By Anne Ashworth Updated: 16:51 EDT, 26 April 2024 Breakfast cereal, detergent and 24 carat gold bars. This may not be the typical shopping list. But in recent months thousands of customers at the US cash-and-carry giant Costco have been putting one-ounce bullion bars into their trolleys. They are spending …
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By Jessica Clark Updated: 17:00 EDT, 25 April 2024 Mining giant BHP was last night told it will need to raise its bid for Anglo American after launching an ‘opportunistic’ £31billion swoop on its Footsie rival. The offer, which analysts said could set the whole mining sector ‘on fire’, is …
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Royal Mail is one of this country’s most iconic brands, woven indelibly into the fabric of our society. It spans nearly 500 years, and its history has a rather nice symmetry, first providing services to the public under the reign of King Charles I in 1635 and continuing today under …
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By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 17:03 EDT, 22 April 2024 Andrew Bailey has had little to celebrate of late. He has suffered the slings and arrows of the barbed Bernanke report on Bank of England forecasting and indiscriminate fire from former Prime Minister Liz Truss. Amid the …
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By Jessica Clark Updated: 17:03 EDT, 22 April 2024 Takeover battle: Royal mail wants permission to cut second class deliveries Royal Mail has urged regulators to allow it to cut second class deliveries as it tries to fight off a takeover by a billionaire dubbed the ‘Czech Sphinx’. Parent company …
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Bosses understood to be in regular talks about Daniel Kretinsky’s approach One of the top shareholders, Redwheel, broke cover to oppose the offer Royal Mail rejected the £3.2bn bid – or 320p per share – from Kretinsky By Jessica Clark Updated: 16:53 EDT, 21 April 2024 Royal Mail will hold …
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By Patrick Tooher Updated: 06:53 EDT, 21 April 2024 The Government left Royal Mail vulnerable to predators by delaying reforms to the postal service, senior company insiders believe. Royal Mail’s owner International Distributions Services last week rejected as ‘opportunistic’ a £3.1 billion takeover approach from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. Dubbed …
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By Anne Ashworth Updated: 03:23 EDT, 20 April 2024 Glamorous: Jourdan Dunn and Kate Moss apply Charlotte Tilbury lipstick Cosmetics and skincare stocks should be an easy way to beautify a portfolio. After all, these companies are players in a high-margin £230billion global market whose wares are persuasively promoted on …
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The bookmaker says it will return to year-on-year growth in second quarter Investors are concerned about regulatory issues and the firm’s debt pile By Mike Sheen Updated: 04:43 EDT, 19 April 2024 Bookmaker 888 beat revenue forecasts in the first three months of the year thanks to a bounce in …
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One whistleblower said they dealt with surcharges “on a case by case basis” and said colleagues would often not charge customers and let them have the post without paying the “silly” £5 fine. They added they had sympathy for revenue protection staff who they claim are “misidentifying” stamps because Royal …
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