Speaking Francly
TIMED to the minute, the ten-franc kir returns! Christmas shopping in the Rue de Rivoli, quick trips to Rheims to stock up with champagne, a few days on the piste at Val d'Isere......
Vote For Max
MAX TAX is an idea taking root in Ameri- ca, where the tax return is a dreaded annu- al ritual. Citizens settle down to fill in the form and write the cheque to match it, hav-......
Robin's Song
NATWEST Markets has vanished in a clearance sale and the new owners talk of bringing back the fine old name of Wood Mackenzie. I would expect this to inspire Robin Angus, the......
Chiseller's Blow
THIS week's complication comes in the guise of an incentive to save. Ministers have learned with well-projected horror that some people scarcely save at all. To encour- age......
City And Suburban
No time for tea — it's a hard life being a taxman but it's harder for the taxpayer CHRISTOPHER FILDES N ever a quiet moment, working for the Inland Revenue. First we send all......
Moyne's A Guinness
THESE are testing times for Lord Moyne, the author and banker. The Swedish police keep turning up to ask him questions about Trustor, a misleadingly named investment company —......
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