28 SEPTEMBER 1985, page 23

City And Suburban

New eyes behind the Bank's windowless wall CHRISTOPHER FILDES I t is more than 20 years since I first began to call at the Bank of England and impede the work of the Discount......

In-depth Reporting

THE bad news is that next week's Interna- tional Monetary Fund meeting is in Seoul. (Given the choice, the Chancellor prefer- red Blackpool.) The good news is that the......

Midland's New Direction

THE arrival of Kit McMahon will reward the directors of the Midland Bank for an unusual decision. Earlier this year they made up their minds to look for a chairman who was a......

Louisiana Blues

NEVER a dull moment for investors in L. Texas Petroleum, whose shares, when offered on the London Stock Exchange, proved to be such a dry well. Tense City meetings followed......

Robin Hears The Bees

THE Governor and Deputy Governor are appointed for terms of five years, by the Queen, on the advice of the Prime Minis- ter. Governor Robin Leigh-Pemberton was chosen in the......