The Government’s long-awaited plan for the recapitalisation of AIB and Bank of Ireland is expected to be unveiled this week and will no doubt dominate headlines and airwaves once it is announced.
Monday
Results: Barclays; Brightpoint; Hasbro; Hewitt Associates; Rohm and Haas; Whirlpool
Meetings: Eurogroup Finance Ministers Meeting (Brussels)
Indicators: Irish Ulster Bank Construction PMI (Jan); German Trade Balance (Dec); Japanese Core Machinery Orders (Dec), Current Account (Dec) and Economy Watchers Index (Jan)
Others: Eddie Hobbs launches Irish Independent Directories (The Dylan, D2); trading update from Northumbrian Water
Tuesday
Results: Bovis Homes; CB Richard Ellis ; Elan; Genworth Financial; Intrum Justitia; Qiagen; UBS; XL Capital
Meetings: Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment, Heritage and Local Government meeting to examine the Dublin Docklands Development Authority's 2007 Annual Report and Accounts; Swedish central bank meets on monetary policy (to Feb 11); ECOFIN Council meeting (Brussels); William Fry Breakfast Briefing on Building Energy Ratings for Commercial Premises; launch of the Irish findings of the Edelman Trust Barometer (Westbury Hotel, D2)
Indicators: Irish Industrial Production (Dec); US Wholesale Inventories (Dec) and Treasury Secretary Geithner Senate testimony UK Trade Balance (Dec); French Industrial Production (Dec); Italian industrial production (Dec); Japanese Consumer Confidence (Jan)
Others: Starting your own business in 2009 workshops (Enterprise Ireland, Eastpoint Business Park, D3); trading update from Cable & Wireless
Wednesday
Japanese Market Holiday
Results: Computershare; Credit Suisse; Forrester Research; Reckitt Benckiser; Sanofi-Aventis; Smurfit Kappa
Meetings: Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service meeting on EU Legislative Proposal COM (2008) 602, re: banks affiliated to central institutions; Enterprise Europe Network seminar (Dublin Chamber of Commerce, D2)
Indicators: US Trade Balance (Dec) and Federal Budget (Jan); UK Average Earnings (3 Months to Dec), Claimant Count Unemployment (Jan), BRC Retail Sales (Jan), RICS Housing Market Survey (Jan) and BoE Quarterly Inflation Report Published; German Final CPI (Jan); Swedish Riksbank Interest Rate Announcement; Japanese Domestic Wholesale Prices (Jan)
Others: Taoiseach Brian Cowen to make address on future of economy to mark Engineers Week 2009 (Engineers Ireland, Ballsbridge, D4)
Thursday
Results: BT; Cap Gemini; Diageo; KBC; Marriott; Qualstar; Renault; Revlon; Rio Tintol; Rolls Royce; Smith & Nephew; Viacom; Wienerberger
Meetings: Nobel Prize winner Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa will attend a media conference at the Mansion House
Indicators: EUIndustrial Production (Dec) and ECB Monthly Bulletin Published; Irish CPI (Jan); US Initial Jobless Claims (w/e 6th Feb), Retail Sales (Jan) and Business Inventories (Dec)
Others: Trading update from Thomas Cook
Friday
Results: Abercrombie & Fitch; Air France-KLM; Beazley; Michelin; PepsiCo; Pernod Ricard; ThyssenKrupp
Meetings: G7 meeting; 7th Global SME Partnership Summit (to Feb 14th, Mumbai); SME Industrial and Technology Expo (Mumbai)
Indicators: EU Flash GDP (Q4); Irish Retail Sales (Dec); US Michigan Sentiment (Feb)
Others: Keynote Address by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, former French president on 'What Europe would we like to see?' (Institute of International and European Affairs)
