Rolls-Royce shareholder dividend returns after profit surge

Engine-maker Rolls-Royce has said it would restart its dividend after a four-year gap, as it predicted a rise in profits.The company is forecasting a full-year underlying operating profit of between £2.1bn and £2.3bn ($2.70-2.95bn) for 2024, up to £300m more than it predicted in February.In October it announced 2,500 job cuts from its global workforce of 42,000 to create a "more efficient and effective"…