EXCLUSIVE! END OF WORLD POSTPONED!
>From Our Own Correspondent
It's official - the end of the world has been postponed! The
announcement was made in a press release from Heaven House, the
London headquarters of DEUS plc, early this morning.
Mike Archangel, the Company's spokesman, said: "We are not proceeding
with the plan at the present time. However, the three Directors have
said that they hope to hold the event as part of the forthcoming
Millennium celebrations."
It is no secret in the financial world that DEUS plc has invested
heavily in both real estate and human resources. Experts have
been suggesting for some weeks that the scale of the downsizing
operation would present problems. Until recently it had been thought
that a workers' buyout would be arranged, but the consortium headed
by Noah and Sons has privately admitted to difficulty in finding the
necessary 144,000 subscribers willing to invest their redundancy pay
in such a venture before the 1997 General Election. H.M. Treasury
declined to comment.
*Inside Pages*
p.12 Comment
p.19 Stock market reaches new high
p.21 Financial news: Ecclesiastical Insurance declares 6.66p interim
dividend
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Mark Harris
S-mail: Finance Division, University of London, Room 255, Senate
House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
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I have often repented of having spoken, but never of having
been silent.
Abba Arsenius the Great
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