March 10 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is

seen opening flat on Monday, with futures up 0.16%

* RIO TINTO: London-based hedge fund Palliser Capital

released a letter to the chair of Rio Tinto, urging

further steps toward unifying its dual-listed structure

following an appraisal report.

* DELIVEROO ( DROOF ): British meal delivery company Deliveroo ( DROOF )

said that it will exit its

Hong Kong operations

by selling some assets to Delivery Hero's

foodpanda and by closing other assets.

* ALLIANCE PHARMA: Britain's Alliance Pharma

said it has agreed to a sweetened final

cash proposal

from asset management firm DBAY Advisors, valuing the

healthcare group at about 362 million pounds ($467.23 million).

* ASSURA: British healthcare real estate investment

trust Assura plc said it received an indicative,

non-binding 1.61-billion-pound proposal from KKR and

Stonepeak Partners (UK).

* HOUSING: Britain set out plans on Sunday to scale back

public reviews that can delay housing developments.

* HEATHROW: Heathrow Airport is weighing changes to its

expansion blueprint to cut costs such as building a shorter

third runway, the Financial Times reported.

* KANTAR: WPP and Bain Capital-owned Kantar's owners

are exploring the sale of its Worldpanel division for 5 billion

pounds ($6.5 billion) or more, Sky News reported, while in a

separate report the Financial Times said Kantar is set to be

broken up and sold.

* THAMES WATER: Thames Water is preparing for

the possibility that it may be pushed into special

administration following an appeal in a London court next week,

Bloomberg News reported.

* COMMODITIES: Oil prices fell, London copper edged lower on

and gold prices inched higher.

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(Compiled by Simone Lobo in Bengaluru)