EARNINGS RELEASES
Monday: Career Education Corp., CoolSavings Inc., Equity Office Properties Trust, General Growth Properties Inc., Humana Inc., Tyson Foods Inc.
Tuesday: Aon Corp., Charter Communications Inc., Comcast Corp., Marsh & McLennan Cos., ServiceMaster Co., Tenet Healthcare Corp., TRW Auto, Tyco International Inc.
Wednesday: Cigna Corp., CVS Corp., Duke Entergy Corp., Electronic Data Systems Inc., Napster Inc., Nortel Networks Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Time Warner Inc., Toyota Motor Corp.
Thursday: Caremark Rx Inc., Gateway Inc., Gillette Co., Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., Midway Games Inc., R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Revlon Inc., Sara Lee Corp., Trizec Properties Inc., Unilever PLC, Viacom Inc.
Friday: Washington Post Co.
ECONOMIC RELEASES
Monday: July Institute for Supply Management manufacturing index, June construction spending.
Tuesday: July car and truck sales, June personal income and spending, International Council of Shopping Centers store sales index, June factory orders.
Wednesday: July Institute for Supply Management service index.
Thursday: Change in non-farm payrolls for July, July unemployment rate, June consumer credit.
GOVERNMENT
Monday: Treasury bill auction.
Wednesday: Treasury expected to announce whether it will bring back the 30-year Treasury bond.
IN COURT
Tuesday: Pre-sentencing hearing in New York for former Tyco CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski and former CFO Mark Swartz.
STOCK OFFERINGS
Monday: Woodridge-based Advanced Life Sciences, IPO of 5 million shares priced $8-$9 per share on the Nasdaq.
