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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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The Business: Privatising the post

On this week's The Business podcast, Aditya Chakrabortty and the panel talk postmen, boardrooms and management-speak.

With the government set for an explosive encounter with the unions over the plan to sell a stake of the Royal Mail to TNT, Larry Elliott analyses the dangers of privatising one of our dearest public institutions.

Plus, as many of Britain's biggest companies prepare for their AGMs, Julia Finch looks at corporate governance and boardroom shenanigans, and tells us why the shareholders are revolting.

Finally, Dragons' Den member Peter Jones has called for the word 'failure' to be replaced by 'feedback'. Deborah Hargreaves gets her ducks in a row to fill us in on officespeak and corporate lingo. You can get more inspiration on this from the marvellous business bullshit generator.

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