This Week’s Datebook

Here are major business economic events scheduled for the coming week.

Today

* Treasury bill auction.

* Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago issues its Midwest manufacturing index for February.

* Gannett Co. and New York Times Co. are among those reporting first-quarter results.

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Tuesday

* The Commerce Department reports on retail sales for March and on business inventories for February.

* The retrial of former Credit Suisse First Boston investment banker Frank P. Quattrone opens in New York.

* Dow Jones & Co., Intel Corp., Johnson & Johnson and Merrill Lynch & Co. are among those reporting first-quarter results.

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Wednesday

* Labor Department reports on the consumer price index for March.

* Commerce Department reports on international trade for February.

* Treasury Department reports on the federal budget for March.

* Apple Computer Inc. reports second-quarter results.

* Bank of America Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc. are among those reporting first-quarter results.

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Thursday

* President Bush speaks in Des Moines on the economy.

* Labor Department reports on weekly jobless claims.

* Mortgage company Freddie Mac reports on mortgage rates.

* Citigroup Inc., Continental Airlines Inc., IBM Corp., PepsiCo Inc. and Tribune Co. are among those reporting first-quarter results.

* Sun Microsystems Inc. reports third-quarter results.

Friday

* Commerce Department reports on March housing starts.

* Federal Reserve reports on industrial production for March.

* Delphi Corp. and E-Trade Financial Corp. report first-quarter results.