to be done in real time."
Brazilian telecoms company Oi, an official Fifa partner, has been furiously gearing up for the tournament.
"The implementation and expansion of our wi-fi network has been rapidly accelerated in the last few months," a spokesperson told the BBC. "We've grown from 78,000 hotspots in April to more than 700,000 now - the largest network in Brazil."
It has also increased the coverage and capacity of its 2G, 3G and 4G mobile networks at key points throughout the tournament cities.
That will be welcome news for visiting fans wanting uninterrupted, high-speed access to their content.
But they should be wary about the cost of all this streaming content and interactivity.
With every 1MB of data costing about Â£5 in Brazil, unwary England fans who opt out of data limits set by their network providers, could face unexpected bills running into hundreds of pounds over the tournament, price comparison service Uswitch warns.
But if high phone bills, rather than goal-line incidents, are the only controversies of this hi-tech World Cup, fans will probably settle for that.


"I am a complete amateur in the transport industry."

That is not the line you would expect from the newly appointed leader of an airline, especially one at the heart of one of the biggest corporate failures in the aviation history.
But those were the exact words of Kazuo Inamori - who is now credited with Japan Airlines' (JAL) dramatic revival - less than three years ago.
The carrier had just filed for bankruptcy with more than $25bn (£16bn) of debt. The government stepped in to bail it out and the 80-year-old founder of hi-tech giant Kyocera was its choice as the new chairman.
"I declined the offer numerous times because I had no clue about airlines," he tells the BBC.
"I didn't even know that JAL had such a huge debt until it went bust," he laughs.
With little experience in the sector, he was not the only person who was sceptical. Friends and family also advised him against accepting it.
But despite those objections, he took the job  - without pay - because "if we couldn't revive JAL, it would have been a huge blow to Japan's economy which was already struggling", he says.
Three years later, JAL is making money again and has relisted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Of course, a huge injection of taxpayers' money helped. Its rival All Nippon Airway has been criticising JAL for having an unfair advantage.
But under Mr Inamori's leadership, the carrier shed about a third of its workforce, trimmed employee benefits and reduced unprofitable routes.
He says his biggest challenge was to change JAL's "rigid and bureaucratic" corporate culture. Until its privatisation in 1987, Japan Airlines was owned by the government for more than three decades.
"I felt very uncomfortable because the company didn't feel like a private firm at all," Mr Inamori recalls.
"Many former government officials used to get golden parachutes into the firm so I am not saying that it was all JAL's fault.
"But even then, I was surprised that there was no true leader who could unite all the staff during the crisis," he adds.
So how did he manage to change such a deeply rooted corporate culture?
"My simple philosophy is to make all the staff happy," he says. "It has been my golden rule since I founded Kyocera when I was 27.
"Not to make shareholders happy but simply to create the company that every employee is proud to work for," he adds.
"Many people were sceptical if such a simple philosophy would work but in the end, it did."
Soon after his appointment, JAL issued a small booklet of Mr Inamori's philosophies - he was ordained as a Buddhist priest - and held compulsory sessions for staff to attend.
However, not everyone welcomed the moves initially.
That is when he unleashed another secret weapon.
"I brought six cans of beer after these sessions or to people who were working late," he says.
"After a beer or two, people opened up and told me their honest opinions."
The tactic is known as nommunication in Japan - communication with drinks to have less formal business chats. And he says using it has paid its dividends.
"It really feels that all of our employees are united now, which is the key to the company's revival," Mr Inamori says.
The dramatic turnaround of JAL is one of a few success stories from Japan Inc in recent years.
The economy, once the world's second largest, has been overtaken by China.
Its electronics makers, which used to dominate the industry, have been losing out to their overseas rivals.
Mr Inamori says the downfall has been partly caused by the lack of strong business leaders.
"What puzzles me is why Japan's economy has been struggling for the last 20 years because we have the technologies, skills and great people.
"But I guess people got too complacent after the economy grew spectacularly since the end of World War II.
"Today, we are lacking strong business leaders who can make difficult decisions and be inspirational, people who work hard for the good of the company, not for their personal gains."
The government's persistence to appoint Mr Inamori to JAL's top job in 2009, just before he turned 78, may prove his point - that the country does not have younger leaders to rely on for such a challenging task.
Mr Inamori represents a generation of Japanese businessmen who supported the country's dramatic recovery after the war.
He helped to revive the carrier which was once seen by many as a symbol of the country's post-war boom.
But not only is Japan's legacy fading fast, but the people who drove it are also now in their 70s and 80s.
JAL may have been lucky to have had Mr Inamori to lead its revival. But the question remains if Japan has raised the next generation of strong businessmen who can confidently lead the industry.
It's not every day that an "amateur" can succeed like Mr Inamori did with JAL.


