Bluffing And Burbling
NOW THE game of bluff has shifted to the French franc, and the stakes are rising. If played by central bankers' rules, this game would require the Banque de France to hoist its......
A Bigger Splash
ALVIN AND Marilyn Levett of Michigan, passengers on the P&O liner Regal Princess, have found a new way to finance their Caribbean cruise. They filmed the crew dumping plastic......
Church Mice
THE CHURCH of England feels let down by Mammon. It owns a lot of property, val- ' ues fell sharply last year, nowadays the accounts have to say so, assets are down by more than......
City And Suburban
Gold tells us not to put our trust in Euro-Monopoly money CHRISTOPHER FILDES C hess masters can suffer fool's mates over money — Bobby Fischer is holed up in Belgrade, trying to......
See Naples And Fry
BASRA AT boiling point, Pusan by troop- ship, Bootle on a wet Sunday — any list of the world's worst destinations must surely feature Naples in sultry July. It has its......
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