FRANKFURT, April 4 (Reuters) – Deutsche Post, Europe’s biggest mail company, is bidding for a stake in British state-owned postal company Royal Mail along with Dutch TNT and private equity firm CVC, a German weekly reported. A team of twelve Deutsche Post managers, headed by finance chief John Allan, had …

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FRANKFURT, April 4 — Deutsche Post, Europe’s biggest mail company, is bidding for a stake in the British Royal Mail along with Dutch TNT and private equity firm CVC, a German weekly reported. A team of 12 Deutsche Post managers, headed by finance chief John Allan, had met with the …