By Gerard Wynn LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The decision by the world'sleading solar power Germany to slash subsidy support willprobably lead to similar moves across Europe and hasten amanufacturing shakeout ...

BUCHAREST, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Romania aims to list 10percent stakes in flagship power producers Hidroelectrica andNuclearelectrica by October, part of a wider plan to sell stakesin state-owned firms agreed ...

Feb 23 (Reuters) - Fitch Ratings has affirmed Arran ResidentialMortgages Funding 2011-1 plc, a UK Prime transaction originated by NationalWestminster Home Loans Ltd. and The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc. ...

Express Scripts Inc said on Thursday it was moving forward successfully without Walgreen Co in its pharmacy network, citing wide support from clients. Chief Executive Officer George Paz said the pharmacy ...

* Express says clients supportive after Walgreen dispute* Says remains open to talks with WalgreenBy Lewis Krauskopf Feb 23 (Reuters) - Express Scripts Inc saidon Thursday it was moving forward successfully ...

* Consumers still buying high-priced beef* Retailers scramble for beef supplies* USDA cattle report could stoke pricesBy Theopolis Waters and Meredith Davis CHICAGO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The grilling season ...

NEW YORK, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Total U.S. four-weekaverage demand for refined products fell to the lowest levelsince April 1997, data from the U.S. Energy informationAdministration showed on Thursday. The ...

WARSAW, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Poland closed books for astake of around 7 percent in its top utility PGE at19.20 zlotys per share, market sources told Reuters on Thursday."The Treasury had the whole 10 ...

MEXICO CITY, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The world's largestbreadmaker, Mexico's Grupo Bimbo, said in an investor call onThursday that it planned to invest around $780 million this yearcompared to around $400 million ...

* Treasury to sell $29 bln of 7-year notes * Greece concerns likely to keep yields in recent range * Fed sells $8.61 bln of shorter-dated Treasures By Chris Reese NEW YORK, Feb 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries ...

* Exhibition shows influence of Rembrandt on Degas* Innovative painters and print makers* Two dozen paintings, drawings and etchingsBy Patricia Reaney NEW YORK, Feb 23 (Reuters) - A new exhibitionfeaturing ...

FRANKFURT, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Germany's oil productionin 2011 rose by 7 percent year-on-year to 2.6 million tonnes,the industry association W.E.G. showed in data released onThursday, citing access to new ...

* Gates says global food system is outdated, inefficient* Urges agencies to set a common goal for raising farmproductivity* Says new technologies can help in fight against hungerBy Catherine Hornby ROME, ...

* RSA misses div growth expectations, shares down 4.5 pct* Allianz keeps div unchanged, Swiss Re dividend up 9 pctBy Myles Neligan LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - RSA became thefirst big European insurer to ...

NEW YORK, Feb 23 (Reuters) - "Harry Potter" authorJ.K. Rowling will return to the publishing world with a newadult book, whose title has not been named, Rowling said in astatement on Thursday.The ...

By Tom BillLONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Offices on some of London'smost desirable streets will revert to their original use ashomes as developers cash in on rising luxury house prices,leaving deep-pocketed ...

* Q4 adj oper loss $0.28/shr vs est profit $0.02/shr* Rev down 44 pct* Investment banking rev down 65 pct* Top management won't get bonuses for 2011 performanceFeb 23 (Reuters) - KBW Inc reported afourth-quarter ...

* ArcelorMittal focuses on mining as return on in investmentis higher* Freezes steel growth capex as economic climatechallengingBy Silvia Antonioli and Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - ...

State-owned Royal Bank of Scotland paid out nearly a billion pounds in bonuses to staff for last year despite posting a fourth-quarter loss of nearly 2 billion pounds after big losses in Greece and Ireland ...

LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The London Metal Exchangesaid on Thursday it would delay a new trading fee, which itpreviously announced as a way to boost revenues, until July 2.It also said the new fee would ...

* JD Power sees 16 million US auto sales by 2014* JD Power sees Feb auto sales up 3 pct from Feb 2011* Six-year loans now finance 23 pct of new retail salesDETROIT, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. auto industry ...

* Investment bank 2011 bonuses set at 390 mln stg* Bonuses for 2011 of 985 mln stg, down 21 pct on year* RBS made Q4 loss of nearly 2 bln stg* Says still on track for insurance arm IPO in H2* "Noise ...

ROME, Feb 23 (Reuters) - An appeals court ruledagainst carmaker Fiat SpA on Thursday in a long-runninglabour dispute over the dismissal of three employees, orderingthe company to reinstate them.It was ...

NEW YORK, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Brent crude futures heldto a modest gain and U.S. crude a modest loss on Thursday aftera government report showed crude stocks rose more than expectedin the United States last ...

