5 MARCH 1994, page 26

Clochemerle, Ec 2

ALDERMAN JOSIAH Gunton inaugurat- ed the gentleman's lavatory at the Bank underground station, and a brass plaque used to commemorate his public-spirited action. It has gone, in......

Thunder And Lightning

THE MARKETS are there already. That is why the economy's thunderous impact has derailed them. To sustain this pace, US companies are going to need more money. The big ones will......

A Hedge, Backwards

IT HAS BLOWN no good to the specula- tive 'hedge funds', whose exposure is the talk of the markets, and George Soros has been getting his name in the papers again. City and......

Life After Lloyd's

INTIMATIONS OF mortality at Lloyd's of London are best treated, says my man in Lime Street, with an estate protection plan and excess coverage. Brokers Holman Wade can arrange......

Bedding Down

I AM PLEASED to report that this is National Bed Month. The news reaches me by way of the House of Commons, where the Medical Entomology Centre has been joining in the......

City And Suburban

When an irresistible economy collides with the world's markets CHRISTOPHER FILDES T he world's biggest economy is going like a train and has collided with the world's markets.......