FACTBOX-Companies sell their businesses in Russia Adds Unilever Sept 5 (Reuters) - Some Western companies have sold their Russian assets or handed them over to local managers to comply with sanctions over the war in Ukraine and respond to threats from the Kremlin that it may seize foreign-owned assets. Below are some companies that have sold their businesses in Russia, divided by sector: AUTOS Continental CONG.DE sold its Russian tyre plant to holding company S8 Capital in May 2023. Renault RENA

EUROPE RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Carnival, Kingfisher, Unite Group Sept 2 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several European companies, including Carnival, Kingfisher and Unite Group on Monday. HIGHLIGHTS * Believe SA BLV.PA : Citigroup resumes coverage with neutral rating; PT EUR 15 * Carnival CCL.L : HSBC raises target price to 960p from 895p * Derwent London DLN.L : Morgan Stanley raises target price to 3000p from 2750p * Kingfisher Plc KGF.L : Barclays cuts to

Hugo Boss shareholder Frasers files request to buy more shares DUESSELDORF, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Hugo Boss' BOSSn.DE second-biggest shareholder, British sports and fashion retailer Frasers FRAS.L , has filed a request to acquire more shares in the German company, according to a filing with the German competition authority seen by Reuters on Friday. A spokesperson for the Bundeskartellamt authority did not provide any information regarding the amount of shares that Frasers intends to buy.

GRAPHIC-From tech to banks, five lessons from Europe's Q2 earnings season By Samuel Indyk and Lucy Raitano LONDON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - European companies likely grew earnings for the first time in five quarters, but concerns about the strength of the consumer and the economic outlook have cast a pall over the second-quarter earnings season. According to LSEG I/B/E/S data, Q2 earnings are expected to have increased 4.3% from the same period last year, the first quarterly rise since the first three

ANALYSIS-Investors feel the pinch of thriftier consumers on company profits By Danilo Masoni MILAN, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Investors in large consumer-goods companies are having to up their stock-picking game, as a post-pandemic spending splurge dries up and increasingly price-sensitive shoppers start to erode corporate pricing power. Profit warnings in sectors ranging from luxury to food and airlines have fed into worries about a slowdown in the United States and other major economies.