EARNINGS RELEASES
Monday: Campbell Soup Co.
Tuesday: Alberston’s Inc., Deere & Co., Dollar General Corp., H.J. Heinz Co.
Wednesday: Hormel Foods Corp.
ECONOMIC RELEASES
Monday: October leading indicators.
Tuesday: Minutes from Federal Reserve meeting of Nov. 1.
Wednesday: October help-wanted index; crude inventories for week ending Nov. 18; initial claims for unemployment for week ending Nov. 19; Freddie Mac reports on mortgage rates.
GOVERNMENT
Monday: Treasury bill auction. Congress in recess.
Thursday: Federal government offices closed for Thanksgiving holiday.
IN COURT
Tuesday: Court hearing in New York for L. Dennis Kozlowski, former Tyco International chief convicted of looting the company.
STOCK OFFERINGS
During the week: Brookdale Senior Living Inc., Illinois-based health-care services firm. IPO raising roughly $210 million through shares priced $17-$19.
MISCELLANEOUS
Monday: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Michael Moskow speaks on economy at the Princeton Club in New York.
Wednesday: Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Board of Trade close at noon for holiday.
Thursday: Markets closed.
