June 7 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 18 points at 7,278 on Friday, according to financial bookmakers.
* BHP: Global miner BHP Group BHP.AX BHPB.L said it has set up a tailings taskforce to further improve the focus on internal dam management and boost safety, months after a second deadly dam disaster in Brazil. HAMMOND: Britain's finance minister Philip Hammond said he would press the Group of 20 leading economies this weekend to introduce a global tax on the revenues of online giants such as Google GOOGL.O , Facebook FB.O and Amazon AMZN.O . WOODFORD: Guernsey's stock exchange said it knows of no investigation by Britain's financial markets regulator into the bourse connected to the suspension of a fund by Neil Woodford - or a reason to start one - but stands ready to help the UK watchdog. TARIFFS: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would decide whether to carry out his threat to hit Beijing with tariffs on at least $300 billion in Chinese goods after a meeting of leaders of the world's largest economies late this month. JOHN LEWIS: Britain's John Lewis Partnership, the employee-owned retailer, has poached Sharon White, the head of UK telecoms and media regulator Ofcom, to be its new 1 million pound ($1.3 million) a year chairman. FORD: Ford F.N said it would close its plant in Bridgend, south Wales next year because of falling demand for some of its engines, putting 1,700 jobs at risk in a further blow to Britain's once booming car industry. The UK blue chip index closed 0.55% higher at 7,259 as investors bet central banks would soon ease policy in response to concerns about global growth. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: LIVE/
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