T he government has cleared Royal Mail’s biggest shareholder, an investment vehicle part-owned by a Czech billionaire with links to Russia, to increase its stake in the company. Daniel Křetínský’s Vesa Equity already owns 22% of Royal Mail’s parent, International Distributions Services. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy …
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Anthony Woods started investing in the late 1990s just before the dotcom crash. While this experience may have put off many would-be investors, Anthony is still investing 25 years later, and sitting on a reasonable nest-egg. Anthony, who is 47 and works as an HR manager, says a work colleague …
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In My First Stock, we talk to Canadians about the first stock they owned and how the experience shaped how they invest today. Shawn Matthews, semi-retired security analyst and do-it-yourself investor from Waterloo, Ont. First stock: Royal Bank of Canada My father opened a joint investment account with me in …
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