16 AUGUST 1935, page 31

Retail Trade. Activity.

Further evidence of continued activity and prosperity in the matter of retail trades is afforded by the dividends just 'announced by three big stores. -.In the case of Harrods......

Lewis's Dividend.

In the ease of Lewis's, the big stores in the Provinces, the interim dividend on the Deferred Ordinary Shares at 25 per cent. is also maintained, and although the whole of the,......

Finance

The Rumoured Government Loan BY the adage that " there is no smoke without fire," rumours of fresh Government borrowing should not, perhaps, be dismissed as entirely without......

" Americans " Active.

:I commented last week upon the signs of a revival of. activity in Transatlantic shares, and during the past week there has been something like a boom in Wall Street. Curiously......

Financial Notes

RISE IN INDUSTRIAL SHARES. ONCE again the Stock Exchange has experienced an active and cheerful week, with operators refusing to be dismayed by the possibilities of war between......