The mother of a man who was murdered in a row over a drug debt seven years ago has appealed for help to find his body.

Jesse Richards, originally from Gloucester, died at Cleeve Prior in Evesham, Worcestershire, on 31 July 2009.
Five men were jailed in 2012 over the death of the 40-year-old father-of-three, who lived in Surrey, but his body was never recovered.
West Mercia Police said they believe his remains were taken to Warwickshire.
A Â£10,000 reward is on offer for anyone with information that leads to the recovery of the body.
Lucy Richards said she hoped someone would come forward and help find her son.
"If they could for one minute put themselves in my place they would know the heartache I am feeling and have felt for the last seven years," she said.
Supt Mark Loader, from West Midlands Police, urged people to "consider the pain" the Richards family endures.
He said: "His killers have been brought to justice for their crimes.  However, his family continue to suffer and we want to give them the opportunity to lay Jesse to rest."


Property buyers went through with sales in July irrespective of any uncertainty in the UK housing market following the Brexit vote, figures suggest.

Yet the market is not moving at a pace seen a year ago, with 16,000 fewer homes sold in July compared with the same month in 2015.
A total of 104,200 properties were sold in July, the first full month since the UK's vote to leave the EU.
Various commentators have predicted a short-term slowdown in the market.
One commentator, Henry Pryor, said that the transaction figures from HM Revenue and Customs reflected a "slight stutter" in the UK sector.
"The market has not yet suffered the predictions made as part of Project Fear, but there is still plenty of time for them to come true," he said.
"The housing market, like the wider economy, has much to deal with. We are clearly a long way from the promised end to boom and bust."
A need to underpin the housing market, which is key to the UK economy, was one reason for the move by the Bank of England to cut interest rates to 0.25% earlier this month.
Surveyors recently reported that housing activity would be flat in the aftermath of the vote, but many now believe that there will be a rebound when considering the outlook in 12 months' time.
Some house builders are bullish about their position, despite their share prices being hit as investors reacted to the Brexit vote in June.
On Tuesday, house builder Persimmon reported a 29% jump in first-half profits. The firm said customer interest since the Brexit vote had been "robust".
First-time buyers hoping that a slowdown in the market, falling house prices, and lower interest rates might give them a better chance of purchasing a home could be disappointed, according to research by financial information service Moneyfacts.
It said that mortgages that only required a 5% deposit were being withdrawn from the market by lenders.
The number of home loans on offer in this category had been growing to a peak in March of 270, but had fallen to 225 since.
"It is particularly bruising when many hope that the predictions of cheaper houses would help them realise their dream sooner than expected," said Charlotte Nelson, of Moneyfacts.
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Five men and two women were rescued by the RNLI after becoming stranded on two islands in Strangford Lough.

The group had been sailing around the County Down lough on Wednesday when three crew members went ashore on Green Island.
The cabin cruiser then developed electrical problems as it made its way to Salt Island, where it was beached.
A Portaferry lifeboat crew was launched at about 11:15 BST and everyone was safely taken to shore at Killyleagh.
Brian Bailie, lifeboat operations manager with Portaferry RNLI, said: "Once again all the hard work and hours invested in training has paid off with a happy ending.
"With the start of the good weather and more and more craft taking to the water, it is increasingly important that everyone respects the water and makes all the necessary checks before going on the water".


Wolves have reported a pre-tax profit of £5.8m for 2015-16, their final season under former owner Steve Morgan.

