Bank of England threatens curbs on use of 'funded reinsurance' By Huw Jones and Carolyn Cohn LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) - Britain's insurers could face curbs on how they undertake acquisitions of certain pension schemes unless they manage risks better, the Bank of England said on Friday. Large UK insurers such as Legal & General LGEN.L , Aviva AV.L and Phoenix PHNX.L have cashed in on demand for bulk annuities, insurance for defined benefit, or final salary pension schemes.

UPDATE 1-Unilever, BAT push FTSE 100 higher For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window FTSE 100 up 0.4%, FTSE 250 off 0.3% Gold miners lead declines, Centamin weighs on sector Unilever surges after H1 profit beat Updated at 1614 GMT By Purvi Agarwal and Roshan Abraham July 25 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 ended higher on Thursday after upbeat earnings from Unilever and British American Tobacco helped counter losses in precious meta

UPDATE 5-Reckitt to offload homecare brands, consider nutrition options Reckitt cuts like-for-like revenue outlook for fiscal year Tornado hurts nutrition business, warehouse still shut Q2 like-for-like revenue and volume miss forecasts Nutrition sale could happen while litigation ongoing -CEO Updates shares, adds full name of product featured in legal case By Agata Rybska July 24 (Reuters) - Reckitt Benckiser RKT.L will consider options for its troubled nutrition business and offload a portfoli

EUROPE RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Adidas, Antofagasta, Buzzi July 22 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several European companies including Adidas, Antofagasta and Buzzi, on Monday. HIGHLIGHTS * Adidas ADSGN.DE : HSBC raises target price to EUR 300 from EUR 240 * Antofagasta ANTO.L : Peel Hunt raises to reduce from sell * Barry Callebaut AG BARN.S : Citigroup raises to buy from neutral * Buzzi BZU.MI : JP Morgan cuts to underweight from neutral * Solvay SOLB.BR : U

UPDATE 1-UK stocks end with weekly losses as commodity-linked stocks weigh FTSE 100 down 0.6%, FTSE 250 off 0.8% Miners, personal goods stocks leading declines UK retail sales fall 1.2% in June vs estimates 0.4% Updated at 1605 GMT By Purvi Agarwal and Roshan Abraham July 19 (Reuters) - London stocks finished the week lower amid a global cyber outage on Friday as investors assessed a fall in domestic retail sales in June, while commodity-linked stocks dropped, tracking declines in prices of c op