18 MARCH 1966, page 25

Investment Notes

By CUSTOS TuE feature on the Stock Exchange this week 11 was the weakness in government bonds on the threat of dearer money. The slide in Wall Street also adversely affected the......

Motor-car Shares

Last year was not a good one for the motor trade. After March last there was an abrupt halt to the strong upward trend in the sales of new vehicles. In fact, in the last three-......

Company Notes

By LOTHBURY T HE Britannic Assurance Company has pro- duced excellent figures for its centenary year, 1965: the ordinary branch premiums on new business were up by 13 per cent......

'the Legethillf A 'the Nwt

Dearer and Dearer Money By NICHOLAS DAVENPORT N o one likes the moneylender. As for the usurer, the early Christian Church con- demned him to outer darkness. Most members of the......