EARNINGS RELEASES
Monday: Carnival Corp., Global Payments Inc., Crown Media Holdings Inc., KB Home, Paychex Inc., SkillSoft PLC, Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group Inc., Veritas DGC Inc.
Tuesday: Airnet Communications Corp., The Bombay Co., Family Dollar Stores Inc., General Mills Inc., HB Fuller Co., Lennar Corp., McCormick & Co., Oracle Corp., Pegasus Communications Corp., Perry Ellis International Inc., Samsonite Corp., Santarus Inc., Williams-Sonoma Inc., Zevex International Inc.
Wednesday: Barneys New York, GameStop Corp., Houghton Mifflin Co., Lindsay Manufacturing Co., Movado Group Inc., Sharper Image Inc. Ormat Technologies Inc.,
Thursday: ConAgra Foods Inc., Darden Restaurants Inc., Harken Energy Co., Immucor Inc., Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc., Solectron Corp., Stride Rite Corp.
ECONOMIC RELEASES
Monday: Treasury bill auction.
Tuesday: Federal Open Market Committee rate decision expected; February producer price index.
Wednesday: February consumer price index; February existing-home sales.
Thursday: February new-home sales; February durable goods orders; initial jobless claims for week ended March 19; continuing jobless claims for week ended March 12.
GOVERNMENT
Monday: Congress begins recess through April 4.
Tuesday: Federal Open Market Committee meets to discuss interest rates.
Wednesday: Trustees of the Social Security program issue their annual report on the status of the program.
Friday: Stock markets closed for Good Friday.
STOCK OFFERINGS
This week: Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Internet, additional shares.
OTHER EVENTS
Tuesday: Leaders of European Union’s 25 states open two-day meeting in Brussels on state of EU economy. Agenda includes economic reforms–cutting red tape and liberalizing market sectors–aimed at boosting bloc’s lackluster economic growth and job creation.
Friday: New York International Automobile Show begins, through April 3.
OF NOTE IN CHICAGO
Thursday: Kmart Holding Corp. and Sears, Roebuck and Co. will hold special shareholder meetings to vote on the proposed companies’ merger in Hoffman Estates.
