"Mitchells & Butlers, the All Bar One and Harvester pubs group, rose on speculation that private equity groups Blackstone and CVC could take a stake in the company. The embattled pubs group, which unveiled robust first-half trading figures on Wednesday, gained 16¼ to 334¾p."
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