"Next Week
Next week is a busy one on Wall Street. In addition to
the weekly economic reports, a number of conferences
are scheduled and we start into the earnings reporting
season with a few high profile companies scheduled to
report.
On Tuesday, we get weekly chain store sales.
December Import and Export Prices are released
Wednesday. The eagerly awaited numbers, however, are
due at the end of the week. On Thursday we get
December Retail Sales and the December PPI (Producer
Price Index). Friday will see the Industrial Production and
Capacity Utilization numbers released. The most
anticipated numbers, however, are in the CPI (Consumer
Price Index), due out Friday.
Briefing.com reports the following conferences and
meetings scheduled for the week. The 10th Annual
Salomon Smith Barney Entertainment, Media and
Telecom Conference takes place in Palm Springs from
the 9th to the 13th. FOX, Q, DCLK, AT, WCOM, USTR,
and CNET are scheduled to present. From the 10th to
the 13th the 18th Annual Chase H&Q Healthcare
Conference takes place in San Francisco. MRX, KOOP,
JNJ, DNA, and AMGN are due to present. Also in San
Francisco is the DLJ Internet Conference on the 11th to
the 13th. YHOO, AOL, AKAM, CNET, FMKT, WBVN and
ELNK are presenting at this conference. In Miami this
week, Merrill Lynch is holding a Computer Services
Conference with CATP, PAYX, CEN, RAZF, SAPE, VIAN
and SCNT scheduled to present.
Earnings season is getting underway, and there are a
number of companies reporting in the coming week. On
Monday Vitesse Semiconductor is due to report.
International Paper, E-tek Dynamics, Seagate
Technology and Yahoo are due Tuesday. Network
Equipment and Rational Software are expected
Wednesday. On Thursday, we should hear from Applied
Microcircuits, Biogen, Intel and Rambus. Charles
Schwab is due to report Friday .
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