Home attendances fell by 10% in the club's second season back in the Championship, as they slipped from the previous year's seventh to 14th.
But the sale of Benik Afobe to Bournemouth for a reported fee of £10m helped Wolves achieved a profit.
The figures cover the year up to 31 May 2016, prior to Morgan's sale of the club to the Fosun Group.
Having made a pre-tax profit of £731,000 the year before, Wolves also recorded an increase in turnover, up from £26.4m to £27.25m.
The year up to the end of May 2016 was also the final year of Wolves receiving a parachute payment of £10.8m following their relegation from the Premier League in 2012.
The club say this will be offset by an increase in money they will receive from the English Football League in 2017, as well as more money from television rights.
The impact of Chinese conglomerate Fosun International's takeover from Morgan in July 2016 will not be seen until next year's accounts are published.
Wolves, who have changed their head coach twice since the new owners took over, are 20th in the Championship and four points clear of the relegation zone.
League One title-winning season:
2013-14: 20,879
Championship:
2014-15: 22,419
2015-16: 20,157
2016-17 (16 matches to date): 22,061


Two large police vans are parked just metres away from a large poster emblazoned with some of Arsenal's most famous stars which stands by the club's shop.

Locals say this is a proudly multicultural area where the biggest rivalry is whether you support Arsenal or their north London rivals Tottenham.
Now the mood here is one of shock as residents stand by the police cordon seeing the aftermath of yet another attack in London.
They fear the capital is changing.
Mum of four Nicola Senior, 43, is walking back from taking her children to school when she stops to take in the scene.
She said: "I'm frightened. Is there going to be retaliation?
"I am fearful for my kids. Can we go to the park? Can we go to the church?
"It feels like this is happening all the time.
"For me, people want to live here quietly whatever their religion.
"This is such a mixed area. There are so many nationalities. People get on. They accept and respect each other.
"People are in shock. It affects everybody. I'm worried for the safety of all of us."
Jordon Russell, 27, says he was not completely surprised when he heard of the attack.
"It seems like this is never ending. Every week there's something now.
"I know lots of the Muslim community here. They are friendly and integrated. Everybody gets along.
"They're getting persecuted for the actions of a few small-minded people. You can't judge a whole faith on the actions of a few.
"It feels like the old London vibe is changing. Everyone is on edge. I hope things can get back to normal."
There is a sense among some of the community that an attack like this was inevitable.
Nasser Alyarimi, 18, knows people who worship at the mosque close to where the tragedy took place.
He said: "There's been lots of incidents taking place. Someone I know was thrown down the stairs and had beer poured over her headscarf just because she is Muslim.
"So I'm not surprised that Muslims have been targeted like this. When I'm on a train in my traditional clothes I get lots of looks.
"Islamophobia has definitely increased".
One of those injured in the attack has returned to the scene on crutches and sits alongside friends at one of the cafes open along the high street.
They talk about reaction to the incident and question why it was not widely reported as a terror attack much earlier.
One friend, who asked not to be named, said: "I'm really upset. I feel let down by the government that we are being portrayed as savages that we are not.
"They've portrayed us as if we walk around killing infidels. Just because one or two people believe that it doesn't mean the whole Muslim community does."
Many locals point to the streets and the various ethnicities of people walking around as an indication of the diverse make-up of this area.
"I feel horror and sympathy that this has happened," Professor Paul Gilroy tells me.
"This is the heart of London. The only word you can use is it's a convivial area. People come together. People have suffered here, we've had it all.
"There's a loving, joyful community here that will keep people safe."
Locals stand in the shade close to the police cordon as they take in the aftermath of the attack.
The sweltering heat does not deter leaders from various faiths gathering round to show their solidarity with the Muslim community.
Mendy Korer, Rabbi of Islington, says: "This is a great community to live in. There's so many different types of nationalities and faith groups. We all understand each other.
"Locally here over the past few years there's been a lot of effort to ensure cohesion. There's been a lot of effort with the council and faith groups to open our doors to really tackle the possibility of people dwindling into misunderstanding.
"An event like this shakes us up. For me this is now about showing solidarity and support.
"We mourn together."
The Bishop of Stepney, Rt Rev Adrian Newman, adds: "When something like this happens there's the human tragedy and also the broader story of a community that feels it is under attack.
"A few faith leaders have come here today to stand shoulder to shoulder and say an attack on one faith is an attack on all faiths."
In some ways it is business as usual in Finsbury Park.
The high street shops are open, mums walk along pushing their babies in prams and large swathes of traffic pass by a busy junction.
Joss Bruce, 44, is on her way to work when she stops to take in this scene.
She says: "I keep wondering when it will all end?"
"It's the unpredictability that's become predictable. We can all be vigilant but you can't protect against damaged people that want to take their hatred out on the community.
"I feel like we've got this glorious weather and then there's this dark cloud of terrorism.
"These terror atrocities will bring us all together. It's not just one community that's under attack. We all are.
"I think public shame and condemnation will help stop these attacks."
At the Finsbury Park mosque, a large crowd gathers as worshippers head inside for their daily prayer.
A spontaneous round of applause breaks out as Jeremy Corbyn walks through to visit.
"A man for the people", one man shouts as onlookers scramble to take photos.
One police officer says the mosque is full.
People crowd around the windows and can see the prime minister Theresa May sitting around with leaders from various faith communities.
There are shouts from the crowd when she leaves the mosque and heads into her car.
Kimaai Barker, 32, is standing by the flowers left in tribute outside the building paying tribute to those who have been injured.
"It's ridiculous. I have so many friends from different walks of life. I've been in this mosque and it's beautiful. I felt so much warmth.
"I imagine there's a lot of anger and feeling. I just hope it doesn't come to light.
"I hope everyone comes together."
When asked about the visit from the prime minister and Jeremy Corbyn, she said: "Theresa May has got nothing for us. She doesn't care about the general public.
"Mr Corbyn, through everything he has been here. You see him walking around and every incident that happens he has been very present."


