Bank holiday review

Working at a British national newspaper over a bank holiday weekend can be particularly torturous. That's because, typically, there aren't many cracking business stories to be followed over a 72 hour period in which British markets have shut down.

However, this bank holiday weekend has been turned on its head. Hacks over the Financial Times landed an absolute corker yesterday about the Rothschild Investment Trust trying to merge with the Alliance Trust as part of a deal to create a £5 billion investment giant. Hat tip to the trio of intrepid journos by-lined on that tale. Here is the link: