Germany's E.ON to break up UK's Npower in 500 million pound overhaul
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FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - German energy group E.ON plans a 500-million-pound break-up of the struggling British Npower division it inherited from Innogy , which an union said could put up to 4,500 jobs at risk.The revamp is the latest among established British retail power providers, which have been losing customers to nimbler recent market entrants and been hit by a regulatory price cap.E.ON's plan includes managing Npower's residential and small and medium-size business..