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Business briefcase
This week
By Times Staff Writer
Published August 29, 2005
TUESDAY: The Conference Board reports its monthly Consumer Confidence Index; the Commerce Department reports on factory orders for July; Boeing is scheduled to give its machinists union a final contract offer; the Census Bureau issues its annual report on poverty, income and health insurance coverage.
WEDNESDAY: The Commerce Department reports on gross domestic product, second quarter; state Attorney General Charlie Crist and representatives from companies including America Online, MSN and Visa are featured at the Take Back the Net Cybersecurity Workshop in Tampa.
THURSDAY: The Commerce Department reports on personal income and spending for July; the Commerce Department reports on construction spending; the Institute for Supply Management issues its report on activity in the manufacturing economy during August; vehicle manufacturers report their sales totals for August; the nation's largest retailers announce sales figures for August.
FRIDAY: The Labor Department reports on employment for August at 8:30 a.m.; Boeing's machinists union's contract expires.
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