The Sunday Telegraph London, May 5th, 2002
So now we know. The answer is 23. That's how many years it takes for complete rehabilitation in the City of London. How do we know? Because Jim Slater is back heading a quoted company.
Does it feel good to be here again, I ask him. "In a way, yes," he says, a little uncertain. "It's good to flex a few old muscles. I think I know quite a bit about finance and I think it'll be quite an interesting period for observers."
Interesting it certainly is. In 1979 Slater, the 1970s deal maestro, Midas man and founder of the boom-to-busted Slater Walker empire, fell ignominiously to earth when he was c...
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