11 NOVEMBER 1989, page 25

City And Suburban

Betting on a touch of class in the Lloyd's of London stakes CHRISTOPHER FILDES V ote, vote, vote for Rona, Lady Delves Broughton. Now is the time when that vocal electorate, the......

Back To Business

LLOYD'S has been employing more capit- al than it can profitably use. This year some 2,000 members will drift away. Costs have risen, partly as the price of com- pliance —......

Council Of Default

PUT not your trust in elected princes. That is the lesson of the Hammersmith and Fulham Council's failure in its freely accepted obligations in the money mar- kets. The court of......

Hydro-electric

THIS week the draft of the water prospec- tus dripped onto my desk with a resound- ing plop. It is the size of a telephone directory, and more exciting, but not much. I liked......