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Britain defies unions with plan to sell Royal Mail in weeks

By Neil Maidment LONDON (Reuters) – Britain embarked on its largest privatisation in decades on Thursday as the government unveiled plans to sell the majority of the near 500-year-old state-owned Royal Mail postal service. The Department for Business said a stock market flotation, fiercely opposed by unions, would take place in coming weeks, giving the public a chance to buy into the company. In …

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