* EASYJET: British airline easyJet expects full-year profit to beat market forecasts, encouraged by summer bookings and strong demand over Easter despite French strikes.
* CINEWORLD: British cinema chain operator Cineworld said it
abandoned planned sale of its businesses in Eastern Europe and Israel, saying proposals it got did not meet the value needed by its lenders.
* GSK: GSK Plc will
buy Canada-based late-stage biopharma company Bellus Health Inc in an all-cash deal for $2 billion, the companies said.
* ENTAIN: Ladbrokes-owner Entain Plc reported
higher quarterly net gaming revenues, helped by acquisitions and a rise in the number of active customers.
* THG: THG , online retail platform said it
received an approach , reported a 2.7% rise in full-year revenue to 2.24 billion pounds ($2.78 billion) and said it expected a similar low- to mid-single digit rise this year.
* SHELL: Shell said it
restarted operations at Pierce field in the UK Central North Sea.
* ANGLO AMERICAN: Chile's ministry of environment said committee of
government ministers approved environmental permit for $3 billion extension of
Anglo American's Los Bronces project in Chile.
* GLENCORE: Glencore executives have met with some 120 Teck
Resources shareholders during a short visit to Toronto to try to win support for
a takeover bid, a source familiar with the situation said.
* FTSE: UK's FTSE 100 eked out small gains for a seventh straight session on
Monday, as a weaker pound lifted shares of internationally focused firms.
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> Financial Times > Other business headlines (Reporting by Hani Kollathodi in Bengaluru)
