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	Topics William Davis (journalist) Topic Home Early life William Davis was born in Hannover, in 1933. He came to Britain aged 16 and adopted BritishUnited Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country and sovereign state that lies off the northwest coast... citizenship. At age 18, he was already a journalist and specialised in commentary about economicsEconomics In the social sciences, economics is the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services..... and financial affairs. Career During 1954-1959, William Davis was on the staff of the Financial TimesFinancial Times The *Financial Times* is an international business newspaper printed on distinctive salmon pink broadsheet paper.... , a British international business newspaper. Lord Beaverbrook appointed Davis the City Editor (1960-1965) of the London Evening StandardEvening Standard ame = Evening Standard \|type = Daily newspaper \|... and then he went on to become Economics Editor (1965-1968) of the The Guardian. During this time Davis made regular appearances on the BBC's live BudgetBudget Budget generally refers to a list of all planned expenses and revenues.... programmes presented by Ian TrethowanIan Trethowan Sir Ian Trethowan was Director-General of the BBC from October 1 1977 to July 31 1982, having previously been Managing Direc... . Davis provided live comment and analysis of the Chancellor of the ExchequerChancellor of the Exchequer The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British cabinet minister responsible for all economic and financial... 's Budget speech as it was delivered in the House of CommonsBritish House of Commons \|align=left\|ParliamentState Opening of Parliament... . There were no microphones or cameras in ParliamentParliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland* is the supreme legislative body in the United Kin... at the time, so details were relayed to the BBC studio via a teleprinterTeleprinter Overview A teleprinter is a now largely obsolete electro-mechanical typewriter which can be used to communicate typed messages from ... . Davis presented BBC North's financial programme Prospect. He took the idea of popular financial journalism to Grace Wyndham GoldieGrace Wyndham Goldie Grace Wyndham Goldie was a major influence in British broadcasting for over twenty years.... and developed the idea into The Money ProgrammeThe Money Programme *The Money Programme* is a finance and business affairs television programme on BBC2.... for BBC2, which he also presented. Davis was one of the first presenters of the Radio 4BBC Radio 4 Summary BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including ... programme The World at OneThe World At One *The World at One, or WATO* for short, is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs programm... , a role he shared with William Hardcastle. In 1968 William Davis was elected editor of the satirical magazine Punch and the rival publication Private EyePrivate Eye *Private Eye* is a fortnightly British satirical magazine-newspaper, edited by Ian Hislop.... dubbed him "Kaiser Bill". Davis has been a Chairman and a Director of several publishing and travel companies. He founded and was Editor-in-Chief of, the in-flight magazine High Life. In the early 1990s William Davis became chairman of the British Tourist Authority and English Tourist Board. Davis appeared as a contributor on The Pound in Your Pocket a retrospective series of archive programmes shown on BBC ParliamentBBC Parliament BBC Parliament is a British television channel from the BBC.... in 2007. The programme marked forty years since the devaluation of the PoundPound sterling Overview The pound, divided into 100 pence, is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies.... by the British government on 18 November 1967. A subject covered by Davis is his book Three Years Hard Labour: The Road to Devaluation. Publications The following are books written by William Davis: Three Years Hard Labour: The road to devaluation, 1968. Merger Mania, 1970. The Language of Money, 1973. Have Expenses, Will Travel, 1975. It's No Sin to be Rich, 1976. The Best of Everything (editor), 1981. The Rich, 1982. Corporate Infighter's Handbook, 1984. Fantasy: A Practical Guide to Escapism, 1984. The Innovators, 1987. Children of the Rich, 1989. The Lucky Generation, 1995. The Great Myths of Business, 1997. The Rich: A New Study of the Species, 2006. Caviar Dogs, 2008 Book: Merger Mania (1970) The book Merger Mania by William Davis was published in 1970 by London, Constable (English lanuage, non-fiction, ISBN: 0094566402 9780094566408).