Czech billionaire acquires UK's Royal Mail for $4.6 billion
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LONDON, U.K. The U.K. government has approved the US$4.6-billion sale of Royal Mail's parent company, International Distribution Services (IDS), to Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky's EP Group, marking the first time in its 500-year history that the iconic postal service will come under foreign ownership. The deal was first agreed upon in May and received the green light on December 16 after a review under nati