Maxwell's Salvage.. .
HUMOURLESS would be the cat which could not laugh at the spectacle of Philip Hill Investment Trust being rescued by Robert Maxwell. There has been no such feat of......
. . . Beecham's Bills
FINANCIAL reconstructions, of course, can be difficult. Philip Hill was the West End financier who backed Beecham (it is still the trust's biggest investment, and became its......
Eyewash Triple X
THE latest brew from Guinness is a drop of neat eyewash. This takes the form of a letter from Lord Iveagh, the chairman, explaining why Guinness has not done what it undertook......
City And Suburban
Strong words and strong thoughts for the bank which led the world CHRISTOPHER FILDES T he biggest bank in the world was built by the fifth-ranking cashier in the head office of......
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