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Old 12-10-2013, 15:19   #17
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Re: Was Royal Mail sold too cheaply?

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy View Post
Yes ordinary retired Australians in the water companies case, that leveraged debt upon said water company, didn't pay any tax, didn't do much re infrastructure and put the bills up by a third. Sound like.people you'd want to do business with?

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It's not our pension funds that own them
but carry on
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24488144

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Mr Cable said: "You get an enormous amount of froth and speculation in the aftermath of a big IPO [initial public offering] of this kind.

"The bulk of the shares have gone to long-term institutional investors, stable investors, some overseas investors, but mainly British pension funds and insurance companies who are there for the long term.
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