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E.ON, Germany's largest listed energy group, on Wednesday said its British retail business was recovering faster than planned, proposing a higher dividend for the past year as the coronavirus pandemic's impact was limited.

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E.ON said on Tuesday it had appointed board member Leonhard Birnbaum to succeed Johannes Teyssen as chief executive after the firm's transformation from a traditional utility to a pure energy grid and retail player.

E.ON, Germany's largest energy firm, on Tuesday said it had appointed board member Leonhard Birnbaum to succeed Johannes Teyssen as chief executive effective April 1, 2021.

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E.ON <EONGn.DE>, Germany's largest energy firm, on Wednesday said markets recovered faster than expected from the coronavirus crisis and kept its 2020 forecast.

Utility company E.ON <EONGn.DE> said on Wednesday it has sold forward 84% of its German nuclear power generation in 2021 and 52% of its 2022 output at prices above the current wholesale market, raising earnings prospects from that segment.

E.ON, Germany's largest energy firm, on Wednesday posted a 10% drop in nine-month profit due to the impact from the coronavirus crisis but added that markets were recovering faster than expected.

E.ON <EONGn.DE> on Wednesday stopped short of expressing interest in the British networks unit that U.S. utility PPL <PPL.N> put up for sale earlier this week, pointing to the shaky regulatory environment in the country.

German utility E.ON <EONGn.DE> said on Wednesday it has sold forward 73% of its 2021 nuclear power generation and 46% of its 2022 output at prices above the current wholesale market, raising earnings prospects from that segment.

E.ON, Germany's largest energy group, on Wednesday cut its outlook for the current year as the coronavirus crisis hit its networks and retail business in the second quarter.

E.ON <EONGn.DE> will work with SAP <SAPG.DE> to develop a platform aimed at standardising data of its vast network of gas and power grids.

German utilities giant E.ON <EONGn.DE> will sell its entire end-customer electricity and gas business in the Czech Republic to Hungarian energy group MVM, E.ON said in a statement on Saturday.

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Hungary's state-owned energy group MVM is seen as a frontrunner to buy E.ON's <EONGn.DE> Czech Innogy retail operations, although the German utility is in talks with other bidders, two sources close to the deal said.

Hungary's state-owned energy group MVM has submitted a final bid for E.ON's Czech Innogy retail operations as it seeks to expand in central Europe, Chairman and CEO Gyorgy Kobor told Reuters.

Hungary's state-owned energy group MVM has put in a final bid for E.ON's Czech Innogy retail operations as it seeks to expand in central Europe, chairman and CEO Gyorgy Kobor told Reuters.

Shares in Innogy <IGY.DE>, once Germany's No.1 energy group by market cap, are expected to be delisted this week, as rival E.ON <EONGn.DE> said it completed a buy-out of minority shareholders as part of a broader deal to break up the firm.