Corporate Results to be Released - The Week Ahead (26 - 30 January 2009)

The Week Ahead (26th – 30th January 2009)

Monday:

USA: Freeport-McMoRan, McDonald's, Caterpillar, American Express, Halliburton, Kimberly-Clark

Europe: Philips

Economics Indicators:

USA: Lending indicator, Existing home sales

Tuesday:

USA: Amgen, Texas Instruments, Corning, Verizon, Valero, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Nucor, Peabody Energy, EMC, Yahoo!, Starbucks, DuPont,  US Steel, Verizon, Gilead Sciences, Sun, Yahoo!

Europe: KPN, Lonza, OMV, SBM, Severn Trend, Siemens, STM, VIG

Economics Indicators:

USA: Schiller home price index; consumer confidence Jan

Europe: IFO

Wednesday:

USA: Gilead Sciences, Baker Hughes, Boeing, AT&T, Wells Fargo, ConocoPhillips, Qualcomm, Symantec, Pfizer, Boston Scientific

Europe: 3i, BBVA, Novartis, SAP, United Utilities

Economics Indicators:

USA: ABC consumer confidence; MBA mortgage application

Thursday:

USA: 3M, Starwood, Eli Lilly, Ford Motor, Altria, Juniper Networks, Colgate-Palmolive, Occidental Petroleum, Amazon.com, Black&Decker, Eastman Kodak, Intl Paper, Wyeth, Starwood Hotels

Europe: Bulgari, GDF Suez, H&M, Legal&General, Royal Dutch Shell, SKF, Suez Environnement, Swatch Group, Essilor

Economics indicators:

USA: durable goods orders; initial jobless claims; FOMC rates decision

Europe: Germany unemployment rate; Consumer confidence

Friday:

USA : Chevron, Procter & Gamble, Exxon Mobil, Honeywell

Europe: Banco Popular, Colruyt, Rieter, Tod's

Economics Indicators:

USA: GDP Q4 ; Chicago PMI ; Michigan Consumer Confidence

Europe: CPI estimate Jan; Unemployment rate