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* Q4 results beat consensus (Adds CFO comment on price for stake, liquidity)

COLOMBO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan rupee ended slightly weaker on Thursday in dull trade as importer dollar demand outweighed selling of the greenback by exporters

Feb 22 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett may use part of his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc shareholders, due on Saturday, to renew his optimism about America, at a time economic growth is on the upswing and U.S. stocks sit near record highs despite rising interest rates.

May aim for cabinet unity around ‘Canada plus’ model unlikely to impress Brussels

MUMBAI, Feb 22 (Reuters) - An Indian financial crime-fighting agency said on Thursday it has seized a Rolls Royce Ghost, a Porsche Panamera and some half a dozen more luxury vehicles belonging to billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi and his firms, in a probe into an alleged $1.8 billion fraud...

* Germany's IFO disappoints (For a live blog on European stocks, type LIVE/ in an Eikon news window)

BELGRADE, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Serbia has successfully completed a three-year programme with the International Monetary Fund, but must improve its business climate and ailing infrastructure to catch up with Western European peers, the Fund said on Thursday.

AMSTERDAM, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Mobile telecommunications company Veon said on Thursday fourth-quarter core profit fell nearly 4 percent to $753 million, mainly due to the devaluation of the Uzbek som, but a strong cash flow and underlying sales growth boosted its shares.

LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Disappointing results, big stocks going ex-dividend and concerns over rising bond yields hit Britain's top share index on Thursday, pulling it to a one-week low.

Feb 22 (Reuters) - Singapore will help migrant workers set up bank accounts to ensure wages are paid after a report by a support group found some employers skipped town without paying their workers.