1 JANUARY 1965, page 24

Company Notes

By LOTHBURY D EARER money may affect Mercantile Credit more adversely than some of its competitors in the hire-purchase business, as it has an above- average ratio of net......

Investment Notes

By CUSTOS M Y colleague having dealt last week with 1964 as the `annus horrendus' for investors, it is incumbent on me to say something of the prospect fot 1965. It is not, I......

The Economy & The City

Mr. Wilson's Dilemma By NICHOLAS DAVENPORT IN the week before Christ- mas I was engaged in a professional capacity in lending a lot of money to local authorities at 8 per cent......