HutchWatch: Beijing furious; Panama may have to wait
Beijing blindsided?
All waiting to hear in our marketplace about how the rumoured sale of GXO Logistics might proceed, yesterday during the Q3 24 call* with analysts…
(*Which DeskOne covered live: key takeaways are included in the screen grab below and here; click on GXO for more insight.)
… it was CEO Malcolm Wilson who quickly shut down discussion of the matter ahead of the Q&A session with the sell-side:
“During the quarter, you may have seen media speculation about inbound interest in acquiring GXO. ...
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