The chairman of Derry City Football Club has warned that European football at Brandywell stadium is under threat.

The Candystripes play their last home game of the season on Friday when they host Sligo Rovers.
However, the club still do not know when work on a multi-million pound redevelopment of their stadium will begin.
Derry City and Strabane District Council, who own the stadium, said a tendering process is ongoing.
Club chairman Philip O'Doherty said he is concerned that Friday's game could be the club's last at Brandywell for some time.
"The ideal situation would have been that, after this last home game, the diggers would be in the next day," Mr O'Doherty said.
"That's not going to happen, the longer construction work is delayed the less games we will play at Brandywell next season.
"That means that the possibility of having the European tie at Brandywell is basically under threat at the minute," he added.
Derry City secured their place in next season's Europa League competition with last week's 2-1 victory over Bohemians.
Brandywell 2016 Timeline
Earlier this year, Derry City sought out venues for the relocation of six home games which would be affected by the redevelopment.
Since then, the Brandywell delays have left talks with other clubs 'up in the air', Mr O'Doherty said.
"We have no clarity from Derry City and Strabane council which is extremely frustrating.
"The club has been slaughtered on social media about holding things back but I do not know when this project will start.
"Derry City Football Club is also a business and it is not a good situation for the club to be in."
A spokesperson for Derry City and Strabane District Council said: "The tender process for the appointment of a contractor for the Brandywell Stadium redevelopment and dog track is ongoing.
"Council is hopeful that these processes will be concluded shortly," they added.
Although Friday's tie with Sligo Rovers is the last home game for Derry City, other stakeholders at Brandywell - which include a greyhound track - have use of the stadium until at least the end of November.
That means construction could be delayed further.


