Vultures circle Royal Mail after bosses run down service

News Billionaire asset-stripper Daniel Kretinsky made an offer to buy up Royal Mail’s parent company By Yuri Prasad Downloading PDF. Please wait… Thursday 18 April 2024 Issue 2901 Royal Mail workers on the picket line in Whitechapel, east London, during strikes in 2022 (Picture: Guy Smallman) The owners of Royal …

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UK stocks fight back, Royal Mail bid approach, Tesla returns to $56 billion pay deal for Elon Musk days after big workforce cull and travel sector flies on United Airlines’ results

“After a slow start, the UK stock market eventually burst into life and the FTSE 100 headed back on the right path towards the all-important 8,000 level. However, it lost momentum in the final part of the session,” says AJ Bell Investment Analyst Dan Coatsworth. “The mid cap FTSE 250 …

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Czech’s in the Royal Mail

One scoop to start: Jane Street’s quarterly trading revenues have surged to their highest level since the start of the pandemic, as the secretive high-speed firm flourished alongside traditional Wall Street market makers. It expects its first-quarter net trading revenue will be roughly $4.4bn, more than double the level it …

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Royal Mail parent rejects possible takeover bid

The saga around Royal Mail continues, with confirmation that parent group International Distributions Services has rejected a potential takeover bid from a group connected to its biggest shareholder and to Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský. IDS said it received a “preliminary and conditional non-binding proposal” of 320p per share from EP …

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