Much hinges on the

Much hinges on the progress of a new version of Ovcon, its contraceptive pill, which has encountered manufacturing difficulties.Full year - Formscan; Galen. Jonathan Senior, analyst at Evolution Beeson Gregory, is predicting product sales up 21 per cent, or 84 per cent with acquisitions included. Interim - British Airways; Radstone Technology.TOMORROW: The magazine publisher Emap has been buoyed by strong sales of celebrity titles but there are question marks over the performance of its music channels, such as The Box, where growth has slowed in the face of more competition Interim profit is expected at about £92m, up £6m. Galen, the Northern Irish drugmaker, has full-year figures due and strong sales of brands in female healthcare will be the main plus point. Deutsche Bank forecasts pre-tax profit of £49m, down from £245m a year ago, as the benefit of job cuts has been outstripped by falling ticket prices, especially on long-haul flights.Full year - Carr's Milling; Ferraris. SG is expecting BT to admit a 1 per cent fall in sales to £4.6bn in the second quarter, although earnings should be up 15 per cent on the same period last year thanks to cost cuts.TODAY: July's strike by British Airways ground staff at Heathrow will put a £35m dent in profits at the airline, which is reporting on the second quarter of its financial year. Analysts disagree over how much of that dividend will be paid at the interim stage, perhaps 3.3p or more: this will be announced on Thursday.The results themselves are set to be downbeat.

Since we last heard from the company it has lost revenue because of cuts to fixed-to-mobile termination charges and deregulation of directory inquiries. It means that spare cash generated by the declining volume of voice calls can be handed back, and the forecast of an 8.3p dividend this year is likely to be raised. Those investors who subscribed to BT Group's £6bn rescue rights issue at 300p back in 2001 will no doubt raise a rueful smile this week as the telecoms giant signals plans to give back millions to its shareholders in the form of raised dividends and perhaps even share buybacks. "The little lady from Winchester, who comes up at the weekend with her friend for a little silk scarf and a wee toilet bag," he says, describing a typical Liberty shopper "Well that ain't my future.

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It can't be, because it doesn't deliver bottom-line revenue for me."IAIN WILLIAM RENWICK: RETAIL EVANGELISTTitle: chief executive, retail storesAge: 45Career history: A law graduate, he worked in the consultancy world before joining Storehouse, the then Bhs-to-Habitat retail conglomerate Marketing director of Habitat from 1992 to 1995. Left to join MTV, where he was also marketing director until 1998, when he joined Imagination, a design agency.Passions: Gardening, walking, decorating his new house in Italy.. "It could be the new shop in London," the Italian says with passion.All Mr Renwick knows is that Liberty will have to make a lot of new friends, and fast, if it is to succeed. Mr Radice, the man responsible for transforming Selfridges, thinks Liberty could be the next Colette, the most fashionable store in Paris.

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