Press Digest: Financial Times - Dec 28
28/12/2016 01:37
Dec 28 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the
Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does
not vouch for their accuracy.
Headlines
Gazprom moves to settle Brussels antitrust inquiry
http://on.ft.com/2iBGjAd
Sports Direct sells Dunlop brand to Japan's Sumitomo
http://on.ft.com/2hlW0Xv
Airbus postpones delivery of 12 A380 superjumbos to Emirates
http://on.ft.com/2iBDKyl
LSE set to sell French clearing arm to Euronext
http://on.ft.com/2hlbZFd
Overview
Russia's Gazprom GAZP.MM said on Tuesday it has filed
proposals to Brussels in an effort to resolve a five-year EU
case over the Russian gas giant's alleged monopoly practices.
Sports Direct SPD.L said it sold the rights to British
sportswear brand Dunlop to Japan's Sumitomo Rubber Industries
5110.T for $137.5 million as part of a strategy to home in on
its core business and develop brand relationships.
European planemaker Airbus Group SE AIR.PA said on Tuesday
it was postponing the delivery of 12 A380 superjumbos to
Emirates Airline over the next two years, and added it would
accelerate cost cutting programmes to minimise the impact of
these delays.
The London Stock Exchange Group Plc LSE.L is expected to
announce this week the sale of its French clearing arm to
Euronext NV ENX.PA in a cash deal worth about 510 million
euros ($533.61 million).
($1 = 0.9557 euros)
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