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Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:25 |
(AFX) - Major business events and economic events scheduled for Thursday:NEW YORK -- Conference Board reports its monthly Leading Economic Indicators Index, 10 a.m.WASHINGTON -- Labor Department reports on consumer price index for December, 8:30 a.m.WASHINGTON -- Commerce Department reports on housing starts for December, 8:30 a.m.WASHINGTON -- Labor Department reports on weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on the long-term fiscal challenges facing the United States.NEW YORK -- Bank of New York releases fourth-quarter earnings.MCLEAN, Va. -- Capital One Financial Corp. releases fourth-quarter earnings.HOUSTON -- Continental Airlines Inc. releases fourth-quarter earnings.MILWAUKEE -- Harley-Davidson Inc. releases fourth-quarter earnings.NEW YORK -- Merrill Lynch & Co. releases fourth-quarter earnings.MINNETONKA, Minn. -- UnitedHealth Group Inc. releases fourth-quarter earnings.WASHINGTON -- Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on rail and surface transportation security.HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Rite Aid Corp. shareholders vote on whether to buy the U.S. Eckerd and Brooks operations of Canada's Jean Coutu Group Inc.RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- South America's Mercosur trade bloc opens two-day summit that may consider Bolivian membership. Bolivia's socialist President Evo Morales and new member Venezuela, under leftist Hugo Chavez, urging reforms that benefit 'small producers.'WASHINGTON -- Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reports on mortgage rates.Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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