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Bank of Ireland lifts forecasts, aims for higher dividend

DUBLIN, July 31 (Reuters) - Bank of Ireland lifted its full-year guidance on Monday and said it expects to increase returns to shareholders after rising interest rates, a growing Irish economy and a shrinking banking sector helped it more than double first half profit.

At Europe's big banks, women make some gains despite Rose exit

ZURICH, July 28 (Reuters) - Alison Rose's resignation from NatWest leaves just one woman in charge of a major western European bank, highlighting an acute gender imbalance that persists across the sector despite pledges to increase female representation.

LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: Lower open amid China manufacturing slump

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open lower on Monday, despite some fresh measures in China to boost consumption.

Farage continues bank account closure crusade with new website

(Alliance News) - Nigel Farage will continue to campaign on behalf of people whose bank accounts have been shut – with a new website launched to tackle de-banking in the UK.

NatWest Chair Davies should stay in post, says City minister

(Alliance News) - It would not be "helpful" for the NatWest Group PLC chair to quit now as the bank seeks to rebound from the crisis over Nigel Farage's Coutts bank account, the City minister has said.

UK's FTSE 100 ends flat as BOJ sparks rate worries, higher on the week

AstraZeneca boosts pharma index to one-month high

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LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 flat as DAX surges to record high

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 tread water on Friday, after a trio of central bank decisions, and as focus turns to the Bank of England next week and the US jobs report.

At Europe's big banks, women make some gains despite Rose exit

ZURICH, July 28 (Reuters) - Alison Rose's resignation from NatWest leaves just one woman in charge of a major western European bank, highlighting an acute gender imbalance that persists across the sector despite pledges to increase female representation.

TOP NEWS: NatWest profit soars on week of Alison Rose's resignation

(Alliance News) - NatWest Group PLC on Friday announced a GBP500 million buyback scheme, as its interim profit surged.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: StanChart, AstraZeneca lift FTSE 100 into green

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Friday, boosted by a mostly strong set of company earnings, while investors weighed recent central bank decisions.

AIB lifts guidance again after first-half profits almost double

DUBLIN, July 28 (Reuters) - Ireland's largest mortgage lender AIB raised its full-year guidance for the second time in three months on Friday, after almost doubling its first-half profit thanks to higher interest rates and an influx of new customers.

LONDON BRIEFING: NatWest posts interim growth; IAG swings to profit

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called slightly lower on Friday, with investors having plenty to consider amid the week's swathe of corporate earnings and central bank decisions.

NatWest H1 profits beat expectations as Rose row rumbles on

(Sharecast News) - UK bank NatWest on Friday reported better-than-expected interim profits only days after it was rocked by the resignation of chief executive Alison Rose over leaking of details of hard-right former political party leader Nigel Farage.

UPDATE: NatWest scrutiny after bosses ousted over bank account row

(Alliance News) - Senior bosses at NatWest Group PLC are set to face scrutiny from shareholders following the dramatic fallout in the row sparked by Nigel Farage over the closure of his Coutts bank account.

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: European stocks surge as ECB puts pause on table

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 ended higher on Thursday, while the euro plunged as a rate hike pause has entered into thinking of the European Central Bank.