Cut And Cover
THE ACTION now shifts to the Chancel- lor's end of town. The seasonal cries of ministers protecting their budgets tell us (hat it is public spending time again, with the Cabinet......
Cross Channel
MY HEART goes out to poor old Channel 4, labouring under the burden of paying a dividend to ITV. Two former chairmen, Edmund Dell and Lord (Richard) Attenbor- ough, have been......
More Fruit And Nut
DEAR BAFFLED, Throgmorton Street: Help is on the way. The Stock Exchange's regulatory adviser on continuing obliga- tions is worried about a company called Arlen. He wrote to it......
Courage And Style
I FIRST MET Jocelyn Hambro (who died at the weekend) when he gave Hambros' first press conference. Thirty years ago that was a dashing thing for a family merchant bank to do,......
City And Suburban
Burning, scratching, blood and bandages it's H.M. Government's stock CHRISTOPHER FILDES T his is a fine time to tell us that cats suffer from sunburn. Rub a high factor sun-......
A Slight Case Of Dysergy
SYNERGY IS a deal-maker's word, mean- ing that two plus two can make five, with the right accountant. Dysergy came to the world of oil when Lasmo bid for Ultramar. Stretching to......
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