This week

By Times Staff Writer
Published March 14, 2005

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TODAY: Sykes Enterprises of Tampa issues earnings.

TUESDAY: Commerce Department reports on retail sales for February and business inventories for January; Albertson's Inc. releases earnings. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan testifies about the future of Social Security before the Senate Special Committee on Aging.

WEDNESDAY: Commerce Department reports on current account, fourth quarter, and housing starts for February; Federal Reserve reports on industrial production for February; Sykes Enterprises makes presentation at Credit Suisse First Boston event in Phoenix.

THURSDAY: Conference Board reports its monthly Leading Economic Indicators index; Nike Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc., FedEx Corp., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley and Toys R Us Inc. among those releasing earnings.

FRIDAY: University of Tampa hosts annual Florida Directors' Institute. Pretrial conference scheduled in federal court over consolidation of patient suits resulting from Merck & Co.'s Vioxx pain reliever.