Investors Chronicle 1998 - Abstracts

Investors Chronicle 1998
TitleSubjectAuthors
15,000 investors on a plate for Barclays.(Fidelity Brokerage selects alternative stockbroker)Business 
3i goes European but trails F and C.(3i to expand in Europe)Business 
Abacus counts on demand for IT staff.(performance of Abacus Recruitment)Business 
A break with tradition.(pension fund managers in the United Kingdom)BusinessPam Garrud
A buying opportunity.(performance of Media Business)Business 
A cash safety net for your health.(United Kingdom critical illness insurance; includes related notes)Business 
Accountancy firms.(involvement of accountancy firms in management buyouts)BusinessChris Clayton
Accounting policies still not care free.(performance of Associated Nursing Services)Business 
A chance to broadcast better news.(performance of Alphameric)Business 
Acts of support.(arts in West Yorkshire, England)BusinessRobert Beaumont
A current account isn't for life.(benefits of changing a checking account in the United Kingdom)Business 
Adding colour.(performance of Precoat International)Business 
Adding value.(advice to charities on dealing with United Kingdom value added tax)BusinessSimon Newark
A decent investment with decent returns.(ethical funds available to United Kingdom investors)Business 
A downside bias.(trends in petroleum prices)Business 
Advisers in the doghouse.(United Kingdom financial advisers; includes related article)Business 
A European need.(German interest rates and Europe)Business 
Affordable housebuilder.(performance of Ben Bailey)Business 
A firmer footing.(performance of Cadoro)Business 
A firm grasp on your inheritance.(inheritance tax)Business 
A hard ACT to follow.(Advance Corporation Tax changes in the United Kingdom and their impact on charities)BusinessLaura Noble
Aiming for a higher profile.(performance of Black Arrow)Business 
Aiming to cover the world.(performance of Headlam)Business 
Airtours.(performance of Airtours)Business 
A late Christmas present from the Fed.(US interest rates, money supply and economy)Business 
All for one and one for all?(integration of law firms and accountants in Leeds, England)Business 
Allied Domecq.(performance of Allied Domecq; includes related notes)Business 
All positive on Granada.(performance of Granada stock price)Business 
A margin of safety and more.(performance of James Beattie)Business 
Ambient Media books its ticket for new markets.(performance of Ambient Media)Business 
A more secure future.(performance of Gardiner)Business 
AMP - our view on this year's big windfall.(demutualization of AMP)Business 
An absence of perspective.(world equity markets and sample portfolio)Business 
An acquisitive nature.(acquisition-led investments in the United Kingdom)BusinessRobert Clarke
Anaesthetic maker points to low pain way into Biotechs.(performance of Chiroscience)Business 
Analogue wafers.(performance of BCO Technologies)Business 
A nasty 1970s revival for Footsie.(possible danger of stagflation in the United Kingdom)Business 
A nasty shock three years on.(income drawdown plans)Business 
Anatomy of a dud investment.(dangers of unregistered invetment companies)Business 
An attractive housing bet.(performance of Bett Brothers)Business 
An enviable record.(performance of Style)Business 
Anglo-Welsh widens its spread of activities.(performance of Anglo-Welsh)Business 
An ideal candidate.(arguments for privatization of the Post Office)BusinessAnthony Lugg
An ideal investment for dormice.(with-profits funds)Business 
Annuities: it's now or never.(United Kingdom annuities)Business 
Annuity essentials explained.(United Kingdom retirement annuities)Business 
A pocketful of prices. (obtaining equity price data through mobile phone or pager)Business 
Appeal of BAe revival.(performance of British Aerospace stocks)Business 
Approaching the stationary state.(Japanese equity and bond yields)Business 
A price worth paying.(United Kingdom stock market)Business 
A public to private function.(delisting of publicly quoted firms in the United Kingdom)BusinessDalji Singh, Steven Silvester
A pussyCAT to comfort investors.(United Kingdom standards for individual savings accounts)Business 
A question of ethics.(ethical concerns and selection of ethical investments)BusinessPenny Shepherd
A rational bubble.(performance of US dollar)Business 
A sacrifice worth making.(interest rates, inflation and profit margins in the United Kingdom)Business 
A sector vanishes.(Sedgwick Group acquired by Marsh and McLennan)Business 
Asian questions.(European stock prices and the impact of economic developments in Asia)Business 
A software recovery story.(performance of Total Systems)Business 
Assets and liabilities.(deciding on investment strategies for charities)BusinessPatrick Seth
A tale of two cities.(economies of Leeds and Bradford, England)BusinessLynne Greenwood
At a price.(United Kingdom manufacturing industry)Business 
A tight rein on risk.(traded options and risk reduction)Business 
A time for patience.(arguments against major drop in stock prices)Business 
At sixes and sevens over seven or eight.(United Kingdom interest rates)Business 
Attractive.(index-linked United Kingdom government securities)Business 
Attractive.(US equities seen by Goldman Sachs)Business 
A two-way bet for the serious punter.(investing in futures; includes related notes)Business 
A value-added partner?(client-banker relationships in private banking)BusinessBen Kroon
BAA seen as a safe haven.(performance of BAA stocks)Business 
BAA: shopping in the clouds.(performance of BAA; includes related notes)Business 
Baby-blue chips.(buying stocks for a child's portfolio)BusinessTom Winnifrith
Backing the beginnings.(high-tech start-up investments)BusinessPaul Castle
Back on the trail of windfalls.(United Kingdom mutuals may shed mutual status)Business 
Bad to worse.(problems of Japanese economy)Business 
Bankers investment trust.(profile of Bankers investment trust)Business 
Banks's mission.(performance of VTR)Business 
Barbican begins to look a healthier proposition.(performance of Barbican Healthcare)Business 
Barclays Gilt and Fixed Interest unit trust.(profile of Barclays Gilt and Fixed Interest)Business 
Barclays is underrated.(perfoamnce of Barclays stocks)Business 
Barclays' turn to join the consolidation party.(performance of Barclays)Business 
Bare minimum.(United Kingdom stock prices)Business 
Bargain basement.(performance of Banner Homes)Business 
Bargain hunters drop into Asia.(investing in United Kingdom companies that have acquired bargain assets from companies in Asia)Business 
Base rate falls leave borrowers with a dilemma.(United Kingdom mortgages)Business 
Bass favourite in hotels race.(Bass bid for Inter-Continental Hotels)Business 
BAT Industries.(performance of BAT Industries; includes related notes)Business 
BAT in smoke clouds.(performance of BAT Industries)Business 
Bear market.(US stock market)Business 
Belgo.(performance of Belgo)Business 
Bemrose.(performance of Bemrose)Business 
Best foot forward.(performance of FII)Business 
Better controls.(performance of Roxspur)Business 
Betting on Japan's assets.(investing in funds geared to Japan)Business 
Big benefits all round.(planned merger between Siebe and BTR)Business 
Big can be beautiful.(large companies in the Midlands region of England)BusinessClive Bullock, Tim Daniel
Billiton.(performance of Billiton; includes related notes)Business 
Black hole or new galaxy?(satellite technology)BusinessNeil Blackstreet
BOC.(performance of BOC; includes related notes)Business 
Bolt-on business.(leveraged buildups in the United Kingdom)BusinessMarek Gumienny
Booker.(performance of Booker)Business 
Booker struggles with volatility and decline.(performance of Booker)Business 
Boosey and Hawkes.(performance of Boosey and Hawkes)Business 
Boots: more cash to come.(performance of Boots stocks)Business 
Bottoms up.(international investing by United Kingdom charities)BusinessGaron Watkins
Brad Pitt, Homer Simpson and inflation.(US inflation and unemployment)Business 
Branded hopes.(performance of Silk Industries)Business 
Bread and butter for small investors.(international general trusts for United Kingdom investors; includes related notes)Business 
Breaking the chain.(proposals to make house buying easier in the United Kingdom)Business 
Brewers.(United Kingdom brewing industry; includes related notes)Business 
Brief encounter.(performance of Martin International)Business 
Brighter display.(performance of Densitron International)Business 
Brighter view for Birchin.(performance of Birchin International)Business 
Bright prospects.(performance of European Colour)Business 
Bring Budget day to your fingertips.(obtaining information on United Kingdom Mar 1998 Budget)Business 
British Land.(performance of British Land; includes related notes)Business 
British Telecom.(performance of British Telecom; includes related notes)Business 
Broken records in the gilt market.(United Kingdom government securities)Business 
Brokers celebrate New Year in gloomy mood.(United Kingdom brokers' forecasts)BusinessGordon Lawrie
Brokers' month to take it easy. (United Kingdom brokers did not revise estimates of company profits very often in Dec 1997)Business 
Brownfield ingenuity.(commercial real estate in Nottingham, England)BusinessLynn Hanna
BSkyB.(performance of BSkyB; includes related notes)Business 
BT fumbles for change.(profile of BT)(Company Profile)Business 
BT now up with the pack.(performance of BT stocks)Business 
BTP.(performance of BTP)Business 
Bubble bother.(dangers of a US bubble stock market and economy)Business 
Budget rush to bed and breakfast.(tax planning and stockholders prior to the United Kingdom Mar 1998 Budget)Business 
Bugs in the system.(United Kingdom self-assessment tax scheme)Business 
Builders' arguments bring steady earnings.(performance of James R. Knowles)Business 
Building an ethical portfolio.(ethical investments for United Kingdom investors)Business 
