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2008: Your Guide to the Year Ahead - June

Posted 15/01/2008 by The Daily Diary

Continuing your exclusive look at the biggest stories of 2008 - before they happen. 

June
The dreaded summer slowdown hits two months early, making conditions so sluggish the market actually goes into reverse. Countless companies spontaneously de-merge and start demanding their legal fees back, wiping millions from the balance sheets of M&A advisers.

Partners remain positive, however, pointing to a 96% surge in the key talking-up-the-market-regardless benchmark as a sure sign that the green shoots of recovery are pushing their way up through the layers of bullshit.

"The pipeline is full," claims one City partner

Tomorrow: who knows?

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