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Credit Suisse Group AG's Asia Pacific head of corporate communications, Sheel Kohli, is leaving the Swiss bank after a 12-year stint, according to an internal note seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

The UK's top share index steadied on Wednesday as a fall across mining stocks capped results-driven gains, with GlaxoSmithKline a standout riser after the result of a clinical trial boosted hopes for its HIV business.

* Shares rise more than 5 percent, leading FTSE gainer (Adds CFO, analyst comments, Brexit plans, share movement)

Qatar's emir headed to Turkey on Wednesday for talks with President Tayyip Erdogan who is dealing with a collapse of the lira currency and deteriorating relations with the United States.

Stocks in Hong Kong fell on Wednesday along with their regional counterparts, ending near one-year lows on bearish Chinese investor sentiment and broader concerns about emerging markets sparked by Turkey's financial crisis. ** At close of trade, the Hang Seng index was down 429.34 points, or 1.55 percent, at 27,323.59....

Consumer price index up 2.5% in July from the same month last year

Unions describe increase as ‘nothing short of a scandal’

* Atlantia falls after Italian bridge collapse (Adds shares, quotes)

* Next survey published in February (Adds more detail, industry comment)