5 MAY 1933, page 39

Rio Marro Prospects.

At the recent annual meeting of the Rio Tinto Company the Chairman, Sir Auckland Geddes, was able to take a hopeful view of the company's prospects. His speech included a record......

Financial Notes

INCREASED SPECULATION I FIND it rather difficult to describe the condition of the stock markets as satisfactory at the present time inasmuch as the principal features include......

Lending To France

Not the least interesting development of the past week has been the extensive loan of about £80,000,000 made to France for a short period by a group of bankers in this country.......

Eagle Star Insurance.

The annual report of the Eagle, Star and British Dominions Insurance Company is an excellent one. The aggregate underwriting profits were better, while, briefly summarized, it......

Finance—public & Private

Chaos and Conferences IF complete chaos in currency within a few weeks of the assembling of the World Economic Conference is to be regarded as favouring a speedy solution of......