A London taxi cab export drive
Manganese Bronze is one of my favourite company names because it is not only odd but gives no indication of what the company does, which is to make and service London taxi cabs.
I hope that it never succumbs to the temptation to rename itself something more relevant to its actual business. That would be like Shell, another of my favourite corporate names, giving itself a name related to oil. Read more
The airline merger that will not fly
My Financial Times column this week is on the proposed Delta/Northwest merger and why the companies have failed to do enough to restructure in the face of fuel price rises and a possible recession. You can read it here and comment below. Read more
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John Gapper is an associate editor and the chief business commentator of the FT.
He has worked for the FT since 1987, covering labour relations, banking and the media. He is co-author, with Nicholas Denton, of 'All That Glitters', an account of the collapse of Barings in 1995.
Andrew Hill is an associate editor and the management editor of the FT. He is a former City editor, financial editor, comment and analysis editor, New York bureau chief, foreign news editor and correspondent in Brussels and Milan.
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