BP Share News (BP.)

There are some big guns releasing results next week, including oil giants BP and Royal Dutch Shell, pharmaceuticals titan GlaxoSmithKline and household goods and foods leviathan Unilever .It's also a big week for economic announcements, with the European Central Bank (ECB) set to announce its interest rate decision while on Friday the first big set of economic data of the new month, US non-farm payrolls, is released.For BP, Tuesday's results should be another step in the company's recovery from being the world's most vilified company, though the company remains pretty unpopular in certain parts of Russia; its Russian joint venture partners TNK-BP are seething at being left out in the cold when the British company signed a £10bn arctic exploration tie-up with Kremlin-backed Rosneft.. Income investors will be keen to learn the size of the quarterly dividend; the company suspended dividend payments at the time of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill crisis, but has pledged to resume payments this year. Charles Stanley thinks the quarterly dividend will be restored at half of last year's fourth quarter level of 14 cents, i.e. 7 cents per share.Long time rival Royal Dutch Shell declares fourth quarter results two days after BP. Charles Stanley has pencilled in $5bn for net income, up from $2.8bn the year before. The dividend is expected to be maintained at 42 cents.On the economic front, despite ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet talking tough at the World Economic Forum on the determination of the major central banks to keep the inflation genie in the bottle, expectations are that the bank's key lending rate will be left unchanged.The change in US non-farm payrolls in January is expected to show an increase of 130,000, compared to December's 103,000 increase.Monday January 31INTERIMSAllocate Software, FiltronicINTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEF&C Global Smaller Companies, Monks Inv TrustQUARTERLY PAYMENT DATEJP Morgan Chase & Co, Premier Energy & Water Trust, Schroder Income Growth FundINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSHousing Starts (JPN)Construction Orders (JPN)Balance of Payments (GER) (07:00)Producer Prices (FRA) (07:45)Consumer Prices Index estimate (EU) (10:00)International Reserves (EU) (11:00)Personal Consumption Expenditures (US) (13:30)Personal Income & Spending (US) (13:30)Chicago Purchasing Managers Index (US) (14:45)Milwaukee Fed report (US) (15:00)Dallas Fed Manufacturing Activity (US) (15:30)GMSCattles, Greencore Group, Northern Foods, Schroder Asia Pacific FundFINALSSThreeIMSSMitie GroupSPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEEuropean Investment TrustEGMSA&D Pharma Holding GDR (Reg S)AGMSGreencore Group, John Lewis of Hungerford, JPMorgan Asian Inv Trust, Mouchel Group, Phorm Inc. (Reg S), Schroder Asia Pacific Fund, Sunrise Resources , Tertiary MineralsUK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSGfK Consumer Confidence (00:01)Nationwide House Prices FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAlbion Income & Growth VCT, European Investment Trust, Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund, Topps TilesTuesday February 01INTERIMSCentamin Egypt Ltd., NWF GroupINTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEHMV Group, Johnson Matthey, KCOM GroupQUARTERLY PAYMENT DATEMercantile Inv Trust, Torchmark Corp.INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSPMI Manufacturing (FRA) (08:15)PMI Manufacturing (GER) (08:55)Unemployment Rate (GER) (08:55)Unemployment Rate (EU) (10:00)PMI Manufacturing (EU) (09:00)ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00)ISM Manufacturing Survey (US) (15:00)Construction Spending (US) (15:00)Q4Autonomy Corporation, BP, Centamin Egypt Ltd.GMSMaven Income & Growth 4 VCTFINALSARM Holdings, Autonomy Corporation, BP, Ocado GroupIMSSNational Grid, Pennon GroupEGMSWorld Trust FundAGMSNumis CorporationTRADING ANNOUNCEMENTSGVC Holdings, MHP SA GDR (Reg S)UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSMortgage Approvals (09:30)PMI Manufacturing (09:30)M4 Money Supply (09:30)Net Consumer Credit (09:30)Net Lending Secured On Dwellings (09:30)FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEMarston's, SVM Global FundWednesday February 02INTERIMSLudgate Environmental Fund Ltd., Maxima HoldingsINTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEFirstGroup, United Utilities GroupINTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATECarpetright, Cohort, CPL Resources, Daejan Holdings, Invesco Perpetual AiM VCT, Latchways, Mattioli Woods, Stagecoach Theatre ArtsQUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATEBankers Inv Trust, M&G Equity Inv Trust Income SharesGMSMedicsightFINALSNovo-Nordisk AS 'B' Shares, TravelzestIMSSCarpetright, ICAP, Imperial Tobacco GroupAGMSImperial Tobacco Group, Invesco Perpetual Recovery Trust 2011, TricorFINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEBaring Emerging Europe, Schroder Asia Pacific FundFINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATEDunedin Smaller Companies Inv Trust, Fenner, TUI Travel, WichfordINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSProducer Prices Index (EU) (10:00)ADP Challenger Employment Change (US) (13:15)UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSBRC Shop Price Index (00:01)PMI Construction Survey (09:30)Thursday February 03INTERIMSAlumasc GroupINTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEMitie Group, Robert Wiseman DairiesINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSPMI Services (FRA) (08:15)PMI Composite (GER) (08:55)PMI Services (GER) (08:55)PMI Composite (EU) (09:00)PMI Services (EU) (09:00)Retail Sales (EU) (10:00)ECB Interest Rate (EU) (12:45)Productivity (US) (13:30)Unit Labour Costs (US) (13:30)Weekly Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)Non-farm Productivity (US) (13:30)ISM Services (US) (15:00)Factory Orders (US) (15:00)Q3BT GroupQ4Royal Dutch Shell 'A', Royal Dutch Shell 'B', UnileverGMSF&C Asset ManagementFINALSGlaxoSmithKline, Royal Dutch Shell 'A', Royal Dutch Shell 'B', UnileverIMSSCreston, Metric Property Investments , Vodafone GroupAGMSCompass Group, Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust, TUI TravelUK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSPMI Services (09:30)FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEWH SmithQ1TUI TravelFriday February 04INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAveva Group, Bisichi Mining, Foresight 3 VCT, Foresight 4 VCT, Jupiter Second Split Trust Geared Shares, Mothercare, Vodafone GroupQUARTERLY PAYMENT DATEInvestors Capital Trust 'A' SharesINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSPMI Construction (EU) (09:00)PMI Construction (GER) (08:55)Change in Non-farm Payrolls (US) (13:30)Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30)Average Hourly Earnings (US) (13:30)UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSHalifax House PricesIMSSElectrocomponentsFINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEEuromoney Institutional Investor, Next Fifteen Communications, RM, Smiths News