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This Week’s Datebook

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From Associated Press

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.

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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.

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