Don't Kick The Chauffeur

NEVER A DULL moment with Tony O'Reilly. Diving on the shares of Newspa- per Publishing, he has mounted the first ever kamikaze dawn raid. The vessel was limping towards harbour,......

Truth Or Consequences

IF THERE IS such a thing as a moment of truth at Lloyd's of London, this is it. The offer to members closes on Monday, and Chatset, whose gloomy and accurate fore- casts have so......

Sorry, I'm In Conference

I MUST protect the identity of the banker who sent me this leaflet on the fuller office life, but I can say that the bank he has in mind is notoriously committee-ridden. If you......

City And Suburban

Why British companies have to make do with ersatz owners CHRISTOPHER FILDES T he latest attempt to make sure that the owners of British companies know nothing about them takes......

Marking For Correctness

SOME OF them, of course, would prefer not to bother. Some spare themselves the effort of thought. The pension funds' trade union now offers its members a checklist, which marks......

Hi Eddie, Hallo Alan

EDDIE GEORGE of the Bank of England and Alan Greenspan of the US Federal Reserve sat next to each other in Guildhall last week. This week Mr Greenspan put his rate up, Mr George......