This Week

MONDAY

MONDAY

Results: Allegheny Energy (Q1), Barr Labs (Q3), Conoco (Q1), Elan (Q1), Exxon Mobile (Q1), Handelsbanken (Q1), Hasbro (Q1), H&M (Q1), Kimberly-Clark (Q1); Lexmark (Q1), NMT Group, Norsk Hydro (Q1), Reed Executive, Safeco (Q1), Wrigley (Q1).

A.G.M.: Bradford & Bingley, Gree n Property.

Meetings: Annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (London to Tues); Conference on critical strategies for euro integration (Jurys Hotel, Dublin); Sales Institute of Ireland breakfast with BWG's managing director Mr Conor Whelan (Alexander Hotel, Dublin).

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Indicators: British trade balance (Feb), German Ifo survey (Mar).

Others: Michael Smurfit School of Business student awards dinner.

TUESDAY

Results: ABB (Q1), Allergan (Q1), AT&T (Q1), BBVA (Q1), Bristol-Myers (Q1), Deutsche Telekom, Disney (Q1), GlaxoSmithKline (Q1), Infineon (Q2), The Irish Times, ITT (Q1), Lucent (Q2), McCarthy & Stone (H1), March & McLennan (Q1), Parthus Technology (Q1), Reuters (Q1), Starwood Hotels (Q1).

A.G.M.: AB Ports, Baltimore Technologies, CGNU, Croda International, FBD Insurance, IBM, Southeby's Holdings, Tellabs.

Meetings: Labour Party leader Mr Ruairi Quinn addresses Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants lunch (Burlington Hotel, Dublin); Conference on building Irish hi-tech multinationals (Merrion Hotel, Dublin).

Indicators: Irish agricultural price indices (Feb); French inflation (Mar) and consumer spending (Mar); Italian trade balance (Mar).

Others: OECD publishes report on regulatory reform in Ireland; Publication of UN trade report on world economy; Setting up of Newfoundland & Labrador partnership board.

WEDNESDAY

Results: Akzo Nobel (Q1), American Home Products (Q1), Anheuser-Busch (Q1), Bookham Technology (Q1), Boston Scientific (Q1), Chevron (Q1), DaimlerChrysler (Q1), EDS (Q1), Electrolux (Q1), Hilton (Q1), Monsanto (Q1), Pharmacia (Q1), Qualcomm (Q1), Ryan Hotels, Schering (Q1), Sonera (Q1), Tele2 (Q1).

A.G.M.: Aggreko, AIB, Allergan, AnheuserBusch, Britannia Building Society, C.A Coutts Holdings, Estates & General, Eurotunnel, General Electric, Legal & General, Low & Bonar, Mersey Docks, SAirGroup, Waterford Wedgwood.

Indicators: EMU-12 and EU-15 economic forecasts; Irish industrial production (Feb); British CBI industrial trends survey (Apr); US durable goods (Mar) and existing home sales (Mar); French housing starts (Mar).

Others: Lecture by Nobel laureate Prof Robert Mundell on "Macroeconomic Policy in the EMU" (Trinity College, Dublin); Italian public holiday; PwC publishes risk management forecast.

THURSDAY

Results: Abbey National (Q1), AIG (Q1), AstraZeneca (Q1), Autonomy, Avaya (Q1), BASF (Q1), Bausch & Lomb (Q1), BSCH (Q1), Cardinal Health (Q3), Celera Genomics (Q3), Epcos (Q1), Kellogg (Q1), Laing (John), Reebok (Q1), Renault (Q1), SAAB (Q1), Scania (Q1).

A.G.M.: Abbot Labs, American General, Applied Micro Devices, AstraZeneca, BASF, FI Group (e.g.m.), ICS Building Society, Provident Financial, Rank Group, Wimpey (George), Wyevale Garden Centres.

Meetings: ECB governing council meets (Frankfurt); Spring meetings of IMF and World Bank (Washington); Network 2001 (Radisson Hotel, Limavady).

Indicators: EMU trade (Feb), Irish external trade (Jan); French business confidence (Apr); Italian retail sales (Feb).

FRIDAY

Results: Bayer (Q1), Unilever (Q1).

A.G.M.: Merrill Lynch, NTR, Pearson.

Meetings: Informal meeting of EU internal market and consumer affairs ministers (Lund, Sweden); Irish Bank Officials Association conference.

Indicators: EMU labour costs (Q4); Irish retail sales (Feb) and tourism and travel data (2000); British GDP (Q1); US GDP (Q1) and housing completions (Feb); French GDP (Q4), unemployment (Mar) and producer prices (Mar); Italian inflation (Apr) and producer prices (Mar).

Others: CIMA (Ireland) annual dinner (Berkeley Court Hotel, Dublin).