By Ian Fraser Published: Sunday Herald Date: December 18th, 2005 GOLD: PRICE EXPLOSION – High demand and inflation fears drive market If the lexicographer Samuel Johnson was right that “the lust of gold [is] the last corruption of degenerate man”, the world must be teeming with degenerates right now. A speculative rally – fuelled by the prospect [...]
By Ian Fraser Sunday Herald December 18th, 2005 2005 DEALS OF THE YEAR: RBS MOVES INTO CHINA THE Royal Bank of Scotland’s deal to buy a 5 per cent stake in Bank of China for $1.6 billion (£900 million) in August may yet prove to be one of Sir Fred Goodwin’s shrewdest moves to date. [...]
By Ian Fraser Sunday Herald December 4th, 2005 SCOTTISH companies are increasingly turning their sights to opportunities in India, an economy in transition which grew at an annualised rate of 8 per cent in the July to September monsoon quarter, led by a surge in manufacturing and services. Although growth was slightly slower than the [...]