UK: Ocado hints at summer IPO
By: Dean Best | 18 March 2010
UK online grocer Ocado has hinted that its long-mooted flotation could come after the General Election in the country this year.
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UK online grocer Ocado has hinted that its long-mooted flotation could come after the General Election in the country this year.
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