Swiss Rolls Over
BEHIND his sleek exterior the investment banker is a worried man. He works for one of the two big Swiss banks which are merg- ing, they expect to lose 3,000 jobs in the City,......
View From The Bridge
THE City's Millennium Bridge must span an unexpected obstacle. On the planning committee of the Corporation is a lady who says that it will be built over her dead body. Hurry......
Recently Disgorged
THE great wine robbery hit the City hard. In broad daylight, men in green vans arrived at Greens' vaults, loaded up all the wine, took it away and were not seen again. This was......
City And Suburban
There's a Celtic tiger on our doorstep and we have to pay to feed it CHRISTOPHER FILDES ere it is, on our doorstep: Europe's own Celtic tiger. All it needs now is a Dr......
A Market In Gas
ONE way to win a bonus would be to trade in emission certificates, or indeed in pollu- tion warrants, greenhouse options, or con- tracts on the mean sea level in the next mil-......