Building a new future.(performance of Peterhouse)Business 
Building from a small base.(performance of Ensor)Business 
Building on a strong structure.(performance of Wescol)Business 
Building on base.(performance of AAF Industries)Business 
Building on recovery.(performance of Try)Business 
Building progress.(performance of Avonside)Business 
Building up margins.(performance of WSP)Business 
Build your nest egg the easy way.(saving for a pension)Business 
Bulling for Euroland.(mainland European stock prices)Business 
But maybe the occasional snack.(stock selection strategies)Business 
Buyer beware.(risks of unusual investments in the United Kingdom)Business 
'Buy high, sell higher.'(portfolio management, minimization of risk and stock selection)BusinessDennis Phillips
Buying growth.(performance of United Industries)Business 
Buy the shares but not the goods.(United Kingdom companies seen to be treating consumers badly)BusinessSimon Thompson
Called to account.(administration spending of charities)BusinessAdrian Sargeant
Calling time on the gazumping racket.(United Kingdom government seeks to end gazumping; includes related notes)Business 
Calling time on the mammoth trusts. (call for large, general investment trusts to become leaner)Business 
Call in the savings account detectives.(choosing the best savings account, includes list of best rates)Business 
Cambridge Antibody.(performance of Cambridge Antibody)Business 
Can SB cope on its own?(performance of SmithKline Beecham stocks)Business 
Capital business.(tax planning and United Kingdom capital gains tax; includes related article)Business 
Capital gains tax: coping with chaos.(United Kingdom capital gains tax; includes related article)Business 
Capital gains tax - no easy answers.(United Kingdom capital gains tax; includes related notes)Business 
Capital into income: always a difficult swap.(annuity stocks of split capital investment trusts as a way of obtaining an income; includes statistics relating to annuities)Business 
Cap your capital gains.(using capital gains tax allowances; includes related article)Business 
Car makers rate Ryland.(performance of Ryland)Business 
Carpetright.(profile of Carpetright; includes related article)Business 
Cash funds for caution and extra income.(cash funds as an investment vehicle for United Kingdom investors)Business 
Cash-holders can smile, but companies must look to costs.(stock market performance and corporate results)Business 
Cash hopes.(United Kingdom stock marketseen by Credit Suisse First Boston)Business 
Cashing in on Eurotech.(European technology entrepreneurs)BusinessDavid Carratt
Cashing in on Pep allowances. (using personal equity plans as tax shelter)Business 
Cash machine.(performance of Columbus)Business 
Cash-rich but unloved.(performance of Prism Leisure)Business 
Casting around for value.(performance of Chamberlain and Hill)Business 
Catering for eating out.(performance of Lincat)Business 
Cattles.(performance of Cattles)Business 
Cautionary note.(real estate industry in London, England)Business 
Caution: heavy plant at work.(changes affecting United Kingdom investment trusts)Business 
Celebrated boosts management.(performance of Celebrated)Business 
Centrica comes in from the cold.(performance of Centrica)Business 
Centrica in springtime.(performance of Centrica stocks)Business 
CGU.(performance of CGU; includes related notes)Business 
Champion trusts swagger to a premium.(United Kingdom investment trusts)Business 
Change in the pipeline.(changes planned for United Kingdom capital gains tax)BusinessJohn Wayman
Changing gear.(automobile industry in West Midlands region of Britain)BusinessAndrew Raca
Changing lanes.(pension funds and European monetary union; includes related notes)BusinessAndy Michael
Charitable concerns.(usage of consultants by charities)BusinessJane Welsh
Cheap talk and costly actions.(United Kingdom economy and interest rates)Business 
Cheap ways to track a stock market up, and down.(United Kingdom index tracker funds; includes related notes)Business 
Check that your watchdog is on duty.(financial services regulation and foreign exchange dealing; includes related article)Business 
Chemicals.(United Kingdom chemicals industry; includes related notes)(Industry Overview)Business 
Chicago Rock Cafe operator - our kinda stock.(performance of Luminar)Business 
China kindles the capitalist flame. (investing in China; includes related notes)Business 
Chips will thwart the credit card crooks.(technology to tackle credit card fraud)Business 
Chorion achieves a transformation.(performance of Chorion)Business 
Citicorp-Travelers merger - from sure thing to shaky.(impact of departure of Jamie Dimon from Citicorp-Travelers)Business 
City consulting boost.(performance of Waterman Partnership)Business 
City likes GEC's new look.(performance of GEC stock price)Business 
City still checking Sainsbury out over Star buy.(acquisition of Star Markets by J. Sainsbury)BusinessJemma George
City warns joining Emu won't do the trick.'(value of pound sterling and European monetary union)BusinessChristopher Dillow
Cleared for take-off.(British Regional Air Lines stock issue)Business 
Climb the learning curve to high-tech growth stocks.(seeking growth stocks for an investment portfolio)Business 
Clinton Cards.(performance of Clinton Cards)Business 
Clydeport.(performance of Clydeport)Business 
Come on in.(United Kingdom commercial real estate market)Business 
Comfier furniture.(performance of Airsprung Furniture)Business 
Coming to a point.(United Kingdom capital gains tax)BusinessGerry Hart
Commercial Union PPT Monthly Income Plus.(performance of Commercial Union PPPT Monthly Income Plus)Business 
Common goals.(Commin Investment Funds for United Kingdom charities)BusinessPeter Warrington
Components for success.(performance of Eliza Tinsley)Business 
Consuming ambitions.(performance of Fairfield Enterprises)Business 
Contract advice.(performance of James R Knowles)Business 
Contractors' market.(performance of HW Group)Business 
Coping with the latest pension scandal.(pension mis-selling investigation in the United Kingdom)Business 
Coporate bond funds juggle risk and reward.(United Kingdom corporate bond personal equity plans)Business 
Copper-bottomed homes for your farthings.(investing in guaranteed and protected equity products; includes related notes)Business 
Corporate bonds - the full story on Peps.(United Kingdom corporate bonds and personal equity plans; includes related notes)Business 
Counting on growth.(performance of Abacus Recruitment)Business 
Countryside properties.(performance of Countryside Properties)Business 
Courtaulds acts at last.(performance of Courtaulds stocks)Business 
Credibility pays.(United Kingdom iterest rates and stock prices)Business 
Credit cards: your guide to fees, cashback and bonus points.(United Kingdom credit cards; includes related notes)Business 
Crest offers an improved package.(performance of Crest Packaging)Business 
Crisis benefits.(Japanese bond market)Business 
Croda International.(performance of Croda International)Business 
Curiosity's the key for CATs.(United Kingdom standards for individual savings accounts)BusinessSheila Nicoll
Currencies and competition may squeeze lofty rating.(performance of Pressac)Business 
Customer base is key to defence.(Quebecor bid for Watmough)BusinessMark Ovell
Cut-price luxury.(performance of Cliveden)Business 
Cut the frills to keep dealing costs down.(using low-cost stockbrokers in the United Kingdom; includes related notes)Business 
Cutting a swathe through the mortgage maze.(taking out a mortgage in the United Kingdom; includes related notes)Business 
Dairy Crest.(performance of Dairy Crest)Business 
Damned if they do, damned if they don't. (mixed views about Hong Kong stock market's performance)Business 
Danka Business Systems.(performance of Danka Business Systems)Business 
Dartmoor Investment Trust.(performance of Dartmoor Investment Trust)Business 
Decline and fall.(performance of pound sterling)Business 
Defending high values.(valuations of US equities)Business 
Defensive posture.(management buyouts and recession)BusinessRyan Robson
De Gruchy looks a tempting Jersey target.(performance of De Gruchy)Business 
Dennis waives the fare in Henlys takeover.(Henlys acquires Dennis)Business 
Desire tests the waters in the city.(Desire Petroleum stock flotation)Business 
Difficult market leaves shares bloodied on the ropes.(stock prices in 1998; includes related articles)Business 
Difficult to forecast weather action.(performance of Weather Action)Business 
Digital potential.(performance of Advanced Power Components)Business 
Dissatisfaction.(action of problems relating to personal equity plans)Business 
Diversification helps NWF get over BSE.(performance of NWF)Business 
Dobbies needs cash for growing market.(performance of Dobbies Garden Centres)Business 
Does MFR matter?(United Kingdom minimum funding requirements for pension funds; includes related notes)BusinessJohn Houseden
Doing the splits.(split capital investment trusts)BusinessPiers Currie
Don't let winter holiday insurance cost you an arms and a leg.(includes related notes)Business 
Door of opportunity.(performance of BLP)Business 
Doubts about the US economic miracle.(US unemployment, inflation and stock prices)Business 
Down, but not necessarily out. (with-profits bonds)Business 
Dreading going global.(gearing and United Kingdom investment trusts; include related notes)Business 
Drinking from the European cup.(law firms in Leeds, England)Business 
Duck, Coke's Russian anchor is still fizzing: Coca-Cola Beverages.(performance of Coca-Cola Beverages)Business 
Durlacher puts its faith in research.(performance of Durlacher)Business 
Each way bet.(Ladbroke may have to sell Coral Racing)Business 
Early days.(Hong Kong and Chinese stck prices)Business 
Eastern Europe.(investing in eastern Europe)BusinessLyn Strongin Dodds
