27 AUGUST 1988, page 20

Tale Of Two Markets

FOR a sign of the times, look at two markets — in gilt-edged stock, and in money. They are really markets in the same thing — the Government's various promises to pay, with......

Precedent Makes Policy

I SEE signs that in a quiet, backdoorish wait-until-Parliament-goes-on holiday sort of way, we are getting a new policy on mergers. We could use it. The law is so widely drawn......

Backing Mister Lawson

MY racing adviser Captain Threadneedle has put me on to a horse called Mister Lawson. This spirited performer has won several races this season — though when at the Captain's......

City And Suburban

The cats are away, the mice can play, but they won't bring an order CHRISTOPHER FILDES H ow deep is the City's slumber in these dog-days, and how uneasy. All is still on......