22 JUNE 1985, page 21

Banquet Bee-line

MONEY is honey — so we learn from T.E. Brown, the housemaster-poet with the lovesome garden. Honey, too, is money — so we learned this week from the chairman of the money......

Gilt-edged Handshakes

THE City's great new gilt-edged market has emerged with 29 players and £600 or £700 million of capital. All it needs now is some orders. A skilful whittling process has narrowed......

A Match For Marks

THE Great bid bubble floats on, and what do we find this week but a curiosity — a merger which seems to serve a commercial purpose. All around us, companies are happily moving......

City And Suburban

Nearing high noon in Fenchurch Street, deep in the heart of Texas CHRISTOPHER FILDES L . Texas is not a geographical express- ion, though some British shareholders may have......