28 September 2017 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY COPPER TOPPED: Over the past few months those who followour summary commodities index at the end of this section will have noted the steady rise in the price of copper. Although this is in a reality a return to the trading band of 30 or so… Continue reading Issue 122:2017 09 28:Week in Brief Financial
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Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Week in Brief Financial
16 February 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE – AGAIN: Last week it was regional newspaper publisher Johnston Press who got the Shaw Sheet Business Pages prize for optimism. We have a new contender this week for our award – Rolls-Royce Holdings plc, who announced a pretty startling… Continue reading Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Week in Brief Financial
Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Week in Brief Financial
02 February 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY COPPER BOTTOMED: Copper is one of those fascinating metals which whilst beautiful in colour and easily wrought for jewellery is principally used industrially, and on an increasingly large scale. Indeed, it is a metal without which we would struggle to make the modern world work,… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Week in Brief Financial
Issue 79: 2016 11 10: Madagascar Today (Lynda Goetz)
10 November 2016 Madagascar Today (Part 2) A fascinating and tragic country. by Lynda Goetz “Madagascar has become the world’s poorest country,” asserted the guide with whom I stood watching the out-of-control fire approach closer and closer to our very basic lodge on the edge of the Ankarana Special Reserve. “It shouldn’t be, because it… Continue reading Issue 79: 2016 11 10: Madagascar Today (Lynda Goetz)
