This Week's Datebook

This Week’s Datebook

L.A. Times Archives

Feb. 2, 2004 12 AM PT

From Times Wire Services

Here are the upcoming major business and economic events.

Monday:

* Commerce Department reports on personal income and spending and construction spending for December.

* Treasury bill auction.

* Institute for Supply Management releases its manufacturing report for January.

* President Bush presents his budget proposal for fiscal 2005 to Congress.

* Testimony is expected to resume in the trial of Martha Stewart, accused of lying to investigators during an investigation into her sale of Imclone Systems Inc. stock.

* Gannett Co., Humana Inc., International Paper Co. and Pitney Bowes Inc. are among those reporting quarterly results.

Tuesday:

* House and Senate Budget, House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees hold hearings on president’s budget.

* Senate Banking Committee holds hearing on mutual fund scandal.

* Automakers report sales for January.

* Avon Products Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Colgate-Palmolive Co., Georgia-Pacific Corp., HCA Inc. , Mattel Inc., Sprint PCS Group, Tyco International Ltd. and Whirlpool Corp. are among those reporting quarterly results.

Wednesday:

* House Energy and Commerce Committee holds hearings on telecom industry competition.

* House Financial Services Committee holds hearings on role of attorneys in corporate governance.

* Commerce Department reports on factory orders for December.

* Allstate Corp., Anheuser-Busch Cos., DaimlerChrysler, Northrop Grumman Corp. and Pixar Animation Studios are among those reporting quarterly results.

Thursday:

* Labor Department reports on productivity and costs and weekly jobless claims.

* Freddie Mac reports on mortgage rates.

* Retailers report sales for January.

* Adolph Coors Co., PepsiCo Inc. and Royal Dutch/Shell Group are among those reporting quarterly results.

Friday:

* Labor Department reports on employment for January.

* Federal Reserve reports on consumer credit for December.

* Top finance officials of the world’s seven richest industrial nations open a two-day meeting in Boca Raton, Fla.

* Cigna Corp. reports quarterly results.