29 JANUARY 1965, page 26

Company Notes

By LOTHBURY C OMPARING the annual accounts of tt k_,English banks, it is now apparent th: Barclays -has been able to attract more dcposi and use them more efficiently than the......

Investment Notes

By CUSTOS T M weekend change in the market atmosphere has been electrifying. The 9.2 jump in the index last Friday suggested that the market was assuming already that the Labour......

The Economy & The City

The Coming IMF Reform By NICHOLAS DAVENPORT M y mind goes back to 1925 when the £ was restored to gold at its old parity—$4.86- overvaluing it by about 10 per cent and causing a......

Chess

By PIIILIDOR 215. S. Lovo (from James Rayner's - Chess Problems) BLACK (4 men' WI-ITTE 16 men; WHITE to play and mate in two moves ; solution next week. Solution to No. 214......