This Week’s Datebook

Today

* Third-quarter earnings expected from 3M Co., Delphi Corp., E-Trade Financial Corp., IBM Corp., Kraft Foods Inc., Mattel Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc.

Tuesday

* Treasury Department reports on federal budget for September.

* Commerce Department reports on housing starts for September.

* Labor Department reports on consumer price index for September.

* Third-quarter earnings due from Altria Group Inc., Continental Airlines Inc., Ford Motor Co., McDonald’s Corp., Motorola Inc., Owens-Illinois Inc. and Parker Hannifin Corp.

Wednesday

* Third-quarter earnings expected from Allstate Corp., America West Holdings Corp., AMR Corp., Bausch & Lomb Inc., Chiron Corp., Colgate-Palmolive Co., Computer Associates International Inc., Dana Corp., Diebold Inc., Eastman Kodak Co., EBay Inc., General Dynamics Corp., Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., Honeywell International Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., MGM Mirage, Norfolk Southern Corp., Office Depot Inc., Pfizer Inc., United Technologies Corp., Whirlpool Corp. and Wyeth.

* Lucent Technologies Inc. releases fourth-quarter earnings.

Thursday

* Labor Department reports on weekly unemployment claims.

* Freddie Mac reports on mortgage rates.

* Conference Board releases its index of leading economic indicators for September.

* Third-quarter earnings due from Amazon.com Inc., American Electric Power Co., American International Group Inc., AT&T; Corp., Caesars Entertainment Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Coca-Cola Co., Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., Eli Lilly & Co., Google Inc., Maytag Corp., Merck & Co., Microsoft Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., SAP, SBC Communications Inc., Schering-Plough Corp., Sears, Roebuck & Co., United Parcel Service Inc., Wendy’s International Inc. and Xerox Corp.

Friday

* Ericsson Telephone, Nextel Communications Inc. and Weyerhaeuser Co. expected to release third-quarter earnings.