Eastern Europe made easy.(investing in eastern Europe; includes related notes)Business 
Easynet puts its faith in corporate customers.(performance of Easynet)Business 
Eating-out boost.(performance of Brooks Service)Business 
Educating IFAs.(United Kingdom savings vehicles with tax advantages, and financial advisers)BusinessPamela Atherton
Electrocomponents.(performance of Electrocomponents)Business 
Electronics Boutique.(performance of Electronics Boutique)Business 
EMI.(possible bid for EMI)Business 
Emu to feather private client nests.(private banking and European monetary union)BusinessD.R. Gregg, S. Robins
End book-keeping hassles at the touch of a button.(using a computer package for money management; includes related notes)Business 
End of year report: must do better. (performance of tips recommended for 1997)Business 
Engineering.(United Kingdom engineering firms; includes related notes)Business 
Entente cordiale.(Decaux seeks to acquire More)Business 
Enterprise Oil.(performance of Enterprise Oil; includes related notes)Business 
Environmental criteria are no bar to profits.(performance of ethical funds)Business 
Epic recovery begins to take shape.(performance of Epic)Business 
Equities: the new paradigm or teetering on the edge?(United Kingdom stock prices)BusinessTim Ham
Equity investors face the issues of 1998.(United Kingdom economy and stock market)Business 
Estate of the nation.(United Kingdom real estate industry)BusinessAnne Steadman
EU levy worries.(performance of Partridge Fine Arts)Business 
Eurodis Electron.(performance of Euridis Electron)Business 
Euro express.(problems for United Kingdom investors seekingto buy mainland European stocks)Business 
Euroland's big adventure.(European monetary union; includes related notes)Business 
European ambitions.(performance of Fayrewood)Business 
European Motor.(performance of European Motor Holdings)Business 
Europe.(United Kingdom portfolio management and investing in mainland Europe)BusinessJuliet Cohn
Excellent value.(Christie Group)Business 
Exporters' pain.(pound sterling and United Kingdom exporters)Business 
Extra income in old age and providing for your heirs.(financial planning for widow aged 70-years-old)Business 
Face values.(United Kingdom stockbroking)BusinessAllan Anderson
Facility to grow.(performance of Bucknall)Business 
False hope of sterling bears.(United Kingdom interest rates and pound sterling)Business 
Feeling the pinch.(performance of Tie Rack)Business 
Fibernet still needs to justify its share price.(performance of Fibernet)Business 
Fidelity European Values investment trust.(profile of Fidelity European Values)(Company Profile)Business 
Fidelity gets Oeic blessing.(Fidelity to convert unit trusts to open-ended investment company)Business 
Fidelity investors stuck in transit and....(handling of closure of Fidelity stockbroker division in the United Kingdom; includes related article)Business 
Fired up.(performance of Fired Earth)Business 
Firestone looks as if it could sparkle.(performance of Firestone Diamonds)Business 
Fit for heroes.(opportunities in Asian real estate)Business 
FKI to turn corner.(performance of FKI)Business 
Flashes of genius.(biotechnology investment trusts)BusinessSophie Pender-Cudlip
Flexible friends that can prove confusing.(United Kingdom credit cards; includes related notes)Business 
Flexible mortgages for modern home buying.(United Kingdom mortgage market)Business 
Flextech.(performance of Flextech)Business 
Food for thought.(Hillsborough to shed three divisions)Business 
Football crazy.(perfomance of English National Investment Company)Business 
Football finances need tackling.(finances of United Kingdom soccer clubs)Business 
Footsie's fair value mystery.(United Kingdm stock market)Business 
Footsie's invisible defence.(United Kingdom stock prices)Business 
Footsie's nasty American import.(United Kingdom FTSE 100 index)Business 
Footsie's strange link with recession.(United Kingdom economy and stock market)Business 
Forget the present, think of the long term record.(performance of Alumasc)Business 
Forget toys, pick a fund this Christmas.(investing for children)Business 
Four cheers for Diageo.(performance of Diageo stocks)Business 
Fragile.(Hong Kong dollar and stock market)Business 
Framlington Health.(profile of Framlington Health)(Company Profile)Business 
Free lunch for no-brainers.(United Kingdom unit trusts)Business 
Friends Provident Stewardship unit trust.(profile of unit trust)(Company Profile)Business 
From bouncing baby to spoilt brat.(European monetary union)Business 
From defence to attack at GEC.(performance of GEC)Business 
From renter to rentier in one generation.(United Kingdom residential property as an investment; includes related notes)Business 
From the snows of Kilimanjaro.(investing in African and Middle Eastern markets; inclydes related article)Business 
Froth busting.(US Federal Reserve and the stock market)Business 
Full of East End promise.(real estate in the Docklands area of London, England)BusinessNeil Spence
Fulmar.(performance of Fulmar)Business 
Fund revolution.(European mutual funds increase in importance)Business 
Funds for all the family. (different sorts of personal equity plans)BusinessPhilip Thitchener
Future Integrated puts hotels back on line.(performance of Future Integrated Telephony)Business 
Gaining volumes.(performance of PWS)Business 
Gallaher.(performance of Gallaher; includes related articles)Business 
Gall Thomson on the lookout for acquisitions.(performance of Gall Thomson)Business 
Gambling on casinos and putting punters back into shape.(performance of Stakis)Business 
GEC under Sir Roger.(performance of GEC stock price)Business 
General retailers.(United Kingdom retail industry; includes related notes)Business 
George Wimpey.(performance of George Wimpey; includes related notes.)Business 
Germany's energy tax plans trigger a chemical reaction.(BASF could move operations away from Germany)Business 
Get stuck in.(performance of Oriental Restaurant)Business 
Getting its AITC together.(views of Association of Investment Trust Companies on United Kingdom plans for tax efficient savings and corporate governance)BusinessEleanor Burton
Getting the best from a difficult set up.(United Kingdom stock exchange electronic trading service; includes related notes)Business 
Getting to know EU.(major European companies)Business 
Getting what you pay for.(access to information on stock prices)BusinessMartin Stamp
Gilts enter uncharted waters.(United Kingdom government securities)Business 
Give credit where credit is due.(advice on borrowing in the United Kingdom; includes related notes)Business 
Giving to the world's poor.(changes in United Kingdom charity taxation)BusinessVicki Pulman
Glaxo Wellcome.(performance of Glaxo Wellcome; includes related article)Business 
Global peril in the US balance of payments.(impact of US current account deficit)Business 
Glossy future.(performance of Holmes and Marchant)Business 
Go-Ahead.(performance of Go-Ahead)Business 
Go for global.(global exposure through personal equity plans)BusinessJason Hollands
Going, going, gone by the board.(negotiations between corporate sellers and venture capitalists)BusinessJohn Singer
Golden shots.(investing in commodities as part of a wider portfolio)BusinessRobin Batchelor
Gone bottom fishing.(investment trusts specialising in emerging markets)BusinessKate Burgess
Grab a slice of the action.(performance of Ask Central)Business 
Graceful exits.(exits by venture capital companies)BusinessJanet Brooks
Greater focus on recurring revenues.(performance of IAF)Business 
Great Universal Stores(performance of Great Universal Stores; includes related notes)Business 
Green set to grow.(performance of White Young Green)Business 
Growing concerns.(management buyouts in mainland Europe)BusinessDamien Lane
Growth gone.(United Kingdom equities neasured by the FTSE 100 index)Business 
Growth in leisure.(performance of H Young)Business 
Growth rate slows.(performance of Whittard of Chelsea)Business 
Growth story based on paper.(performance of Wyndeham Press)Business 
GUS pounce gets big OK.(performance of Great Universal Stores stocks)Business 
GUS springs 1.6 billion pounds sterling bid.(Great Universal Stores bid for Argos)Business 
Hacas set to benefit from growth in social housing.(performance of Hacas)Business 
Half say sell BG.(performance of BG stocks)Business 
Halifax.(performance of Halifax)Business 
Halma defies its status as a faded star.(performance of Halma)Business 
Hard wearing.(performance of Howle)Business 
Hardy annuals at Lloyd's.(performance of Hardy Underwriting)Business 
Has Mr Hayami read Keynes?(Japanese monetary and fiscal policy)Business 
Hatching the Isa egg.(United Kingdom savings plans with tax advantages)BusinessPeter Shipp
Heal's bets on new sites.(performance of Heal's)Business 
Health care.(United Kingdom health care sector; includes related notes)(Industry Overview)Business 
Healthy returns from doctors' practices.(performance of Primary Health Properties)Business 
Heard the one about the Englishman, the Germans and the bourse?(developments in United Kingdom stock market)Business 
Hedge funds find new friends.(includes related notes)Business 
Hedge your bets.(hedging and overseas funds; includes related notes)Business 
Hercules limps away. (Hercules no longer willing to fight Ciba Speciality Chemicals for control of Allied Colloids)Business 
Hidden extras.(United Kingdom split-capital investment trusts)Business 
Hidden pension pitfalls for the unwary.(taking lump sums from final-salary pension schemes)Business 
Higher quality.(performance of Lambert Smith Hampton)Business 
High-flying service.(performance of Firth)Business 
High hopes for tool hire.(performance of Multi Equipment Rental)Business 
High-income funds with muscle power.(corporate bond personal equity plans)Business 
