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PRESS: UK Retailers Call For Business Rates Overhaul - Telegraph

UK BROKER RATINGS: UBS Cuts Whitbread To Sell From Neutral

Friday newspaper round-up: Russian sanctions, Scottish referendum, Minecraft...

BP and ExxonMobil could be caught up in the escalating trade war between Russia and the West today when a fresh round of economic sanctions are announced. Rosneft and Gazprom, the state controlled energy companies, and others in the energy sector will be targeted and could be prevented from drilling

London close: Referendum jitters weigh on stocks

London shares ended Tuesday’s session in the red as jitters about the Scottish independence referendum offset more positive economic news. The FTSE 100 Index closed 5.77 points down at 6,829 as investors chewed over one poll giving Scottish separatists the lead and another with the ‘no&r

UPDATE 2-Sugar prices to drag on profit growth for Primark owner AB Foods

* Group forecasts 2013-14 adjusted EPS ahead of 2012-13 * Sees 2013-14 sugar revenue and profit substantially lower * Sees 2013-14 Primark sales up 17 pct at constant currency * Shares fall up to 5 pct, up 59 pct over past year (Recasts with detail, FD and analyst comment, sha

FTSE 100 movers: ITV a strong riser on bid speculation

Shares in ITV were rising strongly on Monday on renewed speculation that Liberty Global could be preparing to launch a full-scale bid for the UK broadcaster. According to The Telegraph over the weekend, Liberty, which already owns a 6.4% stake in ITV through its investment in July, is "forming allia

MARKET COMMENT: Late Rally In London Offsets Losses On Terror Threat

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Tesco Profit Warning Drags Down All UK Grocers

MARKET COMMENT: UK Shares Mixed As Eurozone Inflation Is As Expected

Tritax Big Box REIT Says Has Performed Strongly Since London Listing

BUZZ-Sainsbury and Tesco fall again on weak Kantar data

** Sainsbury and Tesco are among the worst-performing FTSE 100 stocks after data from Kantar Worldpanel shows yet more weak sales for the country's top supermarket retailers. ** The UK's top supermarkets have faced pressure from lower-cost rivals such as Aldi and Lidl. ** Kantar World

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: WPP Leads FTSE 100 On Results And Dividend

British Land Agrees New Lets At Wheatley Retail Park, Doncaster

M&S expects a brighter Christmas in 2014, says food boss

British retailer Marks & Spencer expects to have both its food and general merchandise divisions "firing on all cylinders" and anticipates a better Christmas after poor sales last time, the boss of its food business said. While the FTSE 100 company has seen non-food sales decline for the past 12 qu

UPDATE 2-Britain's Asda says sales growth shows price cuts are working

* Q2 like-for-like sales up 0.5 pct * Says profit up in line with sales growth (Recasts, adds detail, CEO comments) By James Davey LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Asda, the British arm of the world's biggest retailer Wal-Mart, reported an acceleration in quarterly sales growth and