Business Events Scheduled For The Coming Week

The Associated Press MONDAY, May 25

Memorial Day. Markets closed. TUESDAY, May 26

NEW YORK — Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller releases its March and first-quarter index of home prices, 9 a.m.; the Conference Board releases the Consumer Confidence Index for May, 10 a.m.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Borders Group Inc. reports first-quarter financial results. WEDNESDAY, May 27

WASHINGTON — National Association of Realtors releases existing home sales for April, 10 a.m.; Federal Housing Finance Agency releases March and first-quarter home price index, 10 a.m.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — AutoZone Inc. reports third-quarter financial results.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Staples Inc. reports first-quarter financial results. THURSDAY, May 28

WASHINGTON — Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.; Commerce Department releases durable goods for April, 8:30 a.m.; Commerce Department releases new home sales for April, 10 a.m.; Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance company, releases weekly mortgage rates.

ISSAQUAH, Wash. — Costco Wholesale Corp. reports third-quarter financial results.

PITTSBURGH — H.J. Heinz Co. reports fourth-quarter financial results.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Sears Holdings Corp. reports first-quarter financial results. FRIDAY, May 29

WASHINGTON — Commerce Department releases first-quarter gross domestic product, 8:30 a.m.

NEW YORK — Tiffany & Co. reports first-quarter financial results.