Following AIB's grim trading statement last week, market interest will shift to Irish Life & Permanent, which will issue an interim management statement on Wednesday, and Bank of Ireland, which is due to publish interim results for the half-year to September 30th the following day.
Monday
Results:DCC, Allianz, Cable & Wireless, Deutsche Postbank,Nortel Networks, Starbucks, Ticketmaster and Warner Chilcott
Meetings:Dublin City Enterprise Network for Women (Mont Clare Hotel)
Indicators:Irish industrial production and turnover (Sept), UK Producer Price Index (Oct) Japanese Adjusted Current Account (Sept), Money Supply and Trade Balance (Sept); Australian Home Loans (Sept); OECD standardised unemployment Rates
Other:DIT Hothouse Networking Event (Croke Park); trading update from HSBC
Tuesday
Results:Norkom, Vodafone, Babcock International, InterContinental Hotels, Microsoft
Meetings:National Enterprise Awards (Dublin Castle); "Making it Happen' event presented by BioConnect Ireland, Irish BioIndustry Association and Enterprise Ireland (Carlton Dublin Airport Hotel); IIA and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Enterprise Board eBusiness seminars - 'How to Grow Sales Online in Challenging Times' (Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, Killiney); Marine Money Dublin Ship Finance and Investment forum (Four Seasons Hotel, D4); Oireachtas joint committee on Economic and Regulatory Affairs meets Irish Credit Bureau
Indicators:UK BRC retail sales monitor (Oct), RICS house price balance (Oct); German ZEW Survey, economic sentiment (Nov)
Other:trading statement from CRH
Wednesday
Results:Smurfit Kappa, TVC Holdings, Sainsbury's, Holcim, Macy's, Wienerberger
Meetings:SIPTU Retired Members Biennial Conference (Liberty Hall); Hays agm
Indicators:EU Industrial Production (Sept); Irish Agricultural Price Indices (2008) and Friends First Quarterly Economic Outlook with Jim Power (Merrion Hotel) Other: Trading statements from Irish Life & Permanent and Tullow Oil
Thursday
Results:Bank of Ireland, Investec, Benetton, BT, De Longhi, Juventus Football Club, London Stock Exchange, Nordstrom, SABMiller, Siemens, TVC, Wal-Mart and Zurich Financial Services
Meetings:Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Chamber Employment Law and Health and Safety Seminar (Stillorgan Park Hotel); Data Protection Practical Compliance Conference (Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, Golden Lane, D8); HEAnet National Networking Conference 2008 (Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny); 2008 Digital Media Engagement Conference (Burlington Hotel); Connector.ie Social Media Evening - guest speakers include Philip McCartney, head of sales at Bebo Ireland (Odessa Club); Nursing Homes Ireland Annual Conference, to be opened by Minister for Health Mary Harney (Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry); Enterprise Ireland/Deloitte CEO Forum on "Profitable Growth in a Challenging Global Economy" (Dublin Castle); 2008 ESRI Geary Lecture "The Entrepreneurial Society"
Indicators:EU Gross Domestic Product (Q3) and ECB Monthly Report (Nov); US Trade Balance (Sept) and Monthly Budget Statement (Oct); German GDP (Q3) Swiss ZEW Survey - Expectations (Nov) and SECO Consumer Climate (Oct)Japanese Tokyo Condominium Sales (Oct) and Industrial Production (Sept)
Other:Trading statements from Kerry Group, Paddy Power, Ladbrokes and Trinity Mirror
Friday
Results:Abercrombie & Fitch, Dexia, Hewitt, JCPenney
Indicators:EU Consumer Price Index (Oct) and Gross Domestic Product (Q3); Irish Index of Employment in Construction (Sept) and Retail Sales Index (Sept); US Import Price Index (Oct) and Retail Sales (Oct)
Other:Trading update from Logica
