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A courier van of UPS is seen in front of the head office of TNT in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands March 19, 2012.
A courier van of UPS is seen in front of the head office of TNT in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands March 19, 2012.
(Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/Reuters)

FINANCIAL TIMES

TNT Express’s prospects post-UPS not quite dynamite

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Do jilted brides go on to have happy independent lives? Sometimes – but rarely without a bit of suffering. TNT Express is a case in point. Marriage to UPS has been frustrated; its shares have dived 40 per cent below UPS’s cash terms and its chief executive has departed. There is a small plus in the €200-million ($271-million) break fee paid over by UPS last week, which adds to TNT’s end-2012 net cash of €140-million. But that pales alongside the acute need for a go-it-alone strategy.