6 APRIL 1985, page 15

Inns Of Court

w ho owns the rights in the Ritz? The Al-Fayed brothers, owners of the Paris Ritz and now of Harrods, are busily pursuing their claims against American multinational companies......

A Budget For Growth

S omebody likes the Budget. I now have a broker's circular which calls it bold and innovative: 'Abolition of Estate Duty, Interest Tax, substantial reduction of in- come tax......

Fools And Money

T he Bigger Fool Theory of investment has seldom had a better run than with the United States dollar. On this theory, you buy something, even though it looks expensive ('on the......

City And

New Jobbed Shock rr here is always one set of official figures that sets the market twitching, and they are always awful. It must be part of our national character. When the......