Sleeping Partners
THE bad news from Robert Flemin g is that he has lost a few hundred thousand pounds (chairman Joe Burnett-Stuart's breezy phrase) by settin g up as a freelance stockjobber. The......
City And Suburban
Mr Bearish the broker gets an offer he can refuse CHRISTOPHER FILDES friend Mr Bearish the broker has had a bid for his firm. It is a g enerous bid, by the standards of past......
Gentleman's Cartel
WHEN IS a cartel not a cartel? Answer: when it's a g entleman's a g reement. No business could be more g entlemanly than commercial television, as witness the stiff upper lips......
Test Case For Cuffs
THE Barclays affair is re g arded throu g h- out the City as the test case for g olden handcuffs. Can the buyer of a firm effec- tively bind its key people to stay? Con- tracts......
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