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Business briefcase

This week

By Times Staff Writer
Published May 2, 2005


TODAY: Commerce Department reports on construction spending for March; Treasury bill auction; Institute for Supply Management issues its report on activity in the manufacturing industry during April.

TUESDAY: Commerce Department reports on factory orders for March; Federal Open Market Committee meets to discuss interest rates; automakers release sales figures for April; Qwest Communications International Inc., Tenet Healthcare Corp. and Tyco International Ltd. release earnings.

WEDNESDAY: IAC/InterActiveCorp, Knology and Time Warner Inc. release earnings.

THURSDAY: Nation's largest retailers announce sales figures for April; Labor Department reports on productivity and costs, first quarter, and weekly jobless claims; Freddie Mac reports on mortgage rates; MCI Inc., Blockbuster Inc. and CVS Corp. release earnings.

FRIDAY: Labor Department reports on employment for April; Federal Reserve reports on consumer credit for March.

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