7 JULY 1984, page 21

Mirror Image

he next bi g offer of shares for sale looks I like Mirror Group Newspapers (Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and others) — bein g spun off by its owner, Reed International. Mirror,......

The Rothschild Touch

he people with the winnin g ideas, this time round, are undoubtedly the old firm of N. M. Rothschild. Theirs was the plan which set Rio Tinto-Zinc raidin g Enterprise. Now,......

City And

Cut price sales S avour the scene amon g the merchant bankers when, the other day, a round robin came in from the Treasury. Dear Sirs (this ran), We are g etting worried about......

Spain Drain

T he Treasury, if frustrated by its mer- chant bankers, can at least take it out on frauds. Already Lord Roskill's in q uiry is broodin g on better ways to run fraud trials, and......

Private Enterprise

T he moral of Enterprise is that these state asset sales serve, not just one policy, but a lar g e number of different pur- poses, some of which are always likely to trip over......