April 26 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is
seen opening 9 points lower on Monday, according to financial
bookmakers.
* ASTRAZENECA: Canada's health department said on Sunday the
1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) Plc AZN.L COVID-19
vaccine imported from Emergent BioSolutions EBS.N Baltimore
facility were safe and met quality specifications. * INFORMA: Trade show organiser Informa INF.L said on
Monday it has signed an agreement to combine its existing
financial intelligence business with U.S.-based advisory
services provider Novantas Inc by the end of June 2021.
* PEARSON: Global education group Pearson PSON.L said
strong demand for online learning courses had helped the group
to post a 5% rise in underlying revenue growth in the first
three months of the year. * DARKTRACE: British cyber-security firm Darktrace is
cutting valuation of its London stock exchange listing as it
adopts a cautious approach aimed at avoiding a repetition of
Deliveroo ROO.L disappointing public debut, Sky News reported
on Sunday. * SUPER GROUP: Super Group, the parent company of online
bookmaker Betway, is nearing a deal to go public through a
merger with blank-check acquisition firm Sports Entertainment
Acquisition Corp SEAH.N at a valuation of about $5.1 billion,
people familiar with the matter said on Saturday. * BOOHOO: British online fashion retailer Boohoo BOOH.L
is considering linking bosses' multi-million pound bonuses to
Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) improvements,
including workers' rights, it said on Saturday. * ARSENAL: Daniel Ek, the CEO and founder of music streaming
service Spotify, said on Friday he would be interested in buying
Premier League club Arsenal if under-fire American owner Stan
Kroenke wanted to sell the north London outfit. * ASTRAZENECA: Chilean investigators testing the
AstraZeneca-Oxford University COVID-19 vaccination in 2,200
people found no instances of blood clots among participants,
they said on Friday. * ROLLS-ROYCE: British engineering company Rolls-Royce
RR.L said it was in constructive talks with Spain over the
sale of its Spanish unit ITP Aero, after a media report said
Madrid could block the deal. * OIL: Oil prices fell on Monday on fears that surging
COVID-19 cases in India will drive down fuel demand in the
world's third biggest oil importer and as investors adjusted
positions ahead of a planned increase in OPEC+ oil output from
May
* London's FTSE 100 .FTSE slipped on Friday as industrial
stocks fell and a stronger pound weighed on export-oriented
companies, while investors awaited a flash reading on business
survey data for April later in the day. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please
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