Activities on the UK corporate news front are set to take a back seat on Friday to events in Greece, where the government faces a vote of confidence motion in parliament, and the US, where the non-farm payrolls data will be as keenly watched as ever.
Even inveterate gamblers are reluctant to take a position on whether the Greek government will survive, but there are no shortage of economists prepared to have a stab at guessing the change in the US non-farm payrolls, with the consensus forecast being for a rise of around 90,000 in October, following September's 103,000 rise.
On the company results agenda, hotel firm Millennium & Copthorne gives a third quarter update, with shareholders hoping that the sparkling performance in the first half of the year has been maintained.
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Overall revenue per available room (revPar), a measure of profitability in the hotel industry, increased by 6.3%, in constant currency terms, in the second quarter from a year earlier, with the growth primarily driven by an increase in the average room rate.
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INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
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