UniCredit SpA reported a profit that beat analyst estimates and plans to return 9 billion ($9.27 billion) to investors on last year's earnings, including some payments it already made. The results give Chief Executive Officer Andrea Orcel a boost as he pursues a series of unsolicited takeover approaches to consolidate UniCredit's position as a top European bank. Bloomberg's Tommaso Ebhardt reports.

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