Business Diary

DOMINATING THE headlines this week is likely to be the major disruption caused tomorrow as public-sector workers take to the …

DOMINATING THE headlines this week is likely to be the major disruption caused tomorrow as public-sector workers take to the picket lines. Economic releases are thin on the ground in the coming days, although Thursday’s external trade figures will be watched closely for indications that the export sector is continuing to hold up better than expected.

MONDAY

Japanese market holiday

Results:Analog Devices; Campbell Soup; Hewlett-Packard; Valspar

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Meeting:Halo Business Angel Partnership BMW seminar (Galway); ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet speaks at a financial sector convention; Association of Compliance Officers in Ireland annual conference, New Compliance Realities – the Future of Regulation and Compliance in a Changed Risk Landscape (Radisson Blu Hotel, D2)

Indicators:EU-16 flash PMI (Nov); Irish trade statistics (July); OECD quarterly national accounts; US existing home sales (Oct)

Other:Irish Association of Pension Funds to release its pre-budget submission

TUESDAY

Results:American Eagle Outfitters; Barnes Noble; Borders; J Crew; Warner Music

Meeting:Friends First quarterly economic outlook presented by Jim Power (Merrion Hotel, D2); 2009 World Credit Congress and Exhibition (Burlington Hotel, D4); Start Your Own Design Practice seminar (Hampton Hotel, D4); Increase Revenue and Reach with Online Video half-day course (Digital Exchange, D8); Starting Your Own Business in 2009 EnterpriseSTART Workshop (NCI, D1); Hotel Website Marketing Conference (Bewleys Hotel, D4)

Indicators:EU-16 industrial orders (Sept); Irish wholesale price index (Oct), external trade (Oct) and agricultural price indices (Sept); US Case Shiller house prices (Sept) and consumer confidence (Nov); German Ifo Index (Nov); French business climate index (Nov) and consumer spending (Oct); Japanese trade balance (Oct); Bank of Japan monthly report

Other:Frontline Alliance unions to take widespread action in opposition to further pay cuts

WEDNESDAY

Results:Greencore; Sportingbet; Tiffany; Trintech

Indicators:US personal income/expenditure (Oct), durable goods (Oct), initial jobless claims (w/e Nov 21st), Michigan sentiment (Nov), new home sales (Oct), and Federal Open Market Committee publishes minutes of Nov 3rd-4th meeting; UK GDP (Q3); German Gfk consumer confidence (Dec); Italian consumer confidence (Nov)

Other:Announcement of the SFI/Dell Scholars – Young Woman in Engineering by Minister for Science Conor Lenihan

THURSDAY

US market holiday for Thanksgiving

Meeting:Independent News Media egm; Developing Countries and the Global Crisis OECD conference; Barretstown Corporate Quiz (Guinness Storehouse, D8); Irish Exporters Awards Dinner (RDS, D4); National Tourism Conference (Falls Hotel, Co Clare); The Great Depression and the Great Credit Crunch of 2008 to 2009: Lessons from the 1930s for today by Prof Kevin O'Rourke EU-(Radisson Blu Hotel, D8)

Indicators:16 M3/3-mth moving average (Oct); Irish external trade balance (Sept) and wholesale price index (Oct); UK CBI distributive trades survey (Nov); German preliminary CPI (Nov); Italian business confidence (Nov); Japanese core CPI – national (Oct), unemployment (Oct) and retail sales (Oct)

Other:Launch of major report on entrepreneurship education by Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Mary Coughlan

FRIDAY

Results:Carphone Warehouse

Indicators:EU-16 business climate (Nov) and economic sentiment (Nov); Irish live register age by duration (Oct); German import prices (Oct); French consumer confidence (Nov)