Royal Mail

Telegraph.co.uk Hedge fund investing in Royal Mail employs George Osborne's friendTelegraph.co.ukLansdowne Partners, one of the world's biggest hedge funds, has invested in Royal Mail and is said to have a £50million stake in the company. After a day of frantic trading the value of its shares has risen by £18million. …

Royal Mail's instant billions a temptation for Canada Post: Don PittisCBC.caThe reason for the Royal Mail's excitement, and why Canada Post might be hungry to follow suit, is something called leverage (or gearing). Government agencies are not allowed to borrow the way that private companies can. But the moment a …

Share price rise of 35% will fuel accusations that the government undervalued Royal Mail and shortchanged the taxpayer The 690,000 people who managed to buy £750 of Royal Mail shares have made an instant paper profit of more than £250 after the shares soared by 35% when they started trading …

The Guardian Royal Mail share buyers profit as price soarsThe GuardianThe 690,000 people who managed to buy £750 of Royal Mail shares have made an instant paper profit of almost £250 after the shares soared by 35% when they started trading on Friday. Royal Mail shares, which the government sold …

Now that the 500-year-old Royal Mail in the U.K. is a private company worth a cool $7 billion, Canada Post must be looking on with envy, Don Pittis writes. While it looks privatization looks like a win-win situation, there is a catch. More: continued here

New York Times Royal Mail Shares Surge in DebutNew York TimesLONDON – Shares of Royal Mail rose 38 percent on their first day of trading on the London Stock Exchange on Friday, adding to criticism from some policy makers that the government sold a majority of Britain's main postal service …

Questor share tip: What to do with your Royal Mail sharesTelegraph.co.ukLast time I covered Royal Mail, I said people should cancel their holidays to take advantage of the offer and as conditional trading in the shares starts investors can see why. The shares that were issued by the government at …

Shares in Royal Mail close at 455p on their first day of conditional trading – up 38% on their initial 330p offer price. More: continued here

BBC News Was Royal Mail sold too cheaply?BBC NewsWith £27bn of investors' money having chased shares priced at just £1.7bn, and with Royal Mail's share price trading at more than 450p this morning, compared with the 330p a share the government is receiving, there is a certainly a case for …

Royal Mail soared by more than £1 billion in value during a storming first day of trading, netting big profits for investors but prompting accusations that the Government sold it too cheaply. More: continued here