A former FBI boss, Robert Mueller, has been named special counsel to oversee an inquiry into Russia's alleged interference in the US election.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said it was in the public interest to bring in an outsider.
The appointment has been widely praised by politicians from both sides.
Calls for a special prosecutor had mounted since President Donald Trump fired the most recent FBI director, James Comey, last week.
The FBI and Congress are looking into potential links between Mr Trump's campaign team and Russia.
Just over an hour after the news of Mr Mueller's appointment emerged, President Trump predicted the investigation would clear him.
"A thorough investigation will confirm what we already know - there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity," he said.
The top Democrat in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, said Mr Mueller was "exactly the right kind of individual for this job".
And the House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz said he had "impeccable credentials".
In his statement announcing the move, Mr Rosenstein said: "The public interest requires me to place this investigation under the authority of a person who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command."
In announcing the appointment of a special counsel, Mr Rosenstein cited the "unusual circumstances" of the ongoing FBI Russia investigation. That's an understatement.
The circumstances are not just unusual, they are unprecedented. The nation has never had an administration so embattled so early in its term. There have never been such grave allegations of electoral meddling by a foreign power in a US presidential election.
Then again there has never been a president quite like Donald Trump.
Now the Russia story enters a new, more serious phase. Robert Mueller has a sterling reputation in Washington, DC. He worked with Mr Comey when the latter served as deputy attorney general in George W Bush's administration. He understands pressure-cooker politics and knows how to navigate the corridors of power.
He has wide latitude to conduct his investigation and bring criminal charges, if necessary.
While Mr Mueller is technically still part of the justice department and ultimately reports to Mr Trump, his stature is such that he is unlikely to be cowed by the president.
Independent investigations often take on a life of their own and can reach unexpected conclusions. With Mr Mueller in the game, the stakes just went up.
The White House has been engulfed in crisis following Mr Comey's abrupt dismissal and allegations that Mr Trump asked the ousted FBI chief to drop an inquiry into links between his ex-national security adviser and Russia.
Mr Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was forced out in February after he misled the vice-president about his conversations with Russia's ambassador before Mr Trump took office.
The White House has denied it put pressure on Mr Comey but the revelations fuelled Democratic claims that Mr Trump had tried to conceal his team's connection to Russia.
Mr Mueller, 72, served as FBI director under Presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama as the longest serving bureau chief since J Edgar Hoover.
He is expected to announce his resignation from a private law firm to avoid conflicts of interest.


Andy Murray will try to reach the ATP World Tour Finals semi-finals for the first time in four years when he takes on Japan's Kei Nishikori on Wednesday.

The pair meet in the John McEnroe Group at 14:00 GMT, live on BBC Two, online and BBC Radio 5 live sports extra.
Britain's Murray is also aiming to stay ahead of Serb Novak Djokovic in the contest to be the year-end number one.
Croatia's Marin Cilic plays Swiss US Open champion Stan Wawrinka in the day's second singles match at 20:00.
The top two players in the group after Friday's final round-robin matches will progress to the last four.
Murray impressed in a straight-set win over Cilic in his opening match on Monday, but Nishikori was equally dominant against Wawrinka.
"To win against a player like Stan with that scoreline, I don't think Stan had really any chances on Kei's serve," said Murray, 29.
"I would say this is probably his best year that he's had on the tour. He's one of the best players in the world. He's been playing very well the last few months especially."
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Fifth seed Nishikori, 26, beat Murray over five sets in the US Open quarter-finals in September, although the Scot won their other two matches this year at the Davis Cup and Olympic Games.
Murray is on a 20-match winning streak and will end 2016 as the world number one if he matches Djokovic's results in London.
He has been reunited with coach Ivan Lendl this week for the first time since the US Open, but there has been little talk about rankings, preferring to concentrate on the job in hand.
"I spoke to him about it on the Saturday night in Paris," said Murray.
"We spoke on the phone about it, then about moving forward for the end of this year and stuff - but since we've been here, I haven't spoken with the team about it."


Middlesbrough are confident they can retain their Premier League status this season despite dropping into the bottom three, says midfielder Adam Clayton.

Boro lost 2-0 at Stoke City in their last league fixture, their 10th in a row without a win, and were also beaten in the FA Cup by Manchester City.
The Teessiders, who are three points behind Crystal Palace in the table, are at home to Manchester United on Sunday.
"We'll never give up," 28-year-old Clayton told BBC Tees.
"We've been under the cosh a bit recently, from all angles, we'll come out fighting and we need to show that every week now from the end of the season."
Clayton has been a regular in Aitor Karanka's side this season, making 28 appearances.
Speculation surrounding head coach Karanka and his future at the Riverside prompted an upbeat response from the Spaniard about his job security.
And Clayton believes remaining positive is a priority for the players if they are to arrest their slump.
"The flipside of that we have to turn it round, be upbeat, positive, smiley, jokey and get ball the rolling," Clayton added.
"It is tough when you're losing games, but training has been good. If we can keep the confidence up, we can keep the belief and keep going."


