March 15 (Reuters) -
* SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden saw histotal remuneration in 2017 rise to
* JUST GROUP: Annuity provider Just Group posted a record 35percent rise in 2017 operating earnings to 221 million pounds, topping analystsforecast due to lower expenses and pricing discipline, it said onThursday.
* SPIRAX-SARCO: Spirax-Sarco Engineering Plc reportedbetter-than-expected full-year revenue and adjusted pretax profit on Thursday,helped by acquisitions and strength in
* PERSIMMON: Persimmon,
* ONESAVINGS BANK: OneSavings Bank Plc reported a 21 percent risein full-year underlying pretax profit as it controlled costs and focused onbigger, professional landlords, even as the broader market lost its sheen foramateur landlords due to tax and regulatory changes.
*
* CINEWORLD:
* KIER GROUP:
* OLD MUTUAL: Anglo-South African financial services group Old Mutualsaid a "material" completion of its planned break-up was scheduled forthe end of 2018, as it announced a 22 percent rise in 2017 operating profit onThursday.
* UNILEVER: The British government said Unilever's decision to scrap its
* SAVILLS: Estate agents Savills posted a marginally better thanexpected 3.5 percent rise in underlying profit to 140.5 million pounds (
* UNILEVER: Unilever,
* SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell is close to bagging a deal to supply
* GLENCORE: Glencore Plc, the world's biggest producer of cobalt,has agreed to sell around a third of its cobalt production over the next threeyears to Chinese battery recycler GEM Co Ltd, according to a filingby GEM on Wednesday.
* BHP: BHP's Escondida copper mine in
* GOLD: Gold prices edged higher early Thursday and hovered near one-weekhighs hit in the previous session, as concerns over trade tensions weighed onshare markets.
* OIL: Oil prices held steady on Thursday, supported by healthy globaldemand but capped by the relentless rise in
* EX-DIVS: Anglo American and Hammerson will trade withoutentitlement to their latest dividend pay-out on Thursday, trimming 1.37 pointsoff the FTSE 100 according to Reuters calculations.
* The
* For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets
TODAY'
> Financial Times
> Other business headlinesMultimedia versions of Reuters Top News are now available for:* 3000 Xtra : visit http://topnews.session.rservices.com* For Top News : http://topnews.reuters.com(Reporting by Siju Varghese)