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Business briefcase

This week

By Times Staff Writer
Published August 8, 2005


TODAY: Delphi Corp. and Dynegy Inc. release earnings; appeal arguments are heard in a sexual discrimination class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

TUESDAY: Federal Reserve may raise interest rates again; Labor Department reports on productivity and costs, second quarter, preliminary; sentencing for former WorldCom accounting director Buddy Yates; UTEK Corp., Blockbuster Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Clear Channel Communications Inc., May Department Stores Co. and Walt Disney Co. release earnings; the next auction begins for more than 200 Winn-Dixie stores that are being closed as part of the supermarket chain's bankruptcy. Catalina Marketing Corp. holds its meeting in St. Petersburg.

WEDNESDAY: Nicholas Financial holds annual meeting in Clearwater; Treasury reports on federal budget for July; sentencing for former WorldCom controller David Myers; Federated Department Stores Inc. and News Corp. Ltd. release earnings.

THURSDAY: Commerce Department reports on retail sales for July and business inventories for June; Labor Department reports on weekly jobless claims; Freddie Mac reports on mortgage rates; sentencing for former WorldCom CFO Scott Sullivan; Dell Inc., DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. and Target Corp. releases earnings.

FRIDAY: Commerce Department reports on international trade for June.

[Last modified August 5, 2005, 17:36:02]


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