16 NOVEMBER 1991, page 39

Cruelty To Stags

THE CITY'S way of selling shares was designed by the City to suit itself. This unworthy suspicion of mine is reinforced by the grumbling now directed towards S. G. Warburg. In......

Papering Over

HAWKER Siddeley is still trying to per- suade the City to reject the £1,500 million bid from BTR. Its efforts appear vain, but the flow of paper continues unstaunched. Wearying,......

Scorched Earth

IF THERE is one more depressing sight than a Conservative Chancellor who lets public spending rip, it is his fan club telling him how clever his scorched earth policy is. By......

City And Suburban

The Maxwell boys take charge but the banks have taken charges CHRISTOPHER FILDES Beneath this stone, in hopes of Zion, Doth lie the landlord of the Lion. His sons keep on the......

• Chase To A View

THE Docklands Light Railway, whose trains have buses running behind them in case they break down, has acquired a new master. He is Sir Peter Levene, who made his name as the......