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The FTSE is expected to fall on Thursday ahead of the four-day Easter holiday. Thhe FTSE is expected to open between 25 and 35 points lower, extending Wednesday's 62-point fall, under pressure after Wall Street's Dow Jones had its biggest fall for 4 weeks.British Airways said it would slash prices on more than 1.5 million tickets for long-distance flights to help "kick-start bookings" after slowdown during the Iraq war.EMI shares surged amid speculation over a possible bid by Apple Computer for Vivendi's Universal music.

Prudential <warning of difficult trading conditions ahead> reported a seven percent fall in insurance sales in Q1 against the same period last year. Insurance sales have slid, with the UK showing a four percent contraction. They have said that sales for the year coming would be as difficult due to the slowdown in the global economy

WHSmith: announced a slight increase in group half year profits on Thursday before a 35 million pound charge against its loss-making U.S. travel arm. Profit was up two million pounds to 91 million pounds in line with expectations

Calendar All GMT	United Kingdom (F)inals (I)nterim	United States (Click Flag)	Europe & World
Thu 17th April	Prudential Q2 New Business WH Smith (I) 120m exp. Reuters (AGM), Rio Tinto (AGM) 00.30 March RICS housing market index	Honeywell (Q1), Colgate, Delta Airlines, Double Witching Day 13.30 Initial jobless claims w/e 12/4 17.00 April Philadelphia Fed index	Avis Europe (AGM),
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