Bottoms Up

AIR ZULU may be repainting its tailplanes in British Airways' colours, but there is an obstinate streak of red in the profit and loss account. It shows up in the figures for the......

Closed Shop

I HAD been lunching in France on St Valen- tine's Day when I was hailed by a reader on the platform at Lille station. 'Backward lot, they are here,' he observed. 'Sunday, and......

City And Suburban

Searching for clues in the Bank's twilit landscape, I think that our luck's running out CHRISTOPHER FILDES T he eclipse overtook the Bank of Eng- land on Wednesday morning and......

Open Warfare

I MAY be an unrepresentative shopper (though an accurate monitor of fishcakes) but, if there is a cosy conspiracy in the High Street, I have missed it. All I can see is......

Wires In A Twist

BANGALORE in India is the world's capi- tal of wiring. Its technicians are in a class of their own and, where accuracy and the command of modern systems count, draw business to......

Unspoiled By Failure

RUSSIA may not be as bust as it looks, which is good news for the International Monetary Fund, which would otherwise be bust, too. A year ago Russia welshed on its debts,......