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News Headlines: J Sainsbury's emphasis on Profits instead of sales leads to problems.

U.S. stocks fell for the third day in four on Thursday and oil prices rose above $30 a barrel due to prospect of a longer and more dangerous war with Iraq than originally expected.    

Sainsbury said its sales growth slipped in the final quarter as it put too much emphasis on driving profits rather than sales.  reported like-for-like sales growth of 1.3 percent adjusted for last year's earlier Easter holiday and including petrol sales.

PRUDENTIAL  Prudential has shelved plans for an executive bonus scheme because it sent the wrong message to policyholders and shareholders, WH Smith has pulled out of talks to buy the book division of U.S. AOL Time Warner .BT GROUP Britain'shas said it is reviewing the wholesale fee for its high-speed broadband internet service.BRITISH AIRWAYS said Quantas (Has a 17% share) on Friday it will slash its international service by up to 20 percent to mid-July as a killer Asian virus and Iraqi war hammer demand at Australia's largest airline. The airline also warned it was unlikely to meet market expectations for its full-year profit result.BRAMBLES , AWG Australian industrial services group Brambles Industries said on Friday it has sold the repair and maintenance business of its UK subsidiary, Serviceteam Limited to a division of water utility AWG mm02The mobile phone group expects full-year earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation to be in line with analyst expectations.

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AMinerva (I), PRI Group (F)

Boots Trading StatementSainsbury Trading Statement

10.30 UK Mar Gfk Consumer Confidence

Benetton Group  Liberty Media Group

13.30 Feb personal income & consumptio 14.45 Match Michigan sentiment

7.45 France Feb unemployment 7.50 France Feb PPI 8.00 Italy Jan industrial orders m/m 9.00 EMU Feb M3 3m y/y Clocks forward on Sunday