A new ferry built for the Stornoway to Ullapool route was temporarily withdrawn from passenger duties because of a faulty ventilation fan.

The Â£42m MV Loch Seaforth made its first passenger sailing last month but is still in a "test period" and not fully in service.
Thursday's fault took five hours to fix and the ferry was cleared again for sailings.
Another ferry, the Isle of Lewis, took the passengers involved.
Bad weather has led the cancellations of Friday sailings on the Stornoway-Ullapool route and other services on Scotland's west coast.
Ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne said withdrawing the Loch Seaforth had been an operational decision and the fault would not have prevented the ship from sailing.
A spokesman said: "Yesterday evening an issue arose with an engine room ventilation fan which required attention and an operational decision was taken to remove her from the route while it was fixed.
"While passengers were delayed, and we regret any inconvenience to them, no-one was stranded."
A spokesman added: "This was not a major issue but it required around five hours of work as the fan was in a difficult to reach location."


Leading US hedge fund Och-Ziff has been ordered to pay $412m (Â£316m) to settle charges that it paid millions in bribes to top officials across Africa to secure mining and investment rights.

It is the first time a fund has been sanctioned under US foreign bribery laws, the US justice department said.
Its investigation details bribes of tens of millions of dollars paid to Democratic Republic of Congo officials.
It says the bribes secured investments for the fund in diamonds and mining.
Corrupt payment to officials in Libya, Chad, Niger, Guinea and Zimbabwe were also detailed as part of the settlement.
Campaign group Global Witness called the fine "a major step forward" in tackling corporate corruption and called for the individuals behind the deals to be jailed.
New York-based Och-Ziff had more than $39bn in assets under management as of September 2016, making it one of the world's largest hedge funds.
"Gaining the upper hand in a business venture by engaging in corrupt practices is bribery in its purest form," said FBI investigator William Sweeney, quoted in a statement from the US Department of Justice.


London's FTSE 100 share index ended tantalisingly close to a record level on Thursday, but the mid-cap FTSE 250 index enjoyed the greater action.

The FTSE 100 ended the day 3 points, or 0.04%, ahead at 7,517.71 - not far from its record close of 7,522.03.
However, one of the more eye-catching performances came in the FTSE 250 from budget airline Wizz Air.
Wizz shares jumped 13.3% after reporting a 19% rise in passenger numbers and 10% increase in revenues.
The Budapest-based carrier also said it had enjoyed a strong start to the current financial year, and forecast  group net profit would be between 250m and 270m euros.
Another big mover in the FTSE 250 - but in the opposite direction - was Petrofac. Shares in the oil services company plunged almost 30% after it said it had suspended its chief operating officer amid a fraud inquiry.
Shares in Halfords added 3.2% as investors shrugged off news of lower profits at the car parts and bike retailer.
Annual profits fell 10% due to the impact of the weak pound, but revenues were up more than 7%.
The FTSE 250 finished at 19,967.58, a rise of 17 points or 0.1%.
On the currency markets, the pound was down 0.16% against the dollar at $1.2953 and fell 0.12% against the euro at 1.1551 euros.


A man accused of attacking two frail Middlesbrough pensioners on a holiday cruise told police he acted in self-defence, a court has heard.

Ron Phillips, 70, was repeatedly punched as he took cocoa back to the cabin he shared with his wife June, 68, Teesside Crown Court was told.
The couple were on an all-inclusive cruise off Lanzarote when the alleged attack occurred in January 2014.
Graeme Finlay, 53, from Glasgow, denies unlawful wounding.
The court heard Mr Phillips, who has had a hip replacement, was knocked out during the incident and his wife was later found to have suffered fractured two vertebrae after being shoved against a wall.
Mr Finlay, of Meadowside Quay Walk, told police he hit Mr Phillips in self-defence, but he denied attacking his wife during the cruise on board the Thomson Celebration.
Mr Phillips claimed he was carrying their two mugs of cocoa back to their cabin when he was punched in the corridor. His wife had gone before him and was holding the door open.
He said: "I turned my head to the left and the next thing I knew, I was coming to on the floor with various people around me."
He needed six stitches to a head wound and was treated by the ship's medical staff.
The court heard the couple had been assisted by the crew to get on board the cruise ship as they both had "limited mobility".
Lewis Kerr, prosecuting, said Mrs Phillips had seen her husband being punched several times and that when she went to his aid, she was pushed against a wall leaving her unconscious.
Mr Kerr said after the attack, the crew found blood stains in Mr Finlay's cabin and he was "disembarked" from the cruise.
Mr Finlay, who also denies causing grievous bodily harm,  was questioned by police in the UK and said there had been an argument that night, and accepted he hit Mr Phillips, but did not accept causing the injury to Mrs Phillips.
The trial continues.


