Bank of Scotland's results on Wednesday will be overshadowed by this week's revelation that it is in merger talks with Britain's largest mortgage lender Halifax.
Analysts believe it could be third time lucky for Bank of Scotland, which owns Equity Bank and has targeted the Irish market aggressively. They will want to see similar confidence from the board.
Pre-tax profits for the year are expected to break the £1 billion sterling barrier, to £1.1 billion, up from £910 million.
MONDAY
Results: E-Primefinancial, Hewlett-Packard (Q2), Gameplay (H1), Phytopharm (H1), Prowting, SBS Group (H1), Stratagem Group (H1), Toye & Company.
A.G.M.: Murray International Trust, P&O Princess Cruises, Savills, Tardis Trancomm (e.g.m.).
Meetings: Northern Industrial Development Board business breakfast addressed by Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Sir Reg Empey (Alexander Hotel, Dublin).
Indicators: EMU balance of payments (Q4); US personal income (Mar).
Others: Central Bank publishes 2000 annual report.
TUESDAY
Results: Aetna (Q1), Allied Domecq (H1), Anglo Irish Bank (H1), Deutsche Post, Galen Holdings (H1), KPMG (Q1), Maulife Financial (Q1), Procter & Gamble (Q1), Thus.
A.G.M.: Alliance & Leicester, Billam, Cairn Energy, Cannons Group, Delcam, Grafton Group, Singer & Friedlander, Readymix, Reebok.
Indicators: British PMI (Apr); US construction spending (Mar); Japanese income data (Mar).
Others: Public holiday in Germany, France and Italy; London Stock Exchange campaign to promote AIM and Techmark markets (Berkeley Court Hotel, Dublin); ICOS announces new dairy director development programme (Jurys Hotel, Dublin).
WEDNESDAY
Results: Bank of Scotland, DSM (Q1), Netstore (Q2), Sytner, Terence Chapman Group (H1), Volvo (Q1), Whitbread.
A.G.M.: Balfour Beatty, BAT (Q1), Clinical Computing, Domnick Hunter, F&C Latin American IT, Goodyear Tire, Hercules Property (e.g.m.), KPN Telecom, National Express, Norish Group, Pendragon, Pittards, William Baird
Meetings: Scottish Provident seminar on Government special savings incentive scheme addressed by Minister for Finance Mr McCreevy (Burlington Hotel, Dublin); Brussels Economic Forum (to Thurs).
Indicators: EMU PMI (Apr); US factory orders (Mar); British consumer credit (Mar) and CBI reported sales (Apr); Italian business confidence (Mar) and PMI (Apr); French PMI (Apr); German PMI (Apr).
Others: E-XPO information technology show (RDS, Dublin to Thurs); FAS announces details of FAS/ESRI Manpower Forecasting Studies Report; Consumers Association of Ireland publishes Kitemark report; Publication of The Foresight Business Journal (Trinity College, Dublin).
THURSDAY
Results: Adidas Salomon (Q1), Aegon (Q1), CGNU (Q1), ICI (Q1), Pernod Ricard (Q1 sales), Powergen (Q1), Royal Dutch Petrol (Q3), Sapient (Q1), Scottish Power, Screen, Shell (Q1).
A.G.M.: Aegon, Alcatel, Ask Central, Broadcastle, Cattles, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Hat Pin, Mallett, Pernod Ricard, SAP, Schroder Ventures (e.g.m.), Standard Chartered.
Indicators: EMU unemployment (Mar), GDP (Q4) and business, consumer and economic surveys (Apr); US NAPM non-manufacturing (Apr); British services PMI (Apr); Italian industrial turnover (Feb); French consumer confidence (Apr) and business survey (Apr).
Others: OECD publishes economic outlook.
FRIDAY
A.G.M.: Ben Bailey, Clarke (T), Communisis, Davis Service, Societe Generale, Suez Lyonaisse, WSP Group.
Indicators: EMU retail trade (Feb), business climate (Apr), services purchasing managers index (Apr) and composite PMI (Apr); Irish unemployment (Apr); US employment data (Apr); German wholesale sales (Mar); French PMI services (Apr); Italian PMI services (Apr).
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