It is 6am, and I must be off before lunch.THURSDAY: Started terribly late Missed two trains, and had to take a taxi from Euston I eventually found the address. ROBERT DAVIS is a man obsessed, and something of a conspiracy theorist. Beaujolais, rose and most vins de pays are rarely worth a look. Lloyds, in particular, stood out with a 15p spurt to 582p.Lloyds, which will be the first to report on Friday, is expected by analysts to show a profits increase from pounds 369m to around pounds 450m.Barclays added 8p to 482p, Abbey National firmed 3p to 398p, TSB finished up 2.5p at 196.5p, and National Westminster rose 4p to 493p.Merchant banks also scored gains.

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