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Despite strong progress on the war front set the U.S. markets reacted negatively to the news that jobless claims have reached an 11-month high and nonmanufacturing activity has contracted for the first time in more than a year. We could be in for a volatile day ahead of the US non-farm payroll figures Friday afternoon.

AWG water utility and services which is being stalked by WestLB said on Friday it planned to return 100 pence per share, to shareholders.T he firm also said its eastern England utility, Anglian Water, had outperformed targets set by the industry regulator Royal & Sun Alliance said it had sold its UK Healthcare & Assistance business to Oxfordway, a group led by management, for 147 million pounds in cash. They also announced they paid the former CEO Mendolshon 2.46 million pounds last year. hmmmm

Amey said it had been appointed preferred bidder for a 120 million pound street lighting contract.

Abbey National Upgraded and EMAP Downgraded this morningScottish Power said trading in the year was in line with its expectationsVodaphone has added $500 million to its existing 5.375 percent global bonds due January

Calendar All GMT	United Kingdom (F)inals (I)nterim	United States (Click Flag)	Europe & World
Friday 4th April		14.20 Greenspan speaks 14.30 March non-farm payrolls, unemployment rate 14.30 March average earnings m/m Daylight saving time begins on Sunday	08.00 Spain February industrial production y/y 11.00 Germany February industrial orders m/m 11.00 EMU February PPI m/m
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