Summer takes command this week with very little in the way of corporate news due. Elan holds its annual general meeting today in Dublin's Burlington Hotel and the new executive team can expect a rough ride from shareholders.
Another group of besieged investors - those in Deutsche Telekom - will learn about the state of the company on Wednesday when it reports interim figures.The figures themselves are expected to be reasonably good but shareholders will have to wait until the third quarter figures in November for the results of a strategic review following the recent departure of Dr Ron Sommer.
Monday
Results: Agilent (Q3), Applied Digital Solutions (Q2), Hathaway, Lowe's Companies (Q2), Michael Page International (H1), Systems Union Group (H1), Toys R Us (Q2), Wembley (H1).
A.G.M.: Elan.
Indicators: EMU consumer prices (Jul); US leading indicators (Jul).
Tuesday
Results: Astro Med (Q2), Brixton (H1), Gymboree (Q2), IFX Power (H1), London St Lawrence, Medtronic (Q1), Mersey Docks & Harbour (H1), Morgan Sindall (H1), NEG Micron (Q2), Royal Bank of Canada (Q3), Saks (Q2), Staples (Q2), Watson Wyatt , Synthes-Strate (H1), WPP (H1).
A.G.M.: Firth Holdings.
Indicators: EMU industrial production (Jun); US imports/exports (Jun), trade balance (Jun) and federal budget (Jul); British M4 data (Jul) and public sector net cash requirement (Jul); French trade balance (Jun); Japanese all industries index (Jun) and tertiary sector index (Jun).
Wednesday
Results: Aggreko (H1), C & D Technologies (Q2), Ciba (H1), Deutsche Telekom (H1), Generics Group (H1), IQE (Q2), KPN (H1), Lufthansa (H1), Nestlé (H1), Qantas (H1).
A.G.M.: Dunedin Enterprise IT, Johnston Group (e.g.m.).
Indicators: EMU trade balance (Jun); French payroll employment (Q2); German construction orders (Jun).
Thursday
Results: Aeropostale (Q2), Barnes & Noble (Q2), Cattles (H1), Ciena (Q3), Clariant (H1), Countrywide Assured (H1), Danske Bank (Q2), Domestic & General, Financial Objects (H1), ING (H1), Foot Locker (Q2), Keller Group (H1), Limited Brands (Q2), Netstore, New Media Industries (H1), Nordea (Q2), Novell (Q3), Rolls-Royce (H1), SEB (Q2), Swisscom (H1), Williams Sonoma (Q2), Wilson Bowden (H1), Zygo.
A.G.M.: Trifast.
Meetings: German Bundesbank Central Council sitting.
Indicators: EMU current account (Jun); Irish wholesale price index (Jul) and planning permissions (Q4); US Philadelphia quarterly survey; British retail sales (Jul), business investment (Q2) and CBI industrial trends survey (Aug); German GDP (Q2); French current account (Jun).
Others: 17th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association and 57th European Meeting of the Econometric Society (Venice, Italy).
Friday
Results: Clarke (T) (H1), Swedbank (Q2).
A.G.M.: Samuel Heath & Sons.
Indicators: Irish industrial production (Jun) and retail sales (Jun); British GDP (Q2 - 1st revision); French consumer prices (Jul); German producer prices (Jul).
