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Thursday preview: ECB treading a fine line, Sports Direct and Unilever report
European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi will tread a fine line on Thursday as the central bank's plans for reducing the size of its bond buying programme are under massive scrutiny.
Reckitt Benckiser agrees USD4.2bn sale of food business to McCormick
Reckitt Benckiser has agreed to sell its food business for $4. 2bn (£3. 2bn) to Schwartz spices owner McCormick.
Morgan Sindall profits surging amid 'much stronger' fit-out trading
Morgan Sindall Group revealed its profits are going to be "substantially" ahead of expectations thanks to margin and profit growth in office fit-out and margin improvement in construction and infrastructure in the first half of the year.
RPC Group's quarterly profits ahead of expectations, launches buyback
RPC Group, the plastic packaging specialist, reported first-quarter sales and profits ahead of last year's and intends to begin a £100m share buyback programme.
Drax dives as interim results hit by larger accounting charges
Power plant operator Drax increased operating profits by more than 70% in the first half of the year but slumped to a pre-tax loss after increases to depreciation and amortisation costs and unrealised losses on derivative contracts.
Aviva sells Friends Provident International for GBP340m
Aviva has agreed to sell Friends Provident International (FPIL), a unit focused on high-net-worth clients in Asia and the Middle East, for £340m to RL360, a subsidiary of International Financial Group.
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Brexit bill, BP, ONS leak, Ecuador, card charges
Divisions over the UK’s Brexit divorce bill were laid bare on Tuesday as British negotiators pushed back against a mooted €75bn (£66bn) Brexit charge-sheet. On the second day of detailed Brexit negotiations, the British team peppered the Brussels side with questions over how to pay for unwinding 44 years of the UK’s European Union membership, after the government admitted in parliament last week it has financial “obligations” from its EU membership. - Guardian.