25 MAY 1991, page 23

City And Suburban

The Mond test why ICI doesn't mix with its two noble raiders CHRISTOPHER FILDES I was brought up to take the Great Company seriously — the phrase being shorthand for Imperial......

Ask Nastily, Norman

THERE was a time when ICI had half a million shareholders. Now, with the de- cline of the private investor, the numbers have fallen — but there are still 348,000, and ICI needs......

Danger: Falling Bricks

WALLACE Duncan Smith is the brick which fell out of the City wall, leaving a hole now put at £100 million. A household name it is not, but that does not limit the damage it can......

Canary Needs A Mate

THE brakes are on at Canary Wharf, where no new tenant has signed up since last July. Mark you, if all the tenants whose imminent arrival has been forecast by the City press's......