City News: Reckitt Benckiser, £2 bn deal for Atkins, Sports Direct, Sky probe
RECKITT Benckiser missed its step after a product for footcare flopped and a safety scandal in South Korea. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
City news: M&S, Sky, Green Investment Bank, Unilever
MARKS & Spencer is to close six stores but open 34 new food outlets as it adapts to shoppers’ changing tastes. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
City News: Tesco, Burberry, Global Ports Holding and Primark
TESCO has agreed to sell its opticians business to Vision Express as it sharpens its focus on improving its core UK grocery operation. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
City news: House of Fraser, Circassia, Flybe, Ashmore
HOUSE of Fraser said a stores makeover and website investment would help counter “challenging” trading conditions as it more than doubled annual profits. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
City news: NatWest, Co-op
THE scams most likely to catch customers out have been revealed by NatWest as it works to raise awareness of the common tricks used by fraudsters. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Seattle: A cool city for all seasons
THEY SAID it would rain in Seattle. But as we cruised in, low and stately, on Dreamliner wings, sunlight was burnishing the shimmering, slate grey waters of Puget Sound. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
City news: The Crown boosts Netflix, Illegal software and Cobham £512m share sale
Online TV giant Netflix is tipped to report that its pre-tax profits have nearly quadrupled to $ 199million thanks to hit shows such as The Crown and Gilmore Girls, when it unveils its first quarter results tomorrow. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
City news: PZ Cussons, Sainsbury’s, Starbucks and Hays
FRESHENING up its range of beauty and bathing products and improving its packaging has stopped PZ Cussons being washed out by higher raw materials costs and adverse currency moves. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
City news: Jaguar, Hornby, Co-operative Bank and Lloyds
JAGUAR Land Rover sales topped 600,000 for the first time last year as growth accelerated in Chinese and North American markets. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
City news: Co-operative Group, BP, Mothercare
CO-OPERATIVE Group hailed an “exceptional year” for the mutual despite its first annual loss since 2013 as it declared its 20 per cent stake in the Co-op Bank is worth nothing. Daily Express :: Finance Feed