Friday preview: Imagination, SThree

9th Sep 2010 17:29

Investors will be hoping bosses at Imagination Technologies offer words of comfort when the graphics chip designer updates the market Friday.Its shares have taken a bit of a hiding this week on talk its PowerVR architecture has lost out to ARM's Mali graphics processing unit for use in Samsung's new Orion chip, aimed at smartphones and tablets.KBC Peel Hunt expects the statement to adopt a positive tone, but doesn't think there'll be any change to guidance given the third and fourth quarter weighting of chip shipments and one-month royalty reporting lag.SThree, the recruitment firm that's rallied almost 25% this month, is also ready to bring the market up to speed, and previous indications that the run rate in June was picking up "should augur well".Panmure Gordon reckons the company will report a strong third quarter.And it must do if it's to meet the broker's full-year 2010 target for adjusted pre-tax profit of £14m. It made £7.3m in the first six months.Friday September 10INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAnglogold Ashanti, BG Group, Charter International, Elementis, Morant Wright Japan Income Trust, Porvair, Rank GroupQUARTERLY PAYMENT DATEBarclays, Canaccord Financial Inc., CarnivalINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSBalance of Payments (EU) (09:00)Industrial Production (FRA) (07:45)Wholesales Inventories (US) (15:00)Gross Domestic Product (JPN)GMSForest Support ServicesFINALSJD WetherspoonANNUAL REPORTThorntonsIMSSSThreeEGMSTelef O2 GDR (Reg S/144a)AGMSCyril Sweett, Ebiquity, Invesco English & International Trust, IPSO Ventures, Latchways, Yangtze China Investment Ltd.UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSProducer Price Index (09:30)FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAshtead Group, Newmark Security PLC, Northumbrian Water Group