High margin products promise to relieve the pain of opiates.(performance of Meconic)Business 
High-rise rents.(commercial real estate in the Docklands area of London, England)BusinessPaul Rubie
High risk and reward at KS Biomedix.(performance of KS Biomedix)Business 
High street worries.(performance of Uno)Business 
Hill Samuel British.(profile of Hill Samuel British)Business 
HIP surgery may bring pain for investors.(changes to High Income Plan from Foreign and Colonial)Business 
Hi-Tech and old lace.(economy of Nottingham, England)BusinessLynn Hanna
Home-contents insurance for high rollers.(includes related notes)Business 
Honeycombe goes down a treat.(performance of Honeycombe Leisure)Business 
Hot property.(real estate market in Birmingham, England)BusinessChris Monk
Housebuilders on the edge.(United Kingdom house building industry)BusinessRoger Leboff
Housebuilders.(United Kingdom residential construction companies; includes related notes)(Industry Overview)Business 
Housing doctors.(performance of Primary Health Properties)Business 
How Emu means lower returns.(impact of European monetary union; includes related notes)Business 
How low charges beat high returns.(charges and pension investment)Business 
How the mighty can fall.(phenomenon of bank failures)BusinessJohn Adams, Jack Evans
How the star fund managers cope with falling share prices.(performance of selected United Kingdom funds)Business 
How to cash in on moneymakers' success.(investing in world financial stocks; includes related article)Business 
How to cash in on the rental boom.(investing in real estate to lease)Business 
How to insure yourself against the effects of the dreaded P45.(isurance against job loss; includes related notes)Business 
How to invest a nifty fifty.(investing fifty thousand pounds sterling)BusinessJonathan Day
How to join the European party.(investing in mainland European stocks for United Kingdom investors)Business 
How to postpone paying for Christmas.(credit cards, overdrafts and loans for United Kingdom consumers)Business 
How to protect your income from inflation in old age.Business 
How to quantify investment risk.Business 
How to save it.(need to write a will in the United Kingdom)Business 
How to stay ahead of a sneaky chancellor.(United Kingdom tax planning)Business 
Huge anti-cancer potential for Oxford Biomedica.(performance of Oxford Biomedica)Business 
ICI.(performance of ICI)Business 
ICI - still looking for the big bang.(performance of Imperial Chemical Industries)Business 
If Footsie falls....(United Kingdom stock prices)Business 
If the yen falls.(possible collapse of the Japanese yen)Business 
I'm all right, Jack.(employee stock ownership)Business 
Imperial Tobacco.(performance of Imperial Tobacco)Business 
Improved foundations.(performance of VHE)Business 
Income drawdown - a snip at 25,000 pounds sterling.(United Kingdom income drawdown schemes)Business 
Increasing service.(performance of Upton and Southern)Business 
In defence of speculators.(speculation and foreign exchange rates)Business 
Independent Insurance.(profile of Independent Insurance; inludes related notes)Business 
Index-linked records broken.(index-linked United Kingdom government securities)Business 
India take the slow train to the peaks.(India as an emerging market; includes related article)Business 
Infectious investments.(increasing importance of open-ended investment companies in the United Kingdom)BusinessElizabeth Budd
Inflation danger.(United Kingdom inflation and interest rates)Business 
Inflation-proofing.(buying an annuity with protection against inflation; includes related notes)Business 
Inflation threat.(Lombard Street Research's Tim Congdon's view of US inflation)Business 
Inflation threat.(United Kingdom inflation and interest rates)Business 
Information technology.(performance of information technology sector; includes related notes)(Industry Overview)Business 
Information technology.(performance of information technology sector; includes related notes)(Industry Overview)Business 
In search of the smoking gun.(US interest rates and asset price inflation)Business 
Insurance at Lloyd's.(profile of Lloyd's of London; includes related notes)Business 
Insurers - the big savings lie.(investment plans from United Kingdom insurers; includes related article)Business 
Inter Link Foods is on a roll.(performance of Inter Link Foods)Business 
Internet target.(performance of Gresham Computing)Business 
Internetting the profits. (distribution of share price information on Internet)Business 
In the doghouse.(Japanese economic policy and economic growth)Business 
Invesco English and International Investment Trust.(prfile of Invesco English and International Investment Trust)(Company Profile)Business 
Investing for income.BusinessRollo Duckworth
Investing internationally: overview (benefits of international diversification)BusinessLynn Strongin Dodds
Investment potential.(performance of Hunters Armley)Business 
Investment trusts that have what it takes. (tips for best performing investment trusts in United Kingdom in 1998)Business 
Investors count the cost of Asian crisis. (review of WM Co private-client benchmark figures)Business 
Investors' tax-free armoury.(investors and tax planning in the United Kingdom; includes related article)Business 
In whose interests?(interests involved in management buyouts)BusinessFrank Harris
Irish cash offers an easy escape route.(advice to British Dredging stockholders)Business 
Is your pension keeping good company?(United Kingdom employee pensions; includes related article)Business 
It's a market, but not as we know it.(regulation of United Kingdom electricity market; includes related articles)Business 
It's enough to make anyone faint. (investing in biotechnology sector)Business 
It's good to talk.(Manchester, England, as a regional legal center)BusinessIan Moore
It's hard to shake off that sinking feeling.(performance of stock prices and the United Kingdom stock market)Business 
It won't sink in until it sinks.(small investors and drops in stock prices)Business 
Jackson gets on track.(performance of Jackson)Business 
Jam tommorrow.(United Kingdom Budget)Business 
Jardinerie Interiors set to bloom.(performance of Jardinerie Interiors)Business 
JJS Sports.(performance of JJB Sports)Business 
Jumping into profit.(performance of Toad)Business 
Jupiter Income unit trust.(performance of Jupiter Income)Business 
Keen for a new start.(performance of Torday and Carlisle)Business 
Keeping a tight rein on baby.(performance of Mayborn)Business 
Keeping its powder dry.(United Kingdom interest rate policy)Business 
Kingfisher drills into French DIY market.(Castorama to be merged with B and Q)Business 
Kingfisher.(performance of Kingfisher; includes related notes)Business 
Knife falls on non-taxpayers''s income.(United Kingdom dividend tax credit changes)Business 
Land a profitable trip to the countryside.(performance of Countryside Properties)Business 
Lasmo.(performance of Lasmo; includes related notes)Business 
Last chance for Danka.(performance of Danka)Business 
Learning the lessons of investment history.(stockmarket trends and investment theories)Business 
Leisure attractions.(performance of Waterfall)Business 
Let me buy you out of your misery. (buy-out offers)Business 
Letting nothing go to waste.(performance of Greenway)Business 
Life assurance.(United Kingdom life insurance industry)(Industry Overview)Business 
Liffe's support system.(Liffe develops new technology)BusinessNick Bramley
LIMIT.(performance of LIMIT)Business 
Lloyds after a one-fifth dip.(performance of Lloyds TSB stock price)Business 
London and Edinburgh hopes to fulfil its promise.(performance of London and Edinburgh Publishing)Business 
London Bridge Software.(performance of London Bridge Software)Business 
London's parks fall into private hands.(Cardington has rights to develop parks' commercial potential in London, England)Business 
Long-term winners.(investment trusts as long-term investments)BusinessAlex Gowans
Look before you leap.(taking the decision of becoming the trustee of a charity)Business4th Earl of Dunmore
Looking a bit brighter.(7erformance of Stordata Solutions)Business 
Looking for a Rambo.(rescues and management buyouts in the United Kingdom)BusinessChris Mallon
Looking good for oil tankers.(performance of Seascope Shipping)Business 
Looking more appetising.(performance of Gowrings)Business 
Looking to expand.(performance of Chieftain)Business 
Looking up.(Russian financial markets)Business 
Lost property?BusinessSusan Sims
Low price fashion.(performance of Forminster)Business 
Lucky and growing.(performance of Boxmore)Business 
Magazine midget with big ideas.(performance of Highbury House)Business 
Make good use of this breathing space.(tax planning after the United Kingdom Mar 1998 Budget; includes related notes)Business 
Make pension provision your top priority.(financial planning for a divorced woman)Business 
Make provisions while you still can.(cover for long term care in the United Kingdom)Business 
Make the most of merger mania.(United Kingdom stockholders benefit from acquisitions and mergers)Business 
Make your income grow and grow.(income growth investment funds, includes list of best funds)Business 
Making a mint from technofear.(profile of Computacenter)(Company Profile)Business 
Making cash out of paper.(performance of Salehurst)Business 
Managers on parade.(selecting a portfolio manager)BusinessPeter Hillier
M and G Dividend Fund.(profile of M and G Dividend Fund)Business 
M and S doesn't need Mr Magic.(investment style using Marks and Spencer as an example)Business 
M and S outlays observed.(performance of Marks and Spencer stocks)Business 
Man U a win, say brokers.(performance of Manchester United stocks)Business 
Margin by design.(performance of Essex Furniture)Business 
Market Link seeks new niche.(performance of Market Link)Business 
Market not tuned in to independent radio.(performance of Independent Radio Group)Business 
Marks and Spencer.(performance of Marks and Spencer; includes related articles)Business 
Marks and Spencer UK Selection Portfolio unit trust.(profile of unit trust)Business 
Marston, Thompson and Evershed.(performance of Marston, Thompson and Evershed)Business 
Mass exodus at National Savings.(National Savings loses investors)Business 
Matrix looks for a way forward.(performance of Matrix Healthcare)Business 
Maximise your tax savings on pensions and investments.(financial planning and saving for retirement)Business 
Mayflower poses menace to Dennis.(Mayflower bid for Dennis)Business 
Measuring success.(performance of Servomex)Business 
Medeva has cures to bring a recovery.(performance of Medeva)Business 
Media.(United Kingdom media industry; includes related articles)(Industry Overview)Business 
Medisys's US expansion.(performance of Medisys)Business 
MEPC.(performance of MEPC)Business 
Merger on the grapevine.(Thresher and Victoria Wines to be merged)Business 
Merits of a simple policy.(investment policy of college at Cambridge University, England; includes related notes)Business 
Method amid the madness.(performance of Dolphin Packaging)Business 
Micro Focus gets tooled up in the US.(Micro Focus to but Intersolv)Business 
Micro Focus.(performance of Micro Focus)Business 
Mind the gap.(Japanese economy and stock prices)Business 
Mining.(trends affecting mining industry; includes related articles)(Industry Overview)Business 
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest tracker of them all?(United Kingdom tracker funds; includes related notes)Business 
Mirror.(performance of Mirror)Business 
Mixed appeal.(benefits and costs of United Kingdom funds of funds)BusinessJohn Husselbee
Molins.(performance of Molins; includes related notes)Business 
Monsoon soon fizzles out.(stock flotation of Monsoon)Business 
More fish to fry.(performance of Winchester Entertainment)Business 
More than a matter of interest.(factors to bear in mind when selecting a tax-exempt special savings account in the United Kingdom)Business 
Morgan Sindall.(performance of Morgan Sindall)Business 
Moribund Japan.(Japanese stock market and economic policy)Business 
Moving with the market.(successful smaller companies from the Midlands region of England)BusinessStephen Williams
Mr Brown's dilemma.(United Kingdom and European monetary union)Business 
Mr Brown squirms, gilts relax.(United Kingdom government borrowing and government securities)Business 
Nasdaq - another American gigolo?(investing in Nasdaq stocks)Business 
National Power.(performance of National Power; includes related notes)Business 
NatWest Smaller Companies Investment Trust.(performance of NatWest Smaller Companies Investment Trust)Business 
New age dealing.(electronic buying and selling of unit trusts)BusinessLewis McNaught
New break.(performance of Break for the Border)Business 
New environment.(performance of Environmental Property Services)Business 
New factory adds promise to John Lewis of Hungerford.(performance of John Lewis of Hungerford)Business 
New ICI in favour.(forecasts for performance of ICI stocks)Business 
New reference points.(performance of Bloomsbury Publishing)Business 
Newton Income.(performance of Newton Income)Business 
New workwear design.(performance of Alexandra)Business 
Next is past its sell-by date.(forecasts for Next stocks)Business 
Next.(performance of Next; includes related notes)Business 
No danger.(United Kingdom interest rates)Business 
No easy answer in cheap Peps.(hidden costs)Business 
No easy answers in cheap Peps.(United Kingdom personal equity plans; includes related notes)Business 
No end in sight.(Japanese stock prices)Business 
No flies in the industry soup.(United Kingdom tourist industry)BusinessDerek Taylor
No more jobs for life in Japan.(performance of Coutts Consulting)Business 
No re-run.(Top 20 US stocks and comparisons with the 1970s)Business 
Norflute potential.(performance of Norcor)Business 
No rise needed.(United Kingdom interest rates)Business 
Northern Recruitment.(performance of Northern Recruitment)Business 
No takers.(Indonesian economic policy and stock market)Business 
Not gambling, just hedging your bets.(investing in derivatives in the United Kingdom; includes related notes)Business 
Not off the hook.(Asian financial crisis)Business 
Not so simple.(tracking methods used by tracker funds)BusinessSteve Moore
Not such a single market.(cross-border transactions in Europe)BusinessPeter Jacobs, John Dwyer
Not such wild things after all.(hedge funds; includes related article)Business 
No worries.(US interest rate policy)Business 
Numbers up.(United Kingdom cable TV industry)Business 
Odd accounting policies prompt second thoughts.(performance of Sinclair Montrose)Business 
Offshore - tax haven or hiding to nothing?(offshore trusts for United Kingdom investors; includes related article)Business 
Off the floor.(performance of Gaskell)Business 
Ofwat muddies the water.(United Kingdom water utility regulation, includes related article)BusinessCaroline Haswell
Oil exploration and production.(includes related notes)(Industry Overview)Business 
Old aims, new style.(goals of investment portfolio)Business 
Old English Pub Co.(performance of Old English Pub Co.)Business 
On a wave.(performance of Cosalt)Business 
One for the long term.(performance of BTG)Business 
One gamble always worth taking.(United Kingdom life assurance and financial planning)Business 
One to keep an eye on.(performance of Real Time Control)Business 
On-line portfolio services for 10 pounds sterling a month.(Charles Schwab and Reuters offer new service to investors)Business 
On the trail of traditional options.(investing in options)Business 
Ooh - it'll cost you mate.(investing in mainland European stocks)Business 
Options: the investor's friend.(using options as investment tools; includes related notes)Business 
Out of its wheelchair.(performance of Eadie)Business 
Packaged out.(Japanese fiscal policy and market reactions)Business 
Paper and packaging.(paper and packaging sector; includes related article)(Industry Overview)Business 
Patience.(value of pound sterling)Business 
Peak practice.(United Kingdom management buy-outs)BusinessTom Lamb
Pennon.(performance of Pennon)Business 
Pension reform: the facts so far.(United Kingdom pension reform; includes related articles)Business 
Pensions investment dilemma.(United Kingdom with-profits funds for pensions; includes related notes)Business 
Pensions - more than a question of timing.(United Kingdom pensions and annuities)Business 
Pensions with principles.(ethical pension funds in the United Kingdom)BusinessKaren Eldridge
Pent-up anger in vain.(Sibir reverse takeover of Pentex)Business 
Pep fund performance.(performance of funds that can be placed in United Kingdom personal equity plans; includes related statistical tables on fund performance)Business 
Peps' long swan song.(United Kingdom personal equity plans)Business 
Perpetual High Income unit trust.(profile of Perpetual High Income)(Company Profile)Business 
Perpetual.(performance of Perpetual)Business 
Persimmon.(performance of Persimmon)Business 
Personal Number expands its offering.(performance of Personal Number)Business 
Personal pensions off the shelf.(includes related advice notes)Business 
Personal pensions score a direct hit.(choosing a personal pension)Business 
Pharmaceuticals.(performance of pharmaceutical industry; includes related notes)(Industry Overview)Business 
Phillips and Drew gets angry.(Phillips and Drew Fund Management becomes more active)Business 
Phoenix swoops on the UK.(Phoenix UK Fund)Business 
Photobition.(performance of Photobition)Business 
Photocopier breakdown.(performance of Eurocopy)Business 
Phytopharm.(performance of Phytopharm)Business 
Picking the best of the promise keepers.(guaranteed equity funds)Business 
Picking winners from the infotech services sector.(includes related notes)BusinessOliver Williams
Pick of the bunch.(performance of Kunick)Business 
Pilkington.(performance of Pilkington)Business 
Plan details.(survey of United Kingdom personal equity plans; includes related statistical tables on plan details)Business 
Plans for the future.(tax relief for United Kingdom pension plans)BusinessElspeth May
Plug in and deal.(internet dealing in stocks for United Kingdom investors)BusinessLynne Strongin Dodds
Pooling resources to beat the market. (stock market investment through investment clubs)(includes details of investment club created by lawyer Mark Goodson in Nov 1994)Business 
Portfolio options.(using options in an investment portfolio)BusinessJames Bateman
Portfolio pathfinders.(access to information on stockportfolios using the internet)BusinessJames Jones
Pot luck fund killed off.(Conroy Industries scheme closed down)Business 
Pot of gold.(performance of Portmeiron Potteries)Business 
Powerful, not boring.(performance of PowerGen)Business 
Powering ahead.(performance of BCH)Business 
PPS vs Peps.(investing in pensions and personal equity plans)BusinessRobert Budden
Pre-Isa accounts that jump the gun. (early offerings of United Kingdom indvidual savings accounts)Business 
Pre-launch look at Sky.(performance of British Sky Broadcasting stocks)Business 
Premier furnishing brands.(performance of Colefax and Fowler)Business 
Pre-wrapped bonds.(United Kingdom corporate bond persoal equity plans; includes related notes)Business 
Private functions.(private client work carried out by law firms in Leeds, England)Business 
Private investors left out in the cold.(discrimination against private investors in stocks in the United Kingdom)Business 
Profit collapse is a portent urging caution.(profits and stock prices in the United Kingdom and US)Business 
Profit hit.(United Kingdom minimum wage)Business 
Profiting from Asia's problems.(performance of High-Point Rendel)Business 
Profiting from phone lines.(performance of IMS)Business 
