RBS unveils 1.7 bln stg dividend, pretax profit beats expectations <!-- no image --> <div>Royal Bank of Scotland on Friday announced a 1.7 billion pound ($2.06 billion) dividend, but warned a tough economic environment will curtail its profitability over the next 18 months.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=0OXi9Ecjkoo:TmlBZOEU200:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=0OXi9Ecjkoo:TmlBZOEU200:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=0OXi9Ecjkoo:TmlBZOEU200:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=0OXi9Ecjkoo:TmlBZOEU200:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=0OXi9Ecjkoo:TmlBZOEU200:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/0OXi9Ecjkoo" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters