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Spirax to pay 100p special dividend

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Django and Les Mis buoy Cineworld

Cinema chain announces 15 per cent rise in pre-tax profits

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Schroders raises payout on strong results

Assets under management grows to £212bn

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UK defence industry: primed and ready

With companies on the acquisition trail, there is the risk of a mid-air collision

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Standard Life to pay special dividend

Strategy since demutualisation pays off

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Aviva: the old two-step

UK insurer has made good progress in the past year, but now it must find growth

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Brussels ends probe into telecoms groups

Competition regulator clears operators of collusion

From FINANCIALS 11:37am

Computer fault angers RBS customers

Overnight hitch blocked access to cash and accounts for few hours

From FINANCIALS 9:55am

Aviva slashes payout after £3bn loss

Shares down after insurer follows RSA in cutting dividend

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Cobham upbeat despite US defence squeeze

Group confident commercial operations will return it to growth

From TELECOMS 12:01am

BT’s fibre expansion to create 1,000 jobs

Telecoms group plans to invest £2.5bn in broadband expansion

From WORLD 12:00am

MPs warn on defence spending

To maintain international commitments, spending must stay above 2%

From INDUSTRIALS 11:15pm

Africa and Asia demand buoys James Fisher

Marine services group’s profits rise by almost a fifth

From RETAIL & CONSUMER 11:14pm

Rank agrees revised deal for Gala casinos

Group to buy 19 outlets to become largest UK operator

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Summer of sport gets Chime on track

2012 Olympics helped transformation from PR to sports marketing

From RETAIL & CONSUMER 10:35pm

Aurora break-up sees management exit

Restructure part of plan to refocus on online retailing

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Hayward to chair gas-to-oil company

Former BP chief on board at fast-growing CompactGTL

From FINANCIALS 10:12pm

Admiral says big payouts are sustainable

Motor insurer posts 15% profit rise to £345m

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KPMG at risk of losing vital HSBC audit

Bank puts Britain’s biggest accounts contract out to tender

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BP chief’s payout declines 21.5%

Impact of Deepwater Horizon disaster continues

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