ShareCast News - Week Ahead
Week Ahead: Kingfisher results could be damp squib
Monday is Memorial Day in the US, unofficially the start of summer, and there is a bit of a holiday feel in the UK, as well, with the flood of trading updates thinning out a little.[25 May '12]
Week Ahead: Vodafone, Marks and Spencer, MPC minutes
Full year results from Vodafone should see the group's pre-tax profit break through the 10bn pounds barrier.[18 May '12]
Week Ahead: Lonmin, Dignity, Invensys
Monday is unusually busy next week with miner Lonmin, undertaker Dignity and outsourcing specialist Serco among the big names reporting.[11 May '12]
Week Ahead: Sainsbury, HSBC, BoE base rate
Results from Sainsbury on Wednesday may give some pointers whether sector leader Tesco is finally rousing from its slumbers in the UK.[4 May '12]
Week Ahead: Lloyds, RBS, BP, US unemployment
Banking results season gets in to full swing with Lloyds and RBS giving first quarter updates. There are plenty of other blue-chip companies clamouring for the limelight but it will be hard to ignore the first quarter update from BP on Tuesday, while on the economic front, US jobless figures for April will the highlight on Friday.[27 Apr '12]
Week Ahead: Barclays kicks off banking results season
Barclays kicks off the banking results season on Thursday, while the pharmaceuticals giants are also putting the finishing touches to their trading statements, with Glaxo, Astra and Shire all set to give first quarter updates.[20 Apr '12]
Week Ahead: Tesco looking to regain the initiative
After a pause for breath in the week after Easter company results resume full flow next week, with High Street big hitters such as Tesco, Marks and Spencer, Debenhams and WH Smith all set to update the market.[13 Apr '12]
Week Ahead: Recruitment firms, Dunelm
In another week shortened by the Easter break, recruitment firms will be in the spotlight with both Michael Page and Hays giving updates.[6 Apr '12]
Week Ahead: Rate decisions, US jobs, Halfords, Booker
Easter week sees a welcome slackening of expected corporate newsflow, with trading updates on Thursday from Halfords and Booker the biggest things currently in the company diary.[30 Mar '12]
Week Ahead: Food, drink, a bet and a ciggie
Next week has a bit of a food and drink theme, with updates expected from caterer Compass, pizza deliverer Domino's, food groups Hilton and Finsbury plus fizzy drink maker AG Barr.[23 Mar '12]
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