Profiting from powders.(performance of UCM)Business 
Promised land.(NatWest Markets view of financial markets in 1998)Business 
Property.(United Kingdom real estate industry; includes related notes)Business 
Property will play a big part in Bickerton's future.(performance of Bickerton)Business 
Providers of the future.(United Kingdom lifestyle pensions)BusinessPhilip Christison
Providing for your children whatever the future holds.(financial planning for couple with children)Business 
Pub brand goes for growth.(performance of Slug and Lettuce)Business 
Putting spare cash aside for a rainy day.(financial planning for retired couple)Business 
Quadrant Healthcare.(performance of Quadrant Healthcare)Business 
Quality skills.(performance of T Clarke)Business 
Quick profits from shell takeovers. (investing in shell companies)BusinessAndrew Hore, Roger Richards
Race against time.(investors warned against Asian markets)Business 
Racing ahead.(performance of Brands Hatch Leisure)Business 
Railtrack link-linked.(performance of Railtrack stocks)Business 
Raising its sights.(performance of Hewetson)Business 
Rapid progress. (Tamaris)Business 
Raven might rise from the ashes.(Card Clear former director could be reinstated)BusinessRoger Richards
Ready for take off.(performance of Air London International)Business 
Real trouble.(possible devakuation of the Brazilian real)Business 
Record breaker.(US stock prices)Business 
Record breaking.(Japanese bond market)Business 
Recruitment.(United Kingdom recruitment industry; includes related notes)(Industry Overview)Business 
Redeeming features.(redemptions of United Kingdom unit trusts)BusinessRichard Eats
Red-eye letter day.(changes to Northern Rock accounts)Business 
Reform on the way.(United Kingdom investment trusts)Business 
Regaining its shine.(performance of Frederick Cooper)Business 
Regional newspapers.(United Kingdom regional newspapers; includes related notes)(Industry Overview)Business 
Rental relief.(Momura International bid for Thorn)Business 
Repairing a dented reputation.(performance of Universal Salvage)Business 
Requiem for a huntin', shootin' and fishin' family firm.(Slough Estates seeks to acquire Bilton)Business 
Re-rating is imminent.(performance of Dialog Corp)Business 
Resilient carpets here and down under.(performance of Victoria)Business 
Resilient legal stationery.(performance of Stat-Plus)Business 
Retail banks.(UNited Kingdom retail banks; includes related notes)(Industry Overview)Business 
Retail sales: no problem.(United Kingdom retail sales and interest rate policy)Business 
Revealing its true strength.(performance of Ferraris)Business 
Review of the year - how 1998 shaped up for investors.Business 
Rhodes to profit.(Filtronic Comtek to acquire Filtronic Cable and Filtronic Holdings)Business 
Rich pickings for retirement.(United Kingdom retirement planning and tax; includes related article)Business 
Riding the tiger.(Japanese economy)Business 
R is for revolution, roubles and risk.(investing in Russia)Business 
Rising on the back of Ford.(performance of Dagenham Motors)Business 
Risk matters.(European stock prices)Business 
Risky gains for top rate taxpayers. (United Kingdom venture capital companies; includes related article)Business 
Rivals bury the hatchet.(BT JV with AT and T; includes related article)Business 
RMC.(performance of RMC)Business 
RM.(performance of RM)Business 
Roller-coaster.(Russian stock market)Business 
Royal and Sun Alliance.(performance of Royal and Sun Alliance)Business 
Royal Bank of Scotland. (share performance)(includes profile of chief executive George Mathewson)Business 
Running cash.(cash in pension fund portfolios)BusinessAlan Chacon
Safeguard your income with illness and health insurance.(personal finance advice)Business 
Safestore builds its position in the storage market.(performance of Safestore)Business 
Safety first proves a good way to inflate a share price.(performance of Wardle Storeys)Business 
Saltire's preference problem.(performance of Saltire)Business 
Same story, different results.(United Kingdom split capital investment trusts)Business 
Sanctuary's new vision.(performance of Sanctuary)Business 
Satellite positioning.(United Kingdom pension funds seek to control and monitor risk)BusinessAnthea Nugent
Savers have nothing to lose but their chains.(traps for unwary savers and investors in the United Kingdom financial services industry)Business 
Savings accounts - don't drop your guard.(United Kingdom savings accounts; includes related notes)Business 
Scaredy-cat investors snap up guarantees.(United Kingdom capital-protected funds; includes related article)Business 
Scent of a recovery.(performance of CPL Aromas)Business 
Scotia.(performance of Scotia Holdings and attractions of bond)Business 
Scrips: the last of a dying breed.(United Kingdom scrip facilities for small investors; includes related article)Business 
Secure future.(performance of Reliance Security)Business 
Seeking reasons to be cheerful in interest rate cuts.(impact of drop in US interest rates, and other factors affecting financial markets)Business 
Selecting for growth.(investing for growth)BusinessRichard Onslow
Selective reasoning.(options for United Kingdom investors seeking an income)BusinessPhilip Thitchener
Self assured.(United Kingdom self-invested personal pensions; includes related notes)BusinessMathew Craig
Self sufficiency.(business planning and United Kingdom self-invested personal pensions)BusinessLaurence Rose, Gary Thorneycroft
Sema.(performance of Sema; includes related notes)Business 
Semple's not-so-simple virtues.(performance of Semple Cochrane)Business 
Service and returns, discretion guaranteed.(assessing portfolio managers)Business 
Services lead the way at Computerland.(performance of Computerland)Business 
Service with a smile, and a certificate.(training and recruitment in United Kingdom hotels)BusinessDavid Wood
Set for a London lift-off.(Ryanair plans listing in London, England)Business 
Set to fly.(performance of Apollo Metals)Business 
Set your rate today for more jam tomorrow.(United Kingdom fixed rate savings products; includes related notes)Business 
Shaftesbury.(performance of Shaftesbury PLC)Business 
Shareholders deserve better.(Lonrho Africa stockholders to vote on board members)Business 
Shares for sale: one careful owner. (buying new company stocks in the United Kingdom)Business 
Shell's restructuring assessed.(performance of Shell stock price)Business 
Shield's big deal.(performance of Shield Diagnostics)Business 
Shift to renting.(performance of City North)Business 
Shining prospect.(performance of Abbeycrest)Business 
Shock tactics.(PowerGen acquires East Midlands Electricity)Business 
Shop for pensions the easy way.(UNited Kingdim unit and investment trust pensions; includes related notes)Business 
Shrewd moves in the gift department.(ways to reduce inheritance tax liabilities in the United Kingdom; includes related article)Business 
Sibir soars in Siberia.(performance of Sibir Energy)Business 
Sidestep the traps for the best savings deal.(United Kingdom savings accounts and pitfalls to beware of)Business 
Siebe.(performance of Siebe; includes related article)Business 
Signposts on the road to a higher income.(investing for an income)Business 
Silver service companies.(medium-sized companies in northern England)BusinessGraeme Summers
Singlehanded across the Atlantic.(ECsoft adds quote from London Stock Exchange)Business 
Sira cleans up in big business deals.(performance of Sira Business Services)Business 
Sitting ducks at 20 pounds sterling a thousand.(penny stock brokers obtain information on potential investors)Business 
Six easy ways to stash cash.(United Kingdom savings rates)Business 
Sketchley.(performance of Sketchley)Business 
Slowdown.(NatWest Markets forecast for the United Kingdom economy)Business 
Small charities stock up.(investments by charities in stock market)BusinessLaura Noble
Small is beautiful in the world of Tessas.(United Kingdom tax-exempt special savings accounts)Business 
Small packages.(funds specialising in smaller companies)BusinessStuart Sharp
Small wonders.(small firms in Scotland)Business 
Smart distribution and upward mobility.(performance of Intercare)Business 
Smooth operators.(traded endowments for lower risk investors)BusinessMorris Bisdee
Societies debate mortgage deal.(redemption penalties may be banned for United Kingdom mortgages)Business 
So farewell then, BES.(last UK Business Enterprise Schemes reach maturity)BusinessTony Lyons
Solid story at Lloyds.(performance of Lloyds TSB stocks)Business 
Solve your current account misery.(United Kingdom checking accounts; includes related notes)Business 
Some myths about US mutual funds.Business 
Some safe Plan Bs for family savings.(saving for an income in the United Kingdom)Business 
Some unpleasant Japanese lessons.(Japanese fiscal policy and economic growth)Business 
Sort out your life insurance worries with a super-cheap term deal.(includes related notes)Business 
Sourcing growth. (Deltron Electronics)Business 
South west bargain.(performance of EBC)Business 
South West Water.Business 
Special effects.(usage of specialist funds by pension fund managers)BusinessRobin Geffen
Speculating on biotechs.(United Kingdom biotechnology companies)Business 
Spring Ram.(performance of Spring Ram; includes related notes)Business 
Spring relief.(United Kingdom stock market)Business 
Stabilising.(Goldman Sachs view of impact of Asian financial crisis)Business 
Stagecoach.(performance of Stagecoach; includes related notes)Business 
Staged performance.(United Kingdom personal equity plans)BusinessAlistair Fraser
Star qualities.(choosing a pension fund manager)BusinessMatthew Craig
Steer clear of the life insurers' hall of fame.(lessons from United Kingdom pensions mis-selling scandal)Business 
Stepping out of Wall Street's shadow.(link between performance of the United Kingdom stock exchange and Wall Street)Business 
