6 MAY 1966, page 26

Investment Notes

By CUSTOS rr t LIE relief felt on the Stock Exchange at the absence of any increase in direct or indirect taxation and in the fixing of corporation tax at do more than the......

Company Notes

By LOTHBURY AN OTHER record year, 1965, for Rugby Port- land Cement, for the twentieth successive year, with pre-tax profits mounting to £3.66 million against £3.31 million.......

Ecahom7 Vnie Cotit

Tougher Than You Think . By NICHOLAS DAVENPORT I MUST say at the beginning that Mr Callaghan gets wiser and more cunning with each budget —and he has had three. On this......

Beer And The Prices And Incomes Board

The reason why brewery shares have been lagging behind the market is that the Prices and Incomes Board has asked all brewers to defer intended increases in wholesale and retail......

Australian 'pastoral' Shares

Australia is gradually recovering from the worst drought it has had for many years, which affected the wool clip and meat production most severely. Total farm income fell by......