UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Jan 24

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24/01/2022 05:36

Jan 24 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100  .FTSE  index is seen
opening 22 points lower at 7,472 on Monday, according to
financial bookmakers. 

    * BRIDGEPOINT: Singapore's Temasek has agreed to buy Element
Materials Technology for about $7 billion from London-listed
buyout firm Bridgepoint Group  BPTB.L , two sources familiar
with the matter said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2U404W
    * M&C SAATCHI: AdvancedAdvT  ADVT.L  has made a fresh
takeover offer for advertising giant M&C Saatchi  SAA.L  which
includes a partial cash alternative for investors in the British
group, Sky News reported on Sunday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2U30D0
    * UNILEVER PLC: Trian Partners, Nelson Peltz's activist
hedge fund, has built a stake in Unilever Plc  ULVR.L ,
ratcheting up the pressure on the consumer goods maker, a person
familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2U308T
    * INFORMA: Information services and events organiser Informa
 INF.L  is preparing to launch an auction process to sell its
clinical trial data provider Citeline in a deal that could value
the business at up to 1.2 billion pounds ($1.63 billion),
sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2U14DE
    * VODAFONE: Telecom firms Vodafone  VOD.L  and Iliad are in
talks to strike a deal in Italy that would combine their
respective businesses in a bid to end cut-throat competition in
the euro zone's third-biggest economy, sources familiar with the
matter told Reuters. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2U15BB  
    * BP: The United Steelworkers union on Friday said proposals
by energy giant BP Plc  BP.L  would undermine its 56-year-old
national program for refinery and chemical plant worker
contracts. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2U201A   
    * SHELL: Shell said on Friday it has officially changed its
name from Royal Dutch Shell Plc to Shell Plc  RDSa.L  as part of
its plan to scrap its dual share structure and move its head
office from the Netherlands to Britain. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2U14YZ
    * GSK: GlaxoSmithKline  GSK.L  and U.S. partner Vir
Biotechnology  VIR.O  will boost production of their
antibody-based COVID-19 treatment by adding a second
manufacturing plant to help meet soaring demand in the United
States. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2U139I
    * London's FTSE 100 ended lower on Friday, pulled down by
heavyweight mining stocks and banks, while tepid retail sales
and rate-hike expectations further dampened investor
sentiment. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2U122T
    
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 (Reporting by Sinchita Mitra in Bengaluru)
 ((Sinchita.Mitra@thomsonreuters.com;))