On Tap Today: AOL, Intel, Many More on Super Tuesday Earnings Slate

The anticipation of Super Tuesday may be a distant memory to Campaign 2000 candidates, but to the 52 S&P 500 companies that dispatch numbers today, it's very much a reality.

Today's earnings rally includes corporate giants, such as

America Online

(AOL)

,

Intel

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,

IBM

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,

Qualcomm

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,

Sprint

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and

EMC

(EMC)

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Expected Earnings Reports

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This table includes S&P 500 companies only. Dates are as expected according to First Call/Thomson Financial, and may change. The full week's earnings calendar is published separately.

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Economic Data

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Forecasts are from

Reuters

. Times are Eastern. For a longer-term economic calendar and more, see

TSC's

Economic Databank.

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9 a.m.:BTM/Schroder Weekly Chain Store Sales Index for the week ended April 15. Source: Schroder. Forecast: N/A. Previous: 0.9%.
10:30 a.m.:Redbook Retail Average for the month through April 15 vs. March. Source: LJR Redbook. Forecast: N/A. Previous: 1.7%.

IPO Lockups Expiring

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Ben Holmes, who heads

TSC's

ipoPros.com subsidiary, keeps a close eye on lockup expirations every week. For more on lockups and why they matter, check out Holmes' primer on the subject. The full current lockup list is published separately.

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