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(RTTNews) - Mitchells & Butlers PLC (MAB.L, MLB), an operator of managed restaurants and pubs, reported Wednesday that its like-for-like or LFL sales for seven weeks ended January 13 grew 8.2 percent, with a 9 percent rise in food sales and 7.2 percent rise in drink sales.

An Albemarle unit has put on sale its entire stake in Australia's Liontown Resources, a term sheet showed on Wednesday, after the U.S.-based firm withdrew its proposed A$6.6 billion ($4.33 billion) bid for the lithium developer.

British education company Pearson said on Wednesday it had met its guidance for 2023, with underlying sales growing 5% and adjusted operating profit rising 30% to around 570-576 million pounds ($720-726 million).

The Russian rouble opened slightly down on Wednesday, consolidating around the 88-to-the-dollar mark.

Specialist fund manager Liontrust on Wednesday posted a rise in its third-quarter net outflows, as wider macro-economic woes and geopolitical tensions weighed on investor sentiment.

China's economy grew 5.2% in 2023, slightly more than the official target, but the recovery was far shakier than many analysts and investors expected, with a deepening property crisis, mounting deflationary risks and tepid demand casting a pall over the outlook for this year.

A Thai court sentenced a jailed activist lawyer to four years in prison on Wednesday for royal insults from a 2021 social media post, his lawyer said, in one of the country's high profile lese-majeste cases.

(RTTNews) - Energy major BP Plc (BP.L, BP_UN.TO, BP) announced Wednesday the appointment of Murray Auchincloss as its Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect.

Spanish energy company Iberdrola agreed on Wednesday to sell a 49% stake in renewable power generation projects in Spain and Portugal to Norwegian sovereign fund for 307 million euros ($333.40 million).

South Africa's central bank governor Lesetja Kganyago told Reuters on Wednesday that inflation was expected to average 5% this year and around 4.5% in 2025.

The European Central Bank is on track to get inflation back to its 2% target but victory has not yet been won, ECB President Christine Lagarde told Bloomberg TV in Davos on Wednesday.

Shares of Canopy Growth (NASDAQ: CGC) jumped as much as 11.9% early Tuesday, then settled to close up 6.2% after the cannabis company terminated a previously announced private placement of new shares.

(RTTNews) - The Taiwan stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last four trading days since the end of the two-day slide in which it had given up more than 100 points or 0.6 percent. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just beneath the 17,350

Chinese refiners are actively booking crude oil cargoes for delivery in March and April to replenish stocks, locking-in relatively low prices and in anticipation of stronger demand in the second half of 2024, trade sources said.

(RTTNews) - The Thai stock market has moved lower in back-to-back sessions, slumping almost 15 points or 1 percent in that span. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now sits just above the 1,400-point plateau, although it may give up that support on Wednesday.

(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last five three trading days since the end of the three-day winning streak in which it had gained more than 20 points or 0.7 percent. The Straits Times Index now sits just ben

Britain will establish a body to identify risks to critical imports, the government said on Tuesday as it outlined a strategy to make supply chains more resilient against global shocks.

London is underprepared for the heatwaves, flooding and rising sea levels it is forecast to experience in coming years, a report commissioned by Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Wednesday.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces a major parliamentary showdown on Wednesday over his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, with many of his own lawmakers threatening to rebel after they lost an initial bid to toughen his proposed law.

Automotive Cells Co (ACC) has partnered with UK startup Circulor to check the provenance and embedded carbon emissions of raw materials the France-based battery maker uses for electric vehicle (EV) battery cells, the two companies said on Wednesday.