Bears At The Picnic
FIVE years ago, when the merchant banks held their clearance sale, Warburgs and Kleinworts went for £1 billion and Barings for £1. I thought at the time that Barings might prove......
Cul-de-sac.com
IF you want to read someone's excursus on `Whither the dot.com economy', you may have to fall back on mine. Don't try The Street.com.uk, which has turned out to be more of a......
Hopes Deferred
ONE school of reorganisation now wants to dig Railtrack up and bury it, and perhaps the trains should never have been parted from the tracks — or not on purpose, any- how.......
City And Suburban
We regret the delay to the modern railway's arrival. This is due to second-guessing CHRISTOPHER FILDES B efore Gerald Corbett there was Ger- ard Fiennes. He was the railwayman......
Nice Choice
THE ideal in-flight reading for Tony Blair as he fastens his seat-belt and wings his way to Nice. 2066 And All That (Inyx, £6.99 while the pound still exists) is William......
As Safe As Hedgehogs
THE railways' strategic supremo, Sir Alastair Morton, has never minded a fight, so I was pleased to see him take on the welterweights at Health and Safety. He is not convinced......
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