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Business briefcase

This week

By Times Staff Writer
Published August 15, 2005


TODAY: Lowe's Cos. and Trinsic Inc. report earnings.

TUESDAY: Tampa Port Authority board meets; Commerce Department reports on housing starts for July; Labor Department reports on consumer price index for July; Federal Reserve reports on industrial production for July; Hewlett-Packard Co., Home Depot Inc., J.C. Penney Co., Nordstrom Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. report earnings.

WEDNESDAY: Labor Department reports on producer price index for July.

THURSDAY: Conference Board reports its monthly Leading Economic Indicators Index; Barnes & Noble Inc. and Gap Inc. among those reporting earnings.

FRIDAY: A 30-day cooling-off period ends for Northwest Airlines mechanics, meaning a strike could begin at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.

[Last modified August 12, 2005, 20:12:27]


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