Lloyds Bank brushes off Brexit fears with £4 billion investor payout
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LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds Banking Group shrugged off mounting concerns over Brexit to unveil a 4 billion pound dividend and share buyback bonanza for investors on Wednesday, despite weaker than expected growth in profits for 2018.Britain's biggest mortgage lender posted a 24 percent rise in net profits to 4.4 billion pounds, below expectations of 4.6 billion pounds, according to a company-provided average of analyst forecasts.It pledged to pay a 3.21 pence per share total dividend, up 5..