17 MARCH 1928, page 38

Is Trade Reviving?

I wish that I could be more enthusiastic about the figures of our foreign trade, for I feel in that respect to be very much out of harmony with the tone adopted by most of my......

The Annual Report Of This Company Shows A Very Satisfactory

position, though, of course, comparison is made with a year when figures were adversely affected by the prolonged coal stoppage. Even so, however, the jump in net profits is......

Financial Notes

CONTINUED ACTIVITY. IN the preceding article I have dealt somewhat fully with the general speculative movement on the Stock Exchange, but it must not be supposed that the rise......

Gambling In Industrials

[In place of Mr. A. W. Kiddy's usual page of "Finance—Public and 6n the present craze for speculation.--En. Spectator.] Private," he writes for our readers this week a much -......

A Turn In The Tide.

The reduction in the capital arranged last year by Handley Page Limited seems to have marked a turn in the tide of the fortunes of the company. The accounts for the past year......

Thanks Very Largely To A Great Improvement In The Export

trade, the annual report of the Salt Union is a much better one than its predecessor. The net profit for the year was 1265;078 as compared with 1217,565 for 1926. The 12-i per......

Banking In Japan. - - A Feature Of The Semi-annual

statements of the Yokohama Specie Bank is the consistency with which each report main- tains the reputation for sound and conservative management which has ensured such......

A Prosperous Industry.

The last report of the Maypole Dairy-Company is a distinctly good one, for, following a slight set-back in 1926, the net profit for 1927 of 2531,000 exceeds even the figure for......

Courtaulds' Caution.

It is significant of the confidence felt in the management of Courtaulds that the rise in the price of the shares, occasioned by the bonus announcement of 100 per cent. in new......