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This week in business

By TIMES WIRES
Published May 29, 2006


Today: U.S. financial markets are closed for Memorial Day.

Tuesday: Treasury bill auction; Conference Board reports its monthly Consumer Confidence Index; Albertsons Inc. releases earnings.

Wednesday: Costco Wholesale Corp. and Tiffany & Co. release earnings.

Thursday: Labor Department reports on productivity and costs, first quarter; Commerce Department reports on construction spending for April; Institute for Supply Management issues its report on activity in the manufacturing economy during May; the nation's largest retailers announce sales for May; automakers release sales for May; Oil ministers of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries hold spring meeting to discuss production quotas.

Friday: Labor Department reports on employment for May; Commerce Department reports on April factory orders.

[Last modified May 29, 2006, 05:54:06]


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