LIVE MARKETS-Early morning headline roundup
* European shares seen edging up
* Asia shares mixed
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EARLY MORNING HEADLINE ROUNDUP (0556 GMT)
WPP (Frankfurt: A1J2BZ - news) embarks on new journey without Sorrell at the helm
ECB asks Deutsche Bank (IOB: 0H7D.IL - news) to gauge investment banking exit costs -source
Activist Elliott now largest shareholder in Whitbread
Adecco (Swiss: ADEN.VX - news) to buy U.S.-based General Assembly in deal valued at $412.5 mln
Software AG (IOB: 0NJS.IL - news) raises FY industrial internet sales outlook
Unilever (NYSE: UL - news) remuneration under fire from investor advisory firms
Sulzer (IOB: 0QQ9.IL - news) gets second licence unblocking assets frozen by U.S. sanctions
Spain's ACS (Amsterdam: SR6.AS - news) to help build and maintain Toronto light railway
Activist fund SVM takes stake in Italy's TIM, backs Elliott
Major Hammerson shareholder to vote against Intu (Swiss: OXIGTU.SW - news) acquisition
German minister to carmakers: Invest in electric cars or lose out
VW's new CEO may become Audi (IOB: 0FG8.IL - news) chairman in May -sources
Rolls-Royce to bid for engines for China-Russia wide body jet -China Daily
French spirits maker Marie Brizard warns of deeper loss in 2017
(Danilo Masoni)
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MORNING CALL: EUROPEAN SHARES SEEN CAUTIOUSLY HIGHER (0530 GMT)
European shares are seen opening higher although caution will dominate after the U.S.,
France and Britain launched missiles targeting what the Pentagon said were chemical weapons
facilities in Syria in retaliation for a suspected poison gas attack in Douma this month.
"The firing of over 100 cruise missiles over the weekend on various targets, with little in
the way of casualties, appears to be tempered with relief that while it may reduce the risk of
an escalation in the short term, it in no way means that we might not get a counter response
further down the line," said Michael Hewson, Chief Market Analyst at CMC Markets (LSE: CMCX.L - news) .
Financial spreadbetters expect London's FTSE to open 12 points higher at 7,276, Frankfurt's
DAX to open 72 points higher at 12,514 and Paris' CAC to open 22 points higher at 5,337.
Over in Asia, shares were mixed as relief U.S.-led strikes on Syria looked unlikely to
escalate was tempered by concerns at Russia's potential reaction to new sanctions from
Washington.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Sunday that further Western attacks on Syria
would bring chaos to world affairs, as Washington prepared to increase pressure on Russia with
new economic sanctions.
(Danilo Masoni)
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