17 DECEMBER 1988, page 27

Wilcox's Winner Inmos Is The Most Successful...

ever been — successful for us as the sellers, that is. This magical electronic chip-shop, set up in the days when govern- ments thought they could spot industries on which the......

Goodwill Written Off

NO wonder the City has been plunged into seasonal gloom and is purging goodwill from its balance-sheets. Goodwill (this is my contribution to accountancy) is the difference......

Seasonal Fluctuations

NEW from City and Suburban this year is a selection of useful and acceptable gifts. (I prefer this 'genteel phrase to the Financial Times's nouveau-riche heading, 'How to spend......

City And Suburban

The Government kicks the dog to teach its inflated cat a lesson CHRISTOPHER FILDES h is week brings the figures the Chan- cellor tells us to watch. The Retail Prices Index will......