Royal Mail shares set to begin trading – BBC News

BBC News Royal Mail shares set to begin tradingBBC NewsRoyal Mail shares, priced at 330p, are due to begin conditional trading, with investors keen to see if their value will rise. With demand for the shares far outstripping supply, members of the public have been limited to £750 worth – …

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Why is the Royal Mail being privatised? – The Economist (blog)

Why is the Royal Mail being privatised?The Economist (blog)ON October 11th the British government will sell around 60% of its stake in the Royal Mail, the state-owned postal service, via a flotation on the London Stock Exchange. Unlike other former state-owned businesses such as telecoms firms, energy … More: continued …

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Royal Mail: your cheque is in the post – The Guardian

Royal Mail: your cheque is in the postThe GuardianOver long years, a self-hating public sector has applied tremendous institutional pressure on itself to do what it is finally doing on Friday, and flog off the Royal Mail. It is a generation since Whitehall in general, and the business department in …

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Royal Mail soars on stock market debut

Shares in newly-privatized Royal Mail soared on their stock market debut Friday, likely bolstering criticism that the company, which traces its history back to King Henry VIII, was undervalued by the British … More: continued here

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