Sterling's double surprises.(performance of pound sterlig and the UK economy)Business 
Sticking to knitting.(performance of Sanderson)Business 
Still battling for savers and borrowers.(competition between banks and building societies in the United Kingdom)BusinessStavroula Chorinou
Still growling.(Russian stock prices and political developments)Business 
Still looking good.(United Kingdom commercial real estate)Business 
Still on the drawing board.(United Kingdom plans for stakeholder pensions)Business 
Still time to benefit from Tessas.(United Kingdom savings accounts with tax benefits; includes related notes)Business 
Still time to gamble on windfalls.(building societies which may convert to become banks)Business 
Stocking stuffers to unwrap a child's early savings habit.(United Kingdom savings products for children; includes related notes)Business 
Strength at the heart.(medium companies in the Midlands region of England)BusinessRichard Swindells
Strength in numbers.(companies in the north of England)BusinessDavid King
Strength in numbers?(group personal pensions)BusinessTom Powdrill
Striking a balance.(role of bonds in investment portfolios)BusinessPeter Ainsworth
Strong base.(performance of Galliford)Business 
Strong underlying performance.(performance of Thomas Locker)Business 
Stuck in the slow lane. (DC Cook)Business 
Stylish prospect.(performance of Wensum)Business 
Sucralose success no short-term sweetener.(performance of Tate and Lyle)Business 
Sweeter taste.(performance of Treatt PLC)Business 
Swings and roundabouts.(welfare reform and tax changes in the United Kingdom)Business 
Switched on.(performance of GET)Business 
Take another look at gearing.(corporate gearing and leases)Business 
Take up your Tessa rights before the axe falls.(United Kingdom savings accounts with tax benefits; includes related notes)Business 
Taking a bit of a battering.(performance of Harry Ramsden's)Business 
Taking a Sip.(self-invested personal pensions in the United Kingdom)BusinessMathew Craig
Taking centre stage.(using mid-priced investment software)BusinessLarry Levy
Taking guard.(Rolfe and Nolan stockholders offered deal by SunGard Data Systems)Business 
Taking income from capital.(equity income funds)BusinessPeter Edwards
Talking telephone numbers.(TeleWest stockholders have opportunity to sell)Business 
Tarnished silver for the magpies.(performance of Newcastle United)Business 
Tattered garments.(performance of Claremont Garments)Business 
Tax breaks galore - if you're happy with the extra risk.(tax benefits of venture capital trusts; includes related notes)Business 
Tax deadlines are looming.(deadlines for United Kingdom taxpayers)Business 
Taxing times for corporate bonds.(European Union tax plans for corporate bonds; includes related article)Business 
Tax shelters: your questions answered.Business 
Tax - ways to be top of the form.(dealing with United Kingdom tax returns; includes related articles)Business 
Technically undervalued.(performance of Intereurope technology services)Business 
Teetering on the brink.(Japanese stock market)Business 
Telecoms.(overview of telecoms industry; includes related notes)(Industry Overview)Business 
Tessas still offer a route to value.(tax-exempt special savings accounts, includes details of best Tessa providers)Business 
Tessas still trumps.(United Kingdom tax-exempt special savings accounts)Business 
That Furbs feeling.(United Kingdom Funded Unapproved Retirement Benefit Schemes)BusinessPhilip Beale
The ABC of digital and interactive TV.(includes related article)BusinessIan Gosling
The alternative guide to company meetings.(annual general meetings for stockholders)Business 
The Bank of England's knowledge gap.(inflation and the economy)Business 
The Bank's interest rate dilemma.(interest rate policy of Bank of England)Business 
The beginning of the end for gilts. (United Kingdom government securities)Business 
The benefits of low investment.(investment, profits and the interests of stockholders)Business 
The best of both worlds.(tax changes and funding requirements affecting pensions in the United Kingdom)BusinessMike Denham
The bin-man cometh.(public sector pension fund managers in the United Kingdom; includes related notes)BusinessEdward Dimbylow
The case against index-linked gilts.(index-linked government securities)Business 
The charity franchise.(Crisis charity uses franchise concept)BusinessPeter Carty
The corporate line.(coporate bond personal equity plans)BusinessP. Reed
The dangers in low dividend yields. (stock dividend yields)Business 
The dangers of a falling pound.(productivity, inflation, and the value of pound sterling)Business 
The dangers of being in an overcrowded market.(performance of Blacks Leisure)Business 
The dawn of interactivity. (interactive online dealing in personal equity plans and unit trusts)BusinessAndrea Page
The day in the life of a market maker.(United Kingdom market makers; includes related article)BusinessMiles Nolan
The dollar's worrying silence.Business 
The dubious charms of cheap equities. (US equity prices may not rise)Business 
The easy way to invest overseas.(investing in American depository receipts)Business 
The equity risk of the single currency.(European monetary union and stock markets)Business 
The European map.(management buyouts in Europe)BusinessHans Bruining, Philippe Desbrieres, Mark Wright, Maurizio Carulli, Mark Albrighton, Doris Schmidt
The exodus that never happened.BusinessChris Wright
The export mystery.(United Kingdom exports)Business 
The Far East.(investing in the Far East)BusinessStuart Fieldhouse
The First Ireland Investment Company.(profile of First Ireland Investment Company)(Company Profile)Business 
The Footsie can rise, but the ride won't be smooth.(United Kingdom stock market, western Europe and the US)Business 
The Footsie's false friend comes back.(liquidity and United Kingdom stock prices)Business 
The Footsie's quiet divorce.(United Kingdom stocks uncouple from government securities)Business 
The fruitless search for value.(benchmarks for valuing stocks)Business 
The generation game.(possible changes to United Kingdom inheritance tax)BusinessNicholas Acomb
The ghost of Fawlty Towers.(United Kingdom hotel industry)BusinessJonathan Langston
The green machine.(United Kingdom ethical investment)BusinessPamela Atherton
The incestuous world of split-capital trusts.Business 
The jewel in the investment crown.(European stock prices)Business 
The long-term charms of equities.(benefits of investing in equities)Business 
The message from the gilt market.(United Kingdom stock market and government securities' yields)Business 
The middle ground.(medium firms in Scotland)BusinessAlan Collins
The most wonderful time of year.(performance of stock prices in the month of January)Business 
The music of the future.(online music sales)BusinessAlicia Clegg
The name's bond, with-profits bond. (investing in with-profits bonds; includes related notes)Business 
The next base rate question.(United Kingdom interest rates)Business 
The old lady's pounding headache.(United Kingdom interest rate policy)Business 
The pause that refreshes.(European economy and stock prices)Business 
The people's savings account.(history of United Kingdom schemes to encourage people on low incomes to save; includes related notes)Business 
The price to pay for protection from the market.(guaranteed funds; includes related notes)Business 
The problems with index-linked gilts.(United Kingdom government securities)Business 
The rationality in volatility.(investor rationality and stock price volatility)Business 
The real interest rate puzzle.(United Kingdom and world interest rates)Business 
The real problem with gilts.(United Kingdom government securities)Business 
The real reasons for Footsie's budget apathy.(United Kingdom large company stock prices)Business 
The reward for risk on Wall Street. (risk and rewards for investing in stocks)Business 
The rewards for earnings risk.(United Kingdom stock prices and corporate earnings)Business 
The risk business.(bull markets and attitudes to risk)Business 
The risk may be low, but you could still end up in with-profits bondage.(United Kingdom with-profits bonds; includes related notes)Business 
The sharpest deals for your Pep swan song.(UNited Kingdom personal equity plans)Business 
The silver lining on Asian clouds.(Asian economic crisis and Wall Street)Business 
The spectre of defaltion.(possible US deflation)Business 
The St Leger day debate.(United Kingdom stock market)Business 
The strange allure of January.(performance of the stock market in January)Business 
The unspeakable case against a rate rise.(United Kingdom interest rate policy)Business 
The wrath of Kane.(Business Post boss, Mick Jones, leaves the company)Business 
Three scenarios.(Japanese stock market)Business 
Tigers eat their tails.(funds investing in Asia and Indonesian stock price falls)Business 
Time and tide....(invetsment trust savings schemes; includes related performance tables)BusinessLynn Stroingin Dodds
Time to abolish commissions.(United Kingdom plans reform of pensions)Business 
Time to do your homework.(research for stock market investors)Business 
Time to go bananas over Ugland.(performance of Ugland International)Business 
Time to join the Latin American carnival.(investment opportunities in Latin America; includes related article)Business 
Tips of the week; Rio Tinto.Business 
Tips on value for your money.(choosing good investments)Business 
To confused to choose.(United Kingdom personal pensions)BusinessRobert Budden
Too many mishaps undermine quality credentials.(performance of Westminster Healthcare)Business 
Top deals formaking the most of big gains.(capital gains tax planning; includes related article and related notes)Business 
Top notch options.(using high-priced investment software from the United Kingdom)BusinessLarry Levy
