Wig Interpretation
NOW that Mr Justice Cocklecarrot has hung up his wig, we have to get our laughs from the run of the mill Law Reports, and I must say that they approach Beachcomer standards.......
Making It Happen
I CONGRATULATE Nicholas Jones, the bids-and-deals maestro of Lazards, who is to be chairman of the National Stud. In accordance with modern boardroom prac- tice, his appointment......
Swiss Misses
BEWARE of the baker of Swiss rolls who says that his corporate treasury is a profit centre. A bank might as well seek to boost its profits by baking Swiss rolls. Allied Lyons......
A Mouthful Of Dust
MICHAEL Heseltine, Norman Lamont and I are all stuck behind the same corporation dustcart. I saw it the other day in Manchester, bearing the municipal liv- ery with a new......
City And Suburban
Itchy directors and institutional sheep, lemmings, and elephants in mangers CHRISTOPHER FILDES D irectors, so a merchant banker ex- plains, get bored with managing their......