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EUROPE’S SOVEREIGN debt crisis will remain in sharp focus this week as the euro zone’s finance ministers meet amid speculation…

Mon May 16 2011 - 01:00

EUROPE’S SOVEREIGN debt crisis will remain in sharp focus this week as the euro zone’s finance ministers meet amid speculation that additional support measures for Greece may be on the way.

Meanwhile, Ireland will have a busy few days on the corporate front, with several companies due to release results. Paddy Power and AGI Therapeutics will publish interim management statements tomorrow, while Irish Life Permanent holds its agm on Wednesday.

TODAY

Results:Providence Resources

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Indicators: EMU Trade Balance and Consumer Price Index (Apr); US NY Empire State Manufacturing Index (May), Total Net TIC Flows (Mar) and Fed's Bernanke Speech

TOMORROW

Results: Analog Devices; Dell; Vodafone; Wal-Mart; Yell

Meeting:Paddy Power agm and interim management statement (Burlington Hotel); UTV Media agm and interim management statement (Belfast); AGI Therapeutics agm (Adelaide Chambers); IBEC Annual Employment Law Conference (Clontarf Castle)

Indicators:Ecofin meeting; Irish Vehicles Licensed for the First Time (Apr); US Building Permits (Apr), Housing Starts (Apr) and Industrial Production (Apr); UK Consumer Price Index (Apr), Retail Price Index (Apr) and DCLG House Price Index (Mar)

Other:OECD economic report on Mexico

WEDNESDAY

Results:Air France; CC; Hewlett Packard; TVC

Meeting: Irish Life Permanent agm (RDS); Dragon Oil agm (London); Exporting Opportunities in Poland - Irish Exporters Association seminar (Davenport Hotel, D2); Start Your Own Business Workshop (Guinness Enterprise Centre, D8)

Indicators:EMU Construction Output (Mar); US MBA Mortgage Applications (May 13th) and Fed's Bullard speech; UK Bank of England Minutes, ILO Unemployment Rate (Mar) and Average Earnings including Bonus (Mar)

THURSDAY

Results:GameStop; GAP

Indicators: ECB's Trichet Speech; US Continuing Jobless Claims (Mar 7th), Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey (May), Leading Indicators (Apr) and Existing Home Sales (Apr)

FRIDAY

Meeting: CPA Annual Conference - keynote speakers include John Bruton (Westgrove Hotel, Clane); Isme agm lunch

Indicators:EMU Current Account (Mar) and Consumer Confidence (May); Irish External Trade (Mar); German Producer Price Index (Apr); Canadian Retail Sales (Apr).

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