An officious boss stares across a desk at a cowering subordinate.

What have you done this year to justify your salary?
The employee quakes and mumbles something, hoping at best to boost their pay, at worst to avoid getting sacked.
It's the annual appraisal.
Fans of The Office TV show will remember the Appraisals episode from 2002, when David Brent sat down with Keith Bishop from accounts, armed with a standardised office questionnaire.
What were his strengths? "Accounts". Weaknesses? "Eczema". And the training he received to use his computer? He didn't know.
Perhaps none too soon, this clumsy method of evaluation, which ranks, grades and irritates employees across the world, is being re-appraised - and found wanting, by some firms, at least.
Microsoft, Accenture and Deloitte are some of the companies that are reshaping their annual performance review processes, moving away from rigid rankings, into more fluid feedback,
Younger companies like Amazon ensure employees can get feedback anytime from managers and colleagues, rather than just once a year. But older, more established organisations are also looking at a fresh approach to evaluating staff - whether the employees are ready or not.
Perhaps surprisingly, one of the leaders of the trend away from annual appraisals is General Electric (GE), which employs more than 300,000 people across the world.
Its infamous performance reviews once epitomised the detested process that's been dubbed the "rack and stack" or "rank and yank" system, which called for managers to rank employees, then sack the bottom 10%.
GE's former chief executive, Jack Welch, became notorious for axing the lowest rung of performers.
Now, GE is rolling out a process focused on employees' goals, rather than their grades.
But that doesn't mean there isn't still a bit of stress involved.
"It is really a shift from what we have historically done at GE," says Janice Semper, leader of GE Culture, the department spearheading the change.
"The focus is much more on the people, developing them, and much less on rating and ranking people."
The new process includes an app called PD@GE (Performance Development at GE), a technical tool that GE designed.
Rather than hearing how they're doing just once a year, employees have access to what the company calls "insight" whenever they want to see it - and even if they don't. The feedback is available 24 hours a day on employees' mobile phones, or on other platforms.
The feedback comes from peers, as well as managers, and focuses on frequent discussions between managers and staff, and their progress toward short-term goals.
Ms Semper likens the app to an online notebook.
"It's moving away from an annual evaluation to a continuous series of dialogues that happen throughout the year between managers and employees," she says.
Instead of just judging and grading employees, the system is intended to help them improve.
The manager then becomes a coach, rather than just a critic.
Ms Semper says: "Obviously we will still have employees that at the end of the day may not able to live up to the expectations of the company."
But those employees generally self-select, she says, they're not shown the door at the end of a negative review.
Saving time and retaining talent were driving factors behind the decision of US software group Adobe to revamp its performance review process.
Adobe has a similar ethos to GE - instead of an annual rating and ranking, employees get frequent "check-ins" with their manager.
"It's really more individualised," says Donna Morris, senior vice president of human resources at Adobe, which employs 13,500 people.
But the revised system is not just intended to help employees improve their performance - it's also designed to save the company time, and with it, money.
The new system has saved 80,000 hours of what Ms Morris called "administrivia."
She says staff members have welcomed the shift too, with fewer employees leaving voluntarily since the company implemented the change three years ago.
"The employment market is just so hot and feverish that our ability to not only retain critical talent, but also attract talent, is paramount."
The check-ins tend to focus on the future, rather than the "rear-view mirror" approach of the past.
For employees who dread appraisals, the prospect of 24-hour-a day feedback on their performance might seem even more daunting.
Some credit the social media revolution for opening the door to real-time reports in corporate communication - employees are accustomed to instant gratification when they post a picture on Instagram or Twitter.
But getting comments from friends on a cute cat photo is different from seeing comments from co-workers about a disastrous presentation.
Ideally, experts say that the new trend in performance management could help employees do better, because it looks forward, rather than backward.
"You have got to make it possible for people to learn from mistakes, not to put them in situations where they have to deny their mistakes because the consequences are too bad for them," says Samuel Culbert, professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, author of the book: "Get Rid of the Performance Review!"
He argues for a process which he calls the performance preview, which would allow managers to help their teams improve their work, rather than try to cover up their mistakes from the year in an annual interview.
"When things are going badly, the expectation is you talk about it while there is still time to turn things around," says Mr Culbert.
But even at companies without rating and ranking systems, the demise of the performance review does not necessarily mean the end of unpleasant corporate conversations.
With the new trend, employees won't have to wait to hear what their boss - and colleagues - don't like about their work.
They can find out in real-time, even if they would rather not find out at all.
But at least they have a chance to try to correct their mistakes - or find a new job.


