1. Looking Ahead.
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ECONOMIC indicators , *CONSUMER Confidence Index , *GROSS domestic product - Abstract
ECONOMIC DATA Reports will include existing-home sales for December and the leading economic indicators for December (Monday); the Case-Shiller home price index for November and the consumer confidence index for January (Tuesday); durable goods for December and new-home sales for December (Thursday); and the initial estimate of fourth-quarter gross domestic product, the Chicago purchasing managers' index for January and the Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index. COMPANY REPORTS Earnings season is in full swing. Reports will come from American Express, Amgen, Caterpillar, Halliburton, Kimberly-Clark, McDonald's, Netflix, Rohm & Haas, Texas Instruments, Tyson Foods and VMware (Monday); AirTran, AK Steel, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Corning, Delta Air Lines, DuPont, EMC, E*Trade Financial, Hershey, JetBlue Airways, McGraw-Hill, Norfolk Southern, Nucor, Siemens, Sun Microsystems, U.S. Steel, Verizon Communications and Yahoo (Tuesday); AT&T, Boeing, Boston Scientific, ConocoPhillips, General Dynamics, New York Times, Novartis, Pepsi Bottling, Pfizer, Qualcomm, SAP, Starbucks, Tyco Electronics, WellPoint and Wells Fargo (Wednesday); 3M, Altria, Amazon.com, AstraZeneca, CA, Colgate-Palmolive, Continental Airlines, E. W. Scripps, Eastman Chemical, Eastman Kodak, Eli Lilly, Ford Motor, Fortune Brands, International Paper, Lazard, Newell Rubbermaid, Nintendo, Raytheon, Royal Dutch Shell, Sony and Wyeth (Thursday); and Exxon Mobil, Gannett, Honda Motor, Honeywell, Procter & Gamble and Tata Motors (Friday). [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Published
- 2009