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Segro reports record rental income but property gains weigh on profit
(Alliance News) - Segro PLC on Friday reported a decline in pretax profit for 2025, despite increased revenue, as lower valuation gains offset record rental income....
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Chrysalis plans portfolio sale and cash exit, manager flags concerns
(Alliance News) - Chrysalis Investments Ltd on Friday proposed to sell its entire portfolio and return proceeds to shareholders over the next three years....
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IN BRIEF: Coca-Cola Europacific execs sell USD1.3 million in shares
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC - soft drinks bottler in over 30 markets including Australia, Germany, Great Britain and Spain - Clare Wardle, general counsel and company secretary, sells 12,000 shares...
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Smiths Group to sell Detection unit to CVC in GBP2.0 billion deal
(Alliance News) - Smiths Group PLC on Friday said it has signed a binding agreement to sell its Smiths Detection division to CVC Capital Partners PLC in a deal valuing...
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US regulator FDA greenlights AbbVie and AstraZeneca's cancer treatment
(Alliance News) - AbbVie Inc and AstraZeneca PLC on Friday hailed a regulatory win for their joint cancer treatment programme....
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Blackrock Smaller, Blackrock Throgmorton agree Saba-supported merger
(Alliance News) - Blackrock Smaller Cos Trust PLC and Blackrock Throgmorton Trust PLC have agreed to a proposed merger, the companies announced Friday....
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UK's Hinkley Point nuclear plant costs raised to GBP35 billion - EDF
(Alliance News) - Paris-based energy group EDF on Friday raised the budget for the long-delayed Hinkley Point C nuclear plant in Britain, saying construction costs were now estimated at GBP35...
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UK services and manufacturing sectors beat expectations in February
(Alliance News) - Growth in both services and manufacturing sector activity in the UK was stronger than expected in February, which was however "another month of steep job losses", preliminary...
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LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks up after "encouraging" retail figures
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Friday, after the Office for National Statistics reported substantial retail sales growth and a record public sector surplus. ...
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UK's Cooper to meet Rubio after Chagos deal thrown into fresh doubt
(Alliance News) - UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will meet her US counterpart Marco Rubio for talks in Washington after Britain's Chagos Islands deal was thrown into fresh doubt by...
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