FTSE 100 stocks have cut over £3.6bn of dividend payments so far this year
Centrica and Anglo American were the latest FTSE 100 stocks to cut returns to shareholders this week.
Grocery sales on the rise as customers turn to healthy foods early in 2016, Kantar says
Kantar data shows grocery sales edged 0.2% higher in 12 weeks to January as sales of fruit and vegetables rose 5%.
Market round-up: FTSE 100 plummets as BP profit halves and Brent dips below $33
In 2015, BP's annual profit fell 51% year-on-year to $5.9bn, while Shell predicted similar results.
Sainsbury's submits new £1.3bn bid for Argos owner Home Retail
Retailer had initial offer turned down in November but has raised its offer to 161.3p per Home Retail share.
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Christmas sales 2015: The retail winners and losers of the festive period
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Sainsbury's CEO Mike Coupe upgrades outlook as Christmas sales fall less than expected
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Lidl, Aldi and Sainsbury's among retail winners at Christmas
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Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Asda to report slide in Christmas sales
While the big four have lost in Christmas sales, discounters Aldi and Lidl gained over the festive period.
Sainsbury's to open 10 new Netto stores in the UK
The move is aimed at battling discount retailers like Aldi and Lidl.
El Nino dampens clothing sales for Next and Bonmarche so investors can turn to Argos and Homebase
UK retail investment: Warm winter weather has been bad news for clothing stores over Christmas.
John Lewis celebrates Christmas boost with click and collect success as Waitrose suffers dip
Department store's chairman also commented on Sainsbury's offer for the owner of Argos.
Fat Cat Tuesday: FTSE outperforms European shares as mining stocks rebound
London's FTSE 100 recovered from a poor start to 2016 and gained ground with miners buoyed by upbeat data.
Argos owner Home Retail rejects £1bn cash and shares bid by supermarket Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's shares plunged on the news of the reportedly 'hostile' rejection of the offer.
Sainsbury's follows Tesco, Asda and Morrisons in cutting diesel prices to below £1
The price of diesel has fallen to around two pence below the price of petrol, which is usually cheaper.
Sir Ken Morrison and his son William together own 4.7 million shares in rival Sainsbury's
Profits at Morrisons have taken a beating recently.
Sainsbury's: Falling food prices cause profits to plummet despite cost saving efforts
Sainsbury's reported that like-for-like sales were down by 1.6%, while underlying profits fell by almost 18% to £308m.
Sainsbury's experiments with new strategy to win back shoppers
Britain's other three big supermarkets namely, TESCO, Morrision and Walmart have also been experiencing declining sales.
Edmund Shing: Next and Sports Direct benefit from Rugby World Cup boon to retail sector
Rugby World Cup has boosted Britain's high street performance.
Tesco: CEO Dave Lewis faces more hurdles in tough market and accounting settlements
Tesco has more than halved its profit to £354m ($540m) in the first six months of the financial year.
Sainsbury's set to book £548m full year profit as sales decline slows
Sales dropped by 1.1% on a like-for-like basis, 0.2 percentage points less than analysts had forecast.
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