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News Headlines:    Technology shares led the US markets higher following the sell off due to the Fed's quarter-point interest rate cut and accompanying statement. Currently City Index are calling the FTSE up 12 for Friday. In the UK Shares are expected to rise, buoyed by a higher Wall Street closing overnight after positive U.S. labour market data

Bradford & Bingley: says its first-half profit will be slightly below the same period of last year because of a drop of business in both its housing and investment markets

Provident Financial, which lends to people with low incomes or poor credit histories, says it is trading in line with expectations and is confident about its prospects for the year.

Eidos confirms that Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness successfully launched in the US on PS2 on 20th June. Initial feedback from retailers and consumers has been positive with shipments to date in line with management's expectations. Its cut its pre tax profit forecast due to the delays in the release of the game

Tadpole: Group completes key phase of strategy to become an enterprise applications and software company following disposal of hardware business. Increased losses of over 3p a share with operating losses at 2.6 million

Calendar All GMT	United Kingdom (F)inals (I)nterim	United States (Click Flag)	Europe & World
Fri 27th	09.30 Q1 Revised GDP q/q 0.2% exp. 09.30 Q1 Balance of Payments -2.7bn exp. 10.30 June GfK Consumer Confidence Survey 2.0 exp.Bradford & Bingley Trading Statement Peel Holdings (F), South Staffordshire (AGM),Tops Estates (F)	13.30 May Personal Income 0.3% exp. 13.30 May Personal Spending 0.2% exp. 14.50 June Final Michigan Sentiment Index 87.8 exp.	0
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