The week ahead
Earnings Alberto-Culver Co.; CNA Financial Corp.; Fair Isaac Corp.; Flowserve Corp.; FMC Technologies Inc.; Humana Inc.; Loews Corp.; MasterCard Inc.; PrivateBancorp Inc.; Questar Corp.; Tyson Foods Inc.; Verizon Communications Inc.; Visa Inc.
Reports April consumer confidence; February Case-Shiller home price index
Earnings Ace Ltd.; Archer Daniels Midland Co.; Avon Products Inc.; Boston Properties Inc.; BP PLC; CBS Corp.; Corning Inc.; Daimler AG; Embarq Corp.; General Growth Properties Inc.; Heidrick & Struggles International Inc.; Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.; Masco Corp.; Medco Health Solutions Inc.; Midwest Banc Holdings Inc.; Nalco Holding Co.; U.S. Steel Corp.; Valero Energy Corp.; Waste Management Inc.
Reports Federal Reserve rate decision; first-quarter gross domestic product
Earnings Cummins Inc.; Dean Foods Co.; Fiserv Inc.; Hess Corp.; Ingersoll-Rand Co.; International Paper Co.; JDS Uniphase Corp.; Kellogg Co.; Kraft Foods Inc.; Murphy Oil Corp.; Navteq Corp.; Procter & Gamble Co.; Prudential Financial Inc.; Southern Co.; Starbucks Corp.; Symantec Corp.; Time Warner Inc.; Unum Group
Reports March personal income and spending; April Institute for Supply Management index; April motor vehicle sales;
weekly initial jobless claims; March construction spending
Earnings Aon Corp.; Automatic Data Processing Inc.; Burger King Corp.; Cardinal Health Inc.; Cigna Corp.; Clorox Co.; Comcast Corp.; Dominion Resources Inc.; Eastman Kodak Co.; Exxon Mobil Corp.; Marathon Oil Corp.; Reliant Energy Inc.; Sun Microsystems Inc.; Tyco International Ltd.; United Stationers Inc.; Williams Cos.
Reports April employment; March factory orders
Earnings Ameren Corp.; BorgWarner Inc.; Chevron Corp.; Consolidated Edison Inc.; Duke Energy Corp.; EOG Resources Inc.; Federal Signal Corp.; NiSource Inc.; Washington Post Co.; Weyerhaeuser Co.
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