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Private investors to be kept out of Royal Mail sale: Afternoon Report

1. Royal Mail sale
The 30 percent stake in Royal Mail that the UK government is planning to sell off will not be made available to private investors, according to The Telegraph. At least not right away.
"Whitehall sources said the Government was likely to offer the shares at a small discount to the market price large City institutions to keep the costs of the flotation down," The Telegraph reports. "The banks and City investors will then be able to sell on the shares to small private investors at a profit."
More, including opposition to the keeping out of private investors, here.
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