Chapter 12 Unexpected Guest

• (ASHER)
• “We’ve seen a fall in stock prices after the merger news between Hokings and Statton.”
• My fingers strumming on the table stopped abruptly, then immediately picked up again. It was something I anticipated. Hokings was one of my biggest competitors, and Statton was a newer firm that had seen a rapid rise in the industry. It wasn’t strange that they decided to come together, and I wasn’t all that bothered.