This Week’s Datebook
Here are the upcoming major business and economic events.
Today
* Treasury bill auction.
* Hasbro Inc. reports fourth-quarter results.
Tuesday
* OPEC oil ministers meet to consider whether to cut crude production. Cartel members fear demand for oil will slacken in spring and cause prices to sag.
* Hughes Electronics Corp., MetLife Inc. and Viacom Inc. report fourth-quarter results.
Wednesday
* Commerce Department reports on factory orders for December.
* Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan presents the semiannual report on monetary policy before the House Financial Services Committee.
* Comcast Corp., Coca-Cola Co., News Corp., Yum Brands Inc. and Walt Disney Co. report fourth-quarter results.
Thursday
* Commerce Department reports on retail sales for January and business inventories for December.
* Labor Department reports on weekly jobless claims.
* Freddie Mac reports on mortgage rates.
* Greenspan testifies about monetary policy before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.
* Aetna Inc., CVS Corp., Dell Inc., GlaxoSmithKline and Safeway Inc. report fourth-quarter results.
Friday
* Commerce Department reports on international trade for December.