Wednesday, March 1, 2017

REFILE-BRIEF-Riis says to head Falck after leaving Novo Nordisk

* Outgoing Novo Nordisk North America head Riis said he

taking the role of Chief Executive of Danish emergency services

group Falck

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UPDATE 2-Suez says GE water treatment business would be a good buy

* Share price down 3 pct

(Adds comment by CEO on more cost cutting, share price fall)

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Specialty chemical maker Elementis' FY profit falls 22 percent

March 1 (Reuters) - Specialty chemical maker Elementis Plc

reported a more than 22 percent fall in full-year profit

on Wednesday as currency impact weighed on its chromium business

while low oil prices hurt its energy unit.

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Mitsubishi Materials faces glitch in restart of Indonesia copper smelter

TOKYO, March 1 (Reuters) - A minor technical glitch forced

Japan's Mitsubishi Materials Corp to stop operations at

Indonesia's main copper smelter, briefly resumed on Wednesday

after a strike had halted all but the refining process since

Jan. 19, a spokesman said.

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European shares bounce on results, basic resource stocks

LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - European shares gained on

Wednesday, with results driving specific stock moves, while

basic resources were the top sector performers after U.S.

President Donald Trump pledged $1 trillion of infrastructure

spending in his first speech to Congress.

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UPDATE 1-Taiwan's Foxconn "confident" it can buy into Toshiba chip business

* Says no anti-monopoly issues involved with Foxconn

(Adds comments from Foxconn founder, context)

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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

BRIEF-Malaysia Airlines says Q4 load factor rose to 81 percent

* Says identified further 400 million ringgit of cost

reductions in 2017 to offset us dollar strength

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