When I started my career as a financial journalist way back in late 1988 in the old Business Day offices (in that wonderful glass edifice called 11 Diagonal Street), the then managing editor, Neil Jacobson, sent me off to the ultracompetitive newsroom with this recommendation: "whatever happens, don’t take anything personally".Jacobson’s words have served me well on the numerous occasions I’ve been blasted by edgy executives, slugged it out with fractious sources and tangled with tempestuous colleagues. After 28 years in journalism I still don’t intend taking anything personally — though last Friday afternoon I did come close.After returning from a surprisingly illuminating Trencor AGM, I scanned the Sens notices that had dropped during the late afternoon. What caught my eye was from poultry group Sovereign Food Investments, whose AGM I eavesdropped on via a dial-in facility last Thursday. The announcement said the company’s joint venture partner in a factory shop venture was Cold S...
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