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UK Insurer Aviva's Annual Profit Jumps About 25%
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UK's PageGroup's Annual Pretax Profit Slumps 67%; Flags Uncertain Outlook
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British Homebuilder Taylor Wimpey Sees Lower Profit in 2026
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UK's Harbour Energy Raises Annual Production Forecast
Wh Smith First-Half Sales Grow 5% on North America Boost
Date: March 5, 2026
March 5 (Reuters) - Travel retailer WH Smith reported a 5% rise in first-half revenue on Thursday, helped by double-digit growth in North America, and said it was on track to meet its full-year...
Norway's Statkraft Posts Higher Q4 Core Earnings
Date: March 5, 2026
OSLO, March 5 (Reuters) - Statkraft, Norway's biggest utility, said on Thursday its underlying core profit rose by 17% year-on-year in the fourth quarter, citing higher power prices and record...
Durex Maker Reckitt Beats Q4 Sales Expectations on Emerging Market Strength
Date: March 5, 2026
LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - Consumer goods company Reckitt beat fourth-quarter like-for-like net sales growth expectations, led by strong performance in emerging markets, and said on Thursday it...
Itv Beats Expectations for Full-Year Profit
Date: March 5, 2026
LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - ITV, the British TV company that is in talks to sell its broadcast unit to Sky, beat market forecasts with a 1% decline in 2025 adjusted operating profit and said...
ECB's Villeroy Sees No Reason for ECB to Raise Interest Rates for Now
Date: March 5, 2026
PARIS, March 5 (Reuters) - Bank of France Governor and European Central Bank policy maker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Thursday that he saw no reason for the ECB to raise its interests rates,...
Lukoil Fire Sale Marks Failure of Russia's $800 Billion Bet to Go Global
Date: March 5, 2026
By Anna Hirtenstein and Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - In 2014, following Russia's invasion of Crimea, the billionaire founder of Lukoil took a fateful bet that cut against the advice...