C&W reports £136m deficit following demerger

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The defined benefit section of the recently formed Cable & Wireless Worldwide Retirement Plan has £136m deficit, end of year results show.

The telecommunication company's IAS19 deficit, announced today, comes after a demerger in March when C&W split into two separately listed companies - Cable & Wireless Worldwide and Cable & Wireless...

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