Business this week

Given the level of focus on euro zone - and in particular Irish sovereign debt last week, there is likely to be plenty of interest…

Given the level of focus on euro zone - and in particular Irish sovereign debt last week, there is likely to be plenty of interest in the euro zone finance ministers' meeting, which runs over Tuesday and Wednesday.

MONDAY

Results:

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Meeting:

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Petroneft egm (Herbert Park Hotel, Ballsbridge); Science Foundation Ireland Summit 2010 (to 16th, Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone);Euro Finance Week (to 19th) - speakers include EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn and ECB president Jean-ClaudeTrichet

Indicators:

US NY Fed - Empire State Index (Nov), Retail Sales (Oct) and Business Inventories (Sept); UK Rightmove House Prices (Nov)

Other:

Interim management statement from Kingspan; Tesco to announce 310

jobs at opening of new Swinford store; PwC and IAB launch online ad spend study for the Half Year ended 30 June 2010

TUESDAY

Results:

Easyjet; Wal-Mart

Meeting:

Euro-zone finance minsiters' meeting (to Wed); Silicon Valley Comes to Ireland 2010 (to 17th)

Indicators:

EU-16 Final HICP (Oct); US PPI (Oct), TICS Capital Inflows (Sept), Industrial Production (Oct) and NAHB House Builders Sentiment (Nov); UK CPI (Oct) and DCLG House Prices (Sept); German ZEW Index (Nov)

Other:

Persimmon interim management statement; launch of IMI/NIB annual

survey (ISFC)

WEDNESDAY

Results:

Air France-KLM; Applied Materials; Experian; United Drug; Warner Music

Meeting:

Abbey egm (Dunboyne Castle Hotel); Friends First quarterly outlook with Jim Power on Budgeting for the Future. (Merrion Hotel); Barratt Developments agm (London); Age Action mass public meeting to enable older people tell politicians what they need in the upcoming Budget and the difficulties living in Ireland as an older person (Arlington Hotel, D1); National Environmental Conference

Leveraging the Green in Irish Tourism; Globe Forum 2010 (Convention Centre Dublin)

Indicators:

US CPI (Oct), Housing Starts (Oct) and Real Earnings (Oct); UK Claimant Count (Oct)

Other:

Interim management statements from Paddy Power

THURSDAY

Results:

Air Berlin; Dell; Gamestop; Gap; Halfords; Investec;

Salesforce.com

Meeting:

Worldspreads agm (Merrion Hotel); National Women's Enterprise Day (Limerick Strand Hotel)

Indicators:

Irish Current Account (Sept); US CBI Industrial Orders (Nov), Initial Jobless Claims, Leading Indicators (Oct) and Philly Fed Business Survey (Nov); UK

Retail Sales (Oct) and PS Net Borrowing
(Oct)

Other:Interim management statements from UTV Media and Irish Continental

FRIDAY

Meeting:
TEEU Biennial Conference (Radisson Galway)

Indicators:Irish external trade balance (Sept); German PPI (Oct)

Other:FBD Holdings interim management statement