LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 companies will goex-dividend on Wednesday, after which investors will no longer qualify for thelatest dividend payout. According to Reuters calculations at current market prices, the effect of the resulting adjustment to prices by market-makers would take 14.03 points off the index. COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND INDEX IMPACT AstraZeneca 190.0 cents 5.49 Barclays 3.5 pence 2.18 Carnival 25.0 cents 0.11 GlaxoSmithKline 23.0 pence 4.33 Reckitt Benckiser 77.0 pence 1.92 Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are: COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND Catlin Group 3.67 PZ Cussons 0.39 Rank Group 0.08
GSK knew about Zantac cancer risk, attorneys tell jury in first trial
May 2 (Reuters) - U.S. attorneys for a woman who claims her colon cancer was caused by the now discontinued heartburn drug Zantac on Thursday told a jury in Chicago that pharmaceutical companies GSK and Boehringer Ingelheim knew the product could cause cancer if it was not handled properly but failed to warn the public.
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