Stephanie breaks off from the Madoff name

By Jonathan Russell, City Diary Editor Published: 7:00PM GMT twenty-five February 2010

Stephanie Madoff, Bernie"s daughter-in-law, has only filed writings in Manhattan Supreme Court looking to shift her and her dual children"s surname from Madoff to Morgan. The reason at the back of this probably doesn"t need spelling out, but to equivocate difficulty that"s only what the authorised writings do. The shift is to stop the "embarrassment, nuisance and endangerment compared with the name," Mrs Madoff, sorry, Morgan explained.

"[Madoff] was not long ago featured prominently in the headlines for defrauding countless investors in his companies," she said, adding that she was "notified of sure genocide and alternative threats done opposite the Madoff family . . . Though the threats were deemed unfounded, your postulant fears for her reserve and the reserve of her children."

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It should cruise by the courts. So if you encounter any one in Manhattan called Stephanie Morgan, bear this story in mind.

MPs" squabble is anything but Equitable

Very small about the disaster of Equitable Life seems to be, well, equitable. The ultimate light up to reach me is in between a integrate of MPs that have been campaigning on the issue, Dr Phyllis Starkey (Lab) and Daniel Kawczynski (Con).

It seems Starkey"s researcher got bumped from a assembly of the Equitable Life Policy Holders Group at the House of Commons progressing this week.

She was less than chuffed: "I instruct to have the strongest probable censure about the shambolic organization of this meeting," she wrote to the organisers. "The total thing leaves a nasty guess of domestic strategy to leave the assembly dominated by Conservative MPs."

Quick as a peep Kawczynski, one of those organisers shot these difference back: "Your email shows a good understanding of irritability and ignornace (sic) in next to measures.

"To indicate there was a little sort of domestic division to forestall you or your staff from in attendance I think says some-more about you, your demeanour and profanity afterwards anything else. I see brazen to reception an reparation from you and might I indicate that your repute in the Commons is not served by such bold and undeveloped communications."

Back in the genuine world, still no remuneration for the Equitable Life policyholders.

Getting a forkhandle on association names

Time"s using out for my array on association names but, prior to it gets slated, a integrate some-more for you...

I"m told of a organisation of soft drinks manufacturers that used to work in Bradford called Taylor and Parsons. The aphorism on the side of their outpost was "Drink T. and P. Tablewaters."

Another outpost slogan, this time for a organisation of painters Overcome with Emulsion. And eventually with a curtsy to the Two Ronnies a gardening use in Mid Sussex called Forkhandles.

Or should that be Fourcandles?

Doing God"s work at St Paul"s Cathedral

To St Paul"s where I sense that Gavin Ralston, one of the bosses at Schroder Investment Management, has only been allocated Lay Cannon (Finance) of the Cathedral. As I assimilate it (which is loosely at best) the delinquent purpose is rounded off identical to that of a non-exec executive on a board, with a concentration on finance.

Which rather begs the subject how most financial passes by St Paul"s each year? Well according to the ultimate annual inform �14.5m in 2008, of that �1.2m was "net incoming resources" or distinction as the rest of the City would call it.

jonathan.russell@telegraph.co.uk