This week will be dominated by the slew of corporate results due out, with companies such as AIB, CRH, Paddy Power and Irish Life Permanent all scheduled to release numbers.
MONDAY
Results: Foot Locker; HSBC; Kenneth Cole; Kingspan; Nortel Networks; Sportingbet; Trinity Biotech; Vivendi.
Meeting: Irish Hotels Federation annual conference with Taoiseach Brian Cowen (Radisson Blu Hotel, Galway); National final of the 2009/2010 Newstalk Student Enterprise Competition (National College of Ireland, IFSC); launch of Engineers Ireland report, Infrastructure for an Island Population of 8 million; Risk Management Going Mainstream, with Minister for Health Mary Harney; Grafton Street Tenants' Association briefing.
Indicators: EU-16 unemployment; Irish manufacturing PMI (Feb) and new car sales (Feb); US personal income/consumption (Jan); UK consumer credit (Jan)
TUESDAY
Results: Allied Irish Banks; CRH; Paddy Power; PartyGaming; Persimmon; Provident Financial; Royal Bank Of Canada; Trintech; Zamano.
Meeting: CIMA conference Creating the Innovative Enterprise (UCD); Joint Oireachtas Committee meeting on finance and the public service with Central Bank governor Patrick Honohan; Joint Oireachtas Committee meeting on economic regulatory affairs on the impact of financial regulation on credit unions.
Indicators: EU HICP Flash (Feb); Irish industrial disputes (Q4) and exchequer balance (Jan-Feb).
Other: Grant Thornton to launch corporate governance review 2010.
WEDNESDAY
Results: FBD; Irish Life Permanent.
Meeting: Digital Landscapes – Transforming Business Online conference, with Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan (O'Reilly Hall, UCD); The Business of Ageing – Turning Silver into Gold conference (Royal Hospital Kilmainham); Tánaiste Mary Coughlan to launch new company, Beemune, spun out from NUI Maynooth; National Pensions Framework to be launched.
Indicators: EU-16 retail sales (Jan); Irish live register (Feb), retail sales index (Jan) and services PMI (Feb); US ADP employment (Feb).
THURSDAY
Results: Grafton; Total Produce, Anheuser-Busch; Avis Europe; Aviva; Del Monte Foods.
Meeting: Project management annual seminar (Citywest Hotel); Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment meeting on the European globalisation fund.
Indicators: EU-16 GDP (Q4) and ECB interest rate announcement; Bank of England interest rate announcement; Initial jobless claims (w/e Feb 27th).
FRIDAY
Results: Fyffes; Michael Page International; Urban Outfitters.
Meeting: President Mary McAleese at PwC event (Institute of Directors); Managing Risk Today event (Westpark, Shannon).
Indicators: Irish live register additional tables (Feb) and KBC Ireland/ESRI consumer confidence (Feb); US non-farm payrolls (Feb) and consumer credit (Jan).
Other: Enterprising Donegal business week begins (to 12th).