European banks could face more pressure from regulators and politicians worried that big cuts in bonuses have barely dented a high-pay culture sustained by massive hikes in base salaries. A string of banks ...

LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - European banks could facemore pressure from regulators and politicians worried that bigcuts in bonuses have barely dented a high-pay culture sustainedby massive hikes in base ...

* Gov't has been pressuring YPF and others to boost output* State board member accompanied by three other officials* YPF said only state representative allowed to attendBUENOS AIRES, Feb 23 (Reuters) - ...

* Liberty Interactive operating inc up 3 pct to $408 mln* Liberty Interactive creates two new tracking stocks* Tracking stocks focus on retail and minority stakes* Liberty Media adj op inc down 15 pct ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - For details of the U.S.Treasury's auctions of 13-week and 26-week bills, and 49-daycash management bills next week, see:13-week bills:26-week bills:49-day bills:

* Q4 adj EPS from cont ops $0.58 vs est EPS $0.56* Net sales rise 2 pct to $1.56 blnFeb 23 (Reuters) - Pharmacy services provider OmnicareInc, which recently dropped its hostile pursuit of rivalPharMerica ...

NEW YORK, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserveon Thursday sold on the open market $8.61 billion of Treasuriesmaturing April 2014 through February 2015, the New York Fed saidon its website.A total ...

Feb 23 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that it hasassigned its 'B+' issue-level rating on Akron, Ohio-based The Goodyear Tire &Rubber Co.'s proposed $700 million in senior unsecured notes ...

* The park seen on stream in three to five years* Construction to boost job creation in Serbia* Power generated from the park set for exportSARAJEVO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Luxembourg-based SecurumEquity Partners ...

By Victoria Howley LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs M&Abanker Luca Ferrari, an adviser to mining group Xstrata on its potential mega-merger with Glencore, is retiringafter 12 years with the firm, ...

By Mark Hosenball LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The publisher of Britain'sDaily Express newspaper paid thousands of pounds in fees to aprivate detective to dig for information on celebrities, asenior British ...

Greece needs to show it is capable of meeting the demands of its newly-agreed 130 billion euro rescue deal if it is to overcome its economic crisis, the Dutch Finance Minister said on Thursday. Finance ...

Feb 23 - Fitch Ratings has affirmed Eqdom's NationalLong-term rating at 'AA(mar)' with Stable Outlook and National Short-term ratingat 'F1+(mar)'. Fitch has also affirmed Eqdom's Support Rating at '3'.Eqdom's ...

The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits last week held at the lowest level since the early days of the 2007-2009 recession, signaling that the battered labor market is healing. Workers ...

(Reuters) - Dillard's Inc's (DDS.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) quarterly profit beat analyst expectations, helped by a rise in same-store sales and cost cuts, sending the department store ...

FRANKFURT, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Bayer onThursday proposed to pay a dividend of 1.65 euros ($2.18) pershare on its 2011 earnings, up from 1.50 euros a year earlier,in line with expectations.Analysts had on ...

* FY pretax up 12 percent to 8.5 billion shillings* EPS rises to 14.44 shillings from 14.02* To pay final dividend of 8 shillings/shr to give 10shillings total* Inflation, uncertainty over Kenya elections ...

(Adds detail, background)AMSTERDAM, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Greece needs to show itis capable of meeting the demands of its newly-agreed 130billion euro rescue deal if it is to overcome its economiccrisis, ...

* U.S. initial jobless claims steady at 351,000 last week* Reading is close to pre-recession levels* U.S. home prices up 0.7 percent in DecemberBy Jason Lange WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The number ...

Feb 23 - Fitch Ratings has upgraded the dated subordinated debt ofNationwide Building Society, Yorkshire Building Society, Leeds Building Society,Newcastle Building Society, Principality Building Society ...

* Adj EPS $2.21 vs $2.02* Revenue rises 2 pct to $1.97 bln* Q4 comp sales rise 3 pct* Shares rise 12 pct pctFeb 23 (Reuters) - Dillard's Inc's quarterlyprofit beat analyst expectations, helped by a rise ...

* Brazil's real knocked lower by reverse currency swap sale* Few new signals from abroad to give direction to trade* Mexico, Chile currencies seesaw as Europe woes persistBRASILIA, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Brazil's ...

* U.S. stocks edge up after lower open* EU forecasts recession for euro zone* Euro backs off 10-week highs* Oil prices pare gainsBy Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Global stocks were ...

Feb 23 (Reuters) -Following are terms and conditionsof a bond increased on Thursday.Borrower Compagnie De Financement Foncier (CFF)Issue Amount 100 million euroMaturity Date April 4, 2055Coupon 3.875 pctReoffer ...