April 28 – Friday’s opening of the FTSE 100 index in Britain is expected to be higher, with futures up 0.36%. Margherita Della Valle was named temporary CEO of Vodafone VOD.L on Thursday. * STRIKES: Thousands of British railway employees will go on strike on May 13 after the RMT trade union rejected the most recent pay offer from train operators.Economic optimism among British businesses reached its highest level in almost a year in April, according to a Lloyds Bank survey released on Friday. In order to increase the nation’s domestic production, Neptune Energy said on Thursday that it has begun production from the 11th well of its Cygnus gas property in the British North Sea. After the energy company backed off plans to cut oil and gas output, shareholders on Thursday rejected an activist resolution urging BP to set tougher climate targets. Shell Pipeline Co. said it shut the Zydeco pipeline on April 25 after a limited release of crude oil was discovered in the Intracoastal Waterway, east of the Sabine River, during a routine air patrol. * CAR PRODUCTION: British ca. The FTSE 100 index in Britain dropped for a fourth straight session on Thursday, led lower by stocks connected to commodities, but the loss was contained by advances in banking stocks following positive results from Barclays. Group of Natwest Q1 Results in the UK Corporate Diary Rotork Trading Update for Q1 Update on Computacen Q1 Trading Hikma April trading update * Please click on TODAY’S UK PAPERS > Financial Times > Other business headlines for further information on the factors affecting European stocks.
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