Royal Mail and Anglo American shareholders braced for final takeover offers
by Jasper Jolly from World news | The Guardian on (#6N3WV)
Deals this month could see two of the UK's most prominent companies fall into foreign ownership
Shareholders in Royal Mail's owner and in the mining company Anglo American are awaiting a final deadline on Wednesday for firm offers that could see two of the UK's most prominent companies fall into foreign ownership.
Czech billionaire Daniel Ketinsky has made an approach to International Distributions Services (IDS), which runs Royal Mail, while Australia's BHP is trying to buy its rival Anglo American, a stalwart of London's FTSE 100 index.
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