M&S is due to update the market on Thursday while John Lewis reports on Wednesday.
Britain's foreign secretary William Hague is due to update Parliament on the crisis in Syria.
The bank is due to update Moneyval on its progress by the end of the year.
No one wisecracks like Philip Marlowe, but he was due an update.
The retailer is due to update the City on its performance later this month.
But like an entry in a fast-changing field, Wikipedia itself is due an update.
RBS is due to update shareholders on its current trading at its annual general meeting in Edinburgh next Wednesday.
Balfour, which has issued four profit warnings in the last two years, is due to update the City on its half year results on Wednesday.
The government is also due to update its Ten Year Transport Plan, which will give longer-term signals about where transport policy is going.
It is not due to update the City on its trading until 5 November when it will reveal the results for the first half of its financial year.
