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* GSK: GlaxoSmithKline said on Tuesday it will buyNovartis's 36.5 percent stake in their consumerhealthcare joint venture for
* A.G. BARR: Fizzy drinks maker A.G. Barr Plc postedan 8 percent increase in full-year revenue, "well ahead" of thetotal market performance, but pointed to economic volatility anduncertainty from
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* FERGUSON: Heating and plumbing products supplier FergusonPlc on Tuesday reported a 15 percent rise in first-halftrading profit, helped by strength in its main U.S.market.
* UNITED UTILITIES: British water utility United UtilitiesGroup Plc said on Tuesday it expected to report higherprofit and revenue for the full year ending March, helped mainlyby regulatory changes in how utilities charge customers.
* GALLIFORD TRY: British construction group Galliford Trysaid it would raise around 158 million pounds (
* SHELL: The heavy oil hydrocracker was shut on Monday atRoyal Dutch Shell Plc's 227,586-barrel-per-day (bpd)
* GOLD: Gold prices inched lower early Tuesday amid reportsof trade negotiations between
* OIL: Oil prices rose on Tuesday, pushed up by concernsthat tensions in the
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