UK: Corn costs dampen margins and hit Tate & Lyle shares
By: Dean Best | 1 February 2011
Shares in UK food ingredients group Tate & Lyle fell today (1 February) after the company said rising corn costs had weighed on margins and would hold back further reductions to the group's debt.
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Shares in UK food ingredients group Tate & Lyle fell today (1 February) after the company said rising corn costs had weighed on margins and would hold back further reductions to the group's debt.
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