A British couple who lost their fight against extradition have been remanded in custody by a US court to face fraud charges.

Paul and Sandra Dunham, both 58 and from Northampton, flew from Heathrow on Thursday accompanied by US marshals.
The couple appeared before Maryland magistrate judge William Connelly in the US District Court at Greenbelt.
The couple are due to reappear in court on Tuesday when a decision is expected on whether they will be granted bail.
Mr Dunham's lawyer Gary Proctor said that the hearing went as he expected with the couple remanded into the custody of US marshals.
He said: "Paul is doing fine in the Chesapeake Detention Facility.
"So is Sandra, but they will be unable to see or speak to each other while they're there.
"He was allowed to bring all of his medication with him, so there is no discontinuity of medication."
The allegations the couple face centre on Mr Dunham's time as chief executive and president of Pace, a US company manufacturing soldering irons for the electronics industry. Mrs Dunham was director of sales.
The indictment against them says that between 2002 and 2009 the couple fraudulently charged personal expenses to their corporate credit cards and submitted vouchers to Pace for reimbursement that falsely described them as business expenses.
The couple went to hospital last week after saying they had tried to take their own lives to avoid being extradited.
They appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court where senior district judge Howard Riddle concluded they took drugs to prevent or delay their facing charges.
They were handed over to US marshals at Terminal Four of Heathrow Airport by officers from the Met Police's extradition unit.
Mr Dunham spent the weekend in Wandsworth prison, while Mrs Dunham was held in HMP Holloway.
They were initially arrested on 13 November 2012 on behalf of the US authorities.
Since then they have fought through the courts to resist extradition.
Solicitor Karen Todner said the pair were a "hard-working couple from Northamptonshire who strenuously deny the allegations against them".


Hidden cameras have captured the moment London Zoo's first tiger cub for 17 years was born.

Five-year-old Sumatran tiger Melati gave birth to the cub on 22 September after a six-minute labour.
The pregnancy, which lasted about 15 weeks, was kept secret by zookeepers who are "over the moon" about the cub.
It was born six months after the opening of the "tiger territory", designed to encourage the endangered sub-species of tiger to breed.
BBC correspondent Emma North said the cub was the product of a "whirlwind romance".
Senior zookeeper Paul Kybett explained: "They came from opposite ends of the globe. Melati joined us from Perth at the end of September last year.
"Jae Jae came from Ohio. When they first saw each other they made the lovely sneezy purr kind of noise that they make.
"When we introduced them for the first time he trotted up to her and gave her a big head rub so we knew we were going to be getting something quite special."
He added: "When it came to her due date, we were all watching our monitors with bated breath.
"The actual birth happened very quickly and Melati's maternal instincts kicked in immediately.
"We couldn't have asked for a smoother birth.
"It's still very early days, so we're leaving Melati to take care of her adorable baby, and our cameras allow us to watch them both from a distance.
"So far she's proving to be a doting mum."
Malcolm Fitzpatrick, curator of mammals at the zoo, said the birth was very important for the global zoo tiger population.
He said: "This tiger's one of the most important births in Europe this year."
Zookeepers do not yet know the sex of the cub, which is in the exhibit's cubbing den with its mother and will remain away from the public for several weeks.
The cub is the grandchild of the zoo's last tiger cub, Hari, the father of Melati.