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Oil and defence stocks fail to lift the FTSE

Updates on world markets and companies news

Smith & Nephew is firmly in recovery mode

Management is guiding for 6 per cent growth in underlying revenues

Just Group profit falls ahead of Brookfield takeover

Competition in the pension de-risking market is rising, which made it harder to get good deals

Why International Paper is undoing its £8bn DS Smith deal

The unexpected break-up highlights a clash of cultures and limited overlap. But investors must ask what value remains

Trusts to profit from mining and Asia’s AI boom

Why I personally hold both of this month’s investment trusts

Melrose makes progress on cash generation

Yet the aerospace engineer’s shares fall on market scepticism

How stable is US employment? Economic week ahead: 2-6 March

Competing narratives abound when it comes to US jobs growth

Kier and Smith & Nephew: Stock market week ahead – 2-6 March

A summary of key company announcements expected in the coming week

Sage & Tatton AM: Big director share deals

Find out which directors are buying and selling shares in their own companies

British Airways owner IAG ups buybacks as profits rise

The company reports better margins as slow transatlantic demand is offset by higher premium sales