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RPT-Fitch: Pharma M&A Highlights Key Themes of Scale, R&D Risk, Tax

(Repeat for additional subscribers) May 14 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Three main themes have emerged from the recent spate of major pharmaceutical M&A, Fitch Ratings says. These are the quest for scale in consumer healthcare, the need to

TOP NEWS: UK Unemployment Drops To Five-Year Low

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br />COMPANIES<br />----------<br /><br />UK television company <strong>ITV PLC</strong> reported higher revenue for the first quarter of 2014 thanks to a continued recovery in advertising revenu

UPDATE 3-Chinese police charge British former GSK China head with bribery

* Two Chinese execs also charged with bribery-Xinhua * Charges seen harsher than expected * Most high profile foreign bribery scandal since 2009 (Adds comments from GSK, lawyer, share price) By Megha Rajagopalan and Kazunori Takada BEIJING/SHANGHAI, May 14 (Reuters) - Ch

Glaxo employee named as chief suspect in China probe

Chinese authorities have accused GlaxoSmithKline's former China chief, Mark Reilly, as having ordering employees to commit bribery in order to boost drug sales. Ten months into its probe, China has for the first time made specific allegations against a GSK employee, with police having now passed th

London open: UK stocks retreat from 14-year high, BoE in focus

- FTSE 100 pulls back after nearing record - BoE in focus ahead of inflation report - UK employment data due out - Compass unveils 1bn-pound cash return techMARK 2,798.34 -0.21% FTSE 100 6,857.97 -0.22% FTSE 250 16,046.94 +0.05% UK stocks declined on Wednesday morning as investors took profits aft

Glaxo Says It's Deeply Concerned After China Police Accuse Former Country Head

LONDON (Alliance News) - British pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline PLC Wednesday said it was taking allegations raised by Chinese authorities very seriously and continuing to co-operate with investigations, after the Chinese authorities accused a British Glaxo executive of ordering staff to b

GSK says China bribery charges "deeply concerning"

LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline , whose former China head and other colleagues have been charged with corruption by Chinese police, said on Wednesday the case was deeply concerning. Britain's biggest pharmaceuticals group said it understood the authorities had i

UK MORNING BRIEFING: ITV Weighs On FTSE 100 Despite Strong Revenue

LONDON (Alliance News) - Share have opened mixed in London Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 underperforming small- and mid-cap indices, ahead of UK economic data and announcements by the Bank of England.<br /><br />The blue-chip index is being weighed down by broadcaster <strong>ITV</strong>, whos

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Deflation, HSBC, GSK

A sustained period of deflation in the Eurozone could derail Britain's recovery, a group of leading economists has warned. Almost half of the economists surveyed by the Centre for Macroeconomics, a joint study between the Bank of England, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research and th

UPDATE 2-Chinese police charge British former GSK China head with bribery

* Two Chinese execs also charged with bribery-Xinhua * Charges seen harsher than expected * Most high profile foreign bribery scandal since 2009 (Recasts with comments, adds analysis) By Megha Rajagopalan and Kazunori Takada BEIJING/SHANGHAI, May 14 (Reuters) - Chinese p

UPDATE 1-Chinese police charge former GSK China head with bribery

By Megha Rajagopalan and John Ruwitch BEIJING/SHANGHAI, May 14 (Reuters) - Chinese police on Wednesday said they had charged the British former China head of drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC and other colleagues with corruption, after a 10-month probe found they paid billions of yuan in bribes

Police say GlaxoSmithKline China head ordered bribery

Police say GlaxoSmithKline China head ordered bribery

BEIJING, May 14 (Reuters) - Chinese police said on Wednesday the former China head of British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC ordered his subordinates to commit bribery, bringing in "illegal revenue worth billions", the official Xinhua news agency reported. Mark Reilly, former head of China

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: GlaxoSmith Kline Executives And Managers Buy Shares, Awarded More

LONDON (Alliance News) - GlaxoSmithKline PLC Tuesday said several executives and managers bought shares in the company at a price of 1612.8925 pence per share on Monday and were awarded matching shares as part of the company's ShareReward Plan. The pharmaceutical company said that Mrs K Tho

UK Dividends Calendar - Week Ahead

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