The Price Of Advice

I HESITATE to define a management con- sultant as somebody who borrows your watch to tell you the time and then walks off with it, for that line comes from Robert Townsend's......

Just Adjust

REACTING to crisis by playing to their strengths, the Thais are to open a Sensuali- ty Bank. It is being promoted by Oy Bm, her country's most famous mama-san. She has already......

Acronymous

I AM PLEASED that some investors call- ing themselves Alchemy have come to the rescue of A.G. Stanley (FADS). This oddly- named company had been wilting in the clammy hands of......

Growling And Barking

LAMBERTO 'Wait for me' Dini has said it again. Europe should not start a single cur- rency until countries such as Italy (where he is foreign minister these days) are ready for......

Losers All Round

NOW THERE are losers all round. The tigers are unbounced. They will find money harder to get and will have to pay for it, and the spring will go out of their stride. As for......

City And Suburban

Those Asian tigers have turned into pussy-kyats there must be a conspiracy CHRISTOPHER FILDES I t's all a conspiracy. We can take that from Muhammad Matathir, Malaysia's vocal......