Britain's FTSE ends little changed, housebuilders skid

* Thomas Cook rises to highest since May

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Britain's FTSE hit by commodity reversal

* Thomas Cook rises to highest since May

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EIB to finance investment in Polish power utility Energa's network

WARSAW, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Polish state-run utility Energa

said on Wednesday it plans to issue hybrid bonds worth

up to 250 million euros ($263 million) to the European

Investment Bank (EIB) to finance investment in its power

distribution network.

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UPDATE 2-Areva hopes China's CNNC, Japan's MHI will agree to buy stakes soon

* Hopes for EU green light for restructuring by year-end

(Adds Varin comments on asset sales, background on

restructuring)

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World's tallest water slide to be torn down after death

KANSAS CITY, Kan., Nov 23 (Reuters) - The world's tallest

water slide will be torn down after a 10-year-old boy suffered a

broken neck and was killed riding it in August, an amusement

park in Kansas City, said.

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Britain's FTSE buoyed by utilities before budget update

LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index rose on

Wednesday, boosted by rising utility and commodity firms before

finance minister Philip Hammond outlines his policies in the

biggest economic update since the country voted to leave the

European Union.

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Areva's Varin targeting firm offers from CNNC and MHI

PARIS, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Areva is in talks with

Chinese nuclear group CNNC and Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries (MHI) about taking a minority stake in the

French state-controlled nuclear group, the company said on

Wednesday.

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