Feb 26 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 36
points lower at 6,982 on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers.
* RECKITT BENCKISER: A reversal of fortune at two of its businesses has
bought new Reckitt Benckiser RB.L chief executive Laxman Narasimhan some time
after pressure for a break-up of the household goods maker. * TESCO: Tesco TSCO.L , Britain's biggest supermarket group, is to
restructure the bakery operations of its larger stores, with fewer products to
be baked in-store, putting 1,816 workers at risk of redundancy, it said on
Tuesday. * FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY: Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
has admitted an accidental leak of confidential information, including the names
and some contact details of people who had made complaints against the watchdog
in 2018 and 2019, on its website. * SHERBORNE INVESTORS/BARCLAYS: Sherborne Investors SIGC.L renewed its
campaign for change at Britain's Barclays BARC.L , in which it is the third
biggest shareholder, on Tuesday in a letter criticising its strategy and CEO Jes
Staley's links to U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein. * OIL: Crude prices edged up as investors covered short positions after
three sessions of losses, even as fears deepened that the rapid spread of the
coronavirus will lead to a global pandemic. O/R
* London-listed stocks fell sharply to fresh five-month lows on Tuesday as
an increase in coronavirus cases outside China triggered a second day of selling
across global markets. UK CORPORATE DIARY:
Revolution Bars Group RBG.L Half Year 2020 Earnings Release
AEW UK Long Lease REIT AEWL.L Half Year 2020 Earnings Release
Avast PLC AVST.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
Serco Group SRP.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
Taylor Wimpey TW.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
Weir Group WEIR.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
Unite Group UTG.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
Restaurant Group RTN.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
Town Centre Securities TOWNT.L Half Year 2020 Earnings Release
Capital & Counties Properties CAPCC.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
Rio Tinto RIO.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
William Hill WMH.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
International Personal Finance IPF.L Full Year 2019 Earnings Release
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