Top rates for early mortgage repayment.(mortgage repayments as an investment)Business 
Torex hits it off with retailers.(performance of Torex)Business 
To the rescue.(world petroleum prices and agreement to reduce production)Business 
Touch and go for the Japanese economy.(Japanese fiscal policy and economic problems)Business 
Tough times ahead.(performance of Walker, Crips, Weddle and Beck)Business 
Trackers to avoid.(investing in tracker funds)Business 
Tracking funds - time for a spring clean.(United Kingdom tracking funds)Business 
Trader secrets.(traded options)Business 
Transformed fortunes.(performance of Ring)Business 
Transport.(United Kingdom transportation industry; includes related articles)(Industry Overview)Business 
Trials and tribulations.(Japanese stock market and yen)Business 
Tricks of the trust trade.(trusts and tax planning in the United Kingdom; includes related article)Business 
Tried and tested.(invesment trusts for United Kingdom investors)BusinessLynne Sellers
Trouble ahead.(United Kingdom banking industry)Business 
Trusts put their faith in buy-backs.(United Kingdom investment trusts; includes related notes)Business 
Turning the corner.(performance of Electronic Data Process)Business 
Twelve more busy months for savers and investors.(1998 calendar for United Kingdom investors and savers)Business 
Twin hurdles.(millennium and European monetary union affect global custody market)BusinessSteve Fenton
Two races.(measures needed to tackle Asian financial crisis)Business 
Umbrella stand.(United Kingdom unit trusts and open-ended investment companies)BusinessMike Grimble
Unbolting value.(performance of SEP Industrials)Business 
Underperforming companies should watch out.(stockholder value and corporate governance)BusinessJames Peggie
U News gets approval.(stock price performance of United News and Media)Business 
Unloved and misunderstood?(smaller firms in Northern England)BusinessPhilip Evans
Unrealistic.(Pacific Rim stock prices)Business 
Unrecognised quality.(performance of Litho Supplies)Business 
Unwanted Names.(Cox seeks to buy out Lloyd's of London Names)Business 
Up for sale.(performance of Wilshaw)Business 
Upmarket jewellery loses its glitter.(performance of Theo Fennel)Business 
US acquisition boost.(Planit acquires Cabinet Vision)Business 
Value for money stockbrokers.(includes details of nominee services, sponsored membership and cheap dealing by telephone)Business 
Value hard to find in an ever-changing world.(portfolio management and assessment of valuations)Business 
Value investors wait for their day. (investment strategy)Business 
Value pay.(performance of Faupel Trading)Business 
Value remains.(United Kingdom stock market)Business 
VDC knows its pets better than its teeth.(performance of VDC)Business 
Venture capital trusts go on parade.(United Kingdom venture capital trusts; includes related notes)Business 
Venture capital trusts - unmasking the managers.(United Kingdom venture capital trusts; includes related notes)Business 
Virtual value.(internet valuations and private client services)BusinessCharles Smythe-Osbourne
Vosper Thorneycroft.(performance of Vosper Thorneycroft)Business 
Voyages of discovery.(new tasks taken on by law firms in Leeds, England)Business 
Waging war on equity returns.(wage inflation and United Kingdom stock prices)Business 
Wait for the good times.(United Kingdom stock warrants; includes related notes)Business 
Waiting for BT to spend.(performance of British Telecommunications stocks)Business 
Waiting for reality to arrive.(European stock market)Business 
Waiting for the Bank to move.(United Kingdom interest rates and economy)Business 
Waiting for the great leap forward. (British companies involved in China)BusinessNerys Avery
Walking on eggs.(charities and ethical investments)BusinessJudith Morris
Wall Street's appeal to Europe.(performance of US stock market compared to European markets)Business 
Wall Street's interest rate gloom.(interest rates and stock prices)Business 
Wall Street's money magic.(US money supply and stock market)Business 
Wall Street's twin nightmare.(US stock prices)Business 
Wall St's real interest rate hope.(US stock and bond prices and interest rates)Business 
Washed up. (uncertain future for Sketchley)Business 
Waste's paper merger.(Waste Recycling to merge with waste division of Yorkshire Water)Business 
Water.(United Kingdom water utilities; includes related notes)(Industry Overview)Business 
Watt to do with your energy shares. (selling stocks to benefit from takeover bids)Business 
Ways for small investors to act big.(UK Shareholders Association defends interests of small investors; includes related notes)Business 
Ways to buy your way out of trouble.(income protection insurance)Business 
Ways to capture those slippery capital gains.(using stop losses for investing in stock markets)Business 
Ways to cash in on the next best thing.(arguments for investing in stocks of medium firms in the United Kingdom)Business 
Ways to deter an unwanted guest.(inheritance tax and income drawdown plans for retirement)Business 
Ways to resist risky temptations.(investing for retirement in the United Kingdom)Business 
Weaving the right stuff.(performance of Yorklyde)Business 
We don't want your money.(payments to stockholders and tax position of private investors; includes related article)Business 
Wellington Underwriting.(performance of Wellington Underwriting)Business 
Wessex Water.(performance of Wessex Water)Business 
What are you paying for yours?(charges vary for unit trust funds, includes list of varying charges)Business 
What else can go wrong?(performance of ILP)Business 
What happens if....(dealing with problems arising from trade options; includes related glossary)Business 
What's behind the Footsie's rise?(United Kingdom stock prices)Business 
Wheels within deals.(timing and other aspects of stock trading in the United Kingdom)BusinessLynne Sellers
When everyone plays safe.(forecasts for US and European stock markets)Business 
When high charges destory added value.(investing in funds of funds in the United Kingdom; includes related notes)Business 
When inflation's not an issue, cyclicals should spring back.(investing in cyclical stocks)Business 
When the best price isn't so good.(United Kingdom stockbrokers and prices paid by investors)Business 
Where to draw the line.(benchmarks for charities' administrative costs)BusinessAdrian Sargeant
Which ones should you dump?(forecasts for companies in the FTSE 100 index)Business 
Which pension fits you best?(United Kingdom pensions)Business 
White knights set to ride high.(rescue bids for companies affected by hostile bids)BusinessCharles St John
Who will foot the 11 billion pounds sterling pensions bill?(cost of United Kingdom pensions mis-selling)Business 
Why bad news is good for Wall Street.(US corporate earnings and stock prices)Business 
Why breaking up isn't always easy.(corporate demergers; includes related article)Business 
Why buyers should beware of equities.(risks involved in investing in equities)Business 
Why cheapness isn't everything.Business 
Why double top spells danger.(charting stock price movements)Business 
Why Footsie isn't listening.(United Kingdom stock exchange and government spending plans)Business 
Why Footsie may still be cheap.(United Kingdom stock prices)Business 
Why France Telecom is tempting.(privatization of France Telecom)Business 
Why gilt investors can afford to smile at market panic.(United Kingdom government securities)Business 
Why gilts have run out of excuses.(United Kingdom government securities)Business 
Why great gloom may mean great gain.(Japanese stock market)Business 
Why ignorance is bliss - for now.(US interest rate policy)Business 
Why investors should beware the L-word.(liquidity and the United Kingdom stock exchange)Business 
Why investors should learn to love Labour.(United Kingdom Labor government and stockholders)BusinessRoger Leboff
Why second-line need not mean secind-rate.(stocks of UNited Kingdom medium firms)Business 
Why sterling may not be overvalued.Business 
Why the inflation bulls may be half right. (US inflation)Business 
Why the Japanese disease may spread.(dangers of overinvestment)Business 
Why the pound may continue to surprise. (likely trends in value of sterling)Business 
Why there is value in value.(performance of value stocks)Business 
Why there's little cheer in the Beer.(United Kingdom equity and bond markets)Business 
Why too much money can spell trouble.(dangers of companies making very large profits)BusinessAlistair Blait
Why we are better off than we should be.(United Kingdom inflation)Business 
Wierd and wacky fledgling companies.(unusual investment opportunities among Aim and Cofex companies)BusinessMiles Nolan, Nancy Daniel
Windfall repeat.(Sun Life of Canada demutualization could benefit United Kingdom investors)Business 
Windfall tax bills.(tax on United Kingdom windfall stocks)Business 
Window of expansion.(performance of Titon)Business 
Wintry investors head for Greek sun.(Greek economic policy and stock market)Business 
Witan Investment Company.(profile of Witan Investment Company)(Company Profile)Business 
Without cheaper money earnings won't grow.(earnings momentum, Asian crisis, interest rates and other aspects of financial markets)Business 
With-profits puzzler.(annual bonuses for United Kingdom endowment policies)Business 
Worries about Unisys overshadow CRC.(performance of CRC.)Business 
Worrying time for pension buyers.(United Kingdom annuity rates drop)Business 
WPP.(performance of WPP)Business 
Yates Brothers.(performance of Yates Brothers Wine Lodges; includes related notes)Business 
Yen support.(performance of Japanese yen)Business 
Yen warning.(German tax policy and the value of the German mark)Business 
Your money, their rights.(United Kingdom stock issues)Business 
Zinc prospects.(performance of Reunion Mining)Business 
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