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Business this week

Times and wire report
Published September 20, 2004

TODAY: Treasury Secretary John Snow speaks at the National Press Club; trial of Larry Stewart, Secret Service ink expert accused of lying on the witness stand while testifying for the government at Martha Stewart's trial; jury selection begins in the first Enron Corp. criminal trial.

TUESDAY: Jabil Circuit releases earnings after market close; Federal Reserve Board may raise short-term interest rates again; Commerce Department reports housing starts for August; start of the trial in the government's racketeering case against the tobacco industry; Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. release earnings.

WEDNESDAY: FedEx Corp. and Morgan Stanley among those releasing earnings.

THURSDAY: Florida Venture Forum holds conference at Hyatt Regency Tampa; the Conference Board releases its Index of Leading Economic Indicators for August.

FRIDAY: Commerce Department reports durable goods orders for August; National Association of Realtors reports existing home sales for August.

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