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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Graeme Evans,Daniel O'Boyle and Simon Hunt

FTSE 100 Live 15 March: Index closes down for day, up for week; Reckitt and Currys shares tumble

Vodafone investors have been braced for a big cut in dividend income after the telecoms giant unveiled a new payout policy today.

The reduction, which will be implemented next year, was revealed alongside the eight billion euros sale of Vodafone’s Italy operation to Swisscom.

The housebuilding industry was also in focus today after Berkeley’s trading update and the launch of a competition inquiry into the Barratt-Redrow merger.

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