On Tap Today: CPI Takes Center Stage; Conferences Roll On

A key inflation measure is on its way. The Consumer Price Index will be released an hour before the market's open. In other economic news, the Federal Reserve makes the most recent Beige Book available.

Also today,

Bear Stearns

(BSC)

posts earnings.

Finally, a vast group of companies make their way to

Bear Stearns' 11th Annual Technology Conference

and the

U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Investor Conference

.

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.

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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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8:30 a.m.: Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ended Friday. Source: Mortgage Bankers Association. Forecast: N/A. Previous: 328.4. Refinancing Index: Forecast: +0.2%. Previous: +0.2%.
8:30 a.m.: Consumer Price Index for May. Source: Labor Department. Forecast: +0.2%. Previous: unchgd. Ex-food and energy: Forecast: +0.2%. Previous: +0.2%.
8:30 a.m.: Real earnings for May. Source: Labor Department. Forecast: N/A. Previous: +0.7%.
8:30 a.m.: Business inventories for April. Source: Census Bureau. Forecast: +0.5%. Previous: +0.3%.
2 p.m.: Beige Book. The Fed's anecdotal report on economic conditions around the country is for consideration at the Federal Open Market Committee's June 27-28 meeting. Source: Federal Reserve.
6:30 p.m.: Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended Saturday. Source: Money Magazine and ABC News. Forecast: N/A. Previous: 29.

Conferences and Meetings

U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Investor Conference

,

Hilton Minneapolis & Towers

, Minneapolis. Third of four days. Companies presenting (times Eastern):

7 - 7:40 a.m.: Expeditors International (EXPD) - Get Report, Aspect Communications (ASPT) , National Instruments (NLCS) , Go2Net (GNET) , Metron Technology (MTCH) - Get Report and Macrovision (MVSN) .
7:45 - 8:25 a.m.: ePlus (PLUS) - Get Report, Radware (RDWR) - Get Report, Avanex (AVNX) , CheckFree Holdings (CKFR) , Breakaway Solutions (BWAY) - Get Report, Buy.com (BUYX) , Clark/Bardes Holdings and Primus Knowledge Solutions (PKSI) .
8:30 - 9:10 a.m.: ePlus (TAXI) , Valspar (VAL) - Get Report, Davox (DAVX) , NETsilicon (NSIL) , Liberate Technologies (LBRT) - Get Report, Eloquent (ELOQ) , Equifax (EFX) - Get Report and Lionbridge Technologies (LIOX) .
9:15 - 9:55 a.m.: Heller Financial (HF) - Get Report, C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) - Get Report, ADC Telecommunications (ADCT) - Get Report, FairMarket, SportsLine.com (SPLN) , Ameritrade Holding (AMTD) - Get Report, American Capital Strategies (ACAS) and Integrated Information Systems (IISX) .
10 - 10:40 a.m.: TCF Financial (TCB) , Cintas (CTAS) - Get Report, Aether Systems (AETH) , Lightspan (LSPN) , NextCard (NXCD) , iManage (IMAN) , Allied Capital (ALLC) and Digimarc (DMRC) - Get Report.
11 - 11:45 a.m.: JDS Uniphase (JDSU) , Network Commerce (NWKC) , Gateway (GTW) , InfoSpace.com (INSP) - Get Report, Clarus (CLRS) and National Discount Brokers Group (NDB) .
Noon - 12:40 p.m.: Apropos Technology (APRS) , Mortgage.com (MDCM) , iwin.com, Multex.com (MLTX) , Dell (DELL) - Get Report and H.B. Fuller.
12:45 - 1:25 p.m.: Metris (MXT) , Interact Commerce (IACT) , GoAmerica (GOAM) , School Specialty (SCHS) , S1 (SONE) , Delano Technology (DTEC) - Get Report, Greater Bay Bancorp (GBBK) and Polaris Industries (PII) - Get Report.
1:30 - 2:10 p.m.: Community First Bankshares (CFBX) , Quokka Sports (QKKA) , Witness Systems (WITS) , LookSmart (LOOK) , Pinnacle Systems (PCLE) , Loislaw.com (LOIS) , Financial Federal (FIF) - Get Report and Fastenal.
2:15 - 2:55 p.m.: AmeriCredit (ACF) , HomeServices.com (HMSV) , Puma Technology (PUMA) , SmartDisk (SMDK) , Redback Networks (RBAK) , E.piphany.com (EPNY) , Wintrust Financial (WTFC) - Get Report and Circle International Group (CRCL) .
3 - 3:40 p.m.: Fidelity National Financial (FNF) - Get Report, Embarcadero Technologies (EMBT) , Kana Communications (KANA) , CNet Networks (CNET) - Get Report, click2learn.com (CLKS) , Cysive (CYSV) , DVI (DVI) and Dura Automotive Systems (DRRA) .

Bear Stearns' 11th Annual Technology Conference

,

Grand Hyatt

, New York. Second of three days. Companies presenting (times Eastern):

8 - 8:45 a.m. Keynote Presentation: Freemarkets' (FMKT) President and CEO Glen Meakem.
9 - 9:25 a.m.: IBM (IBM) - Get Report, Allaire (ALLR) , JNI (JNIC) , Predictive Systems (PRDS) and Vicinity (VCNT) .
9:30 - 9:55 a.m.: VeriSign (VRSN) - Get Report, Commerce One (CMRC) , DST Systems (DST) and Computer Network Technology (CMNT) .
10 - 10:25 a.m.: Network Appliance (NTAP) - Get Report, Celestica (CLS) - Get Report, Ericsson (ERICY) , EarthWeb (EWBX) and Vixel (VIXL) .
10:30 - 10:55 a.m.: PurchasePro.com (PPRO) , Lexmark International (LXK) , Qualcomm (QCOM) - Get Report, Digital River (DRIV) - Get Report and Management Network Group (TMNG) .
11 - 11:25 a.m.: Cypress Semiconductor (CY) - Get Report, Ancor Communications (ANCR) , Macromedia (MACR) , Plexus (PLXS) - Get Report and Siebel Systems (SEBL) .
11:30 - 11:55 a.m.: Niku (NIKU) , Net2Phone (NTOP) , National Data (NDC) , Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) - Get Report and Illuminet.
1:35 - 2 p.m.: Texas Instruments (TXN) - Get Report, Tumbleweed Communications (TMWD) , The Bisys Group, CTS and Network Peripherals (NPIX) .
2:05 - 2:30: Nokia (NOK) - Get Report, Brocade Communications Systems (BRCD) , Micromuse (MUSE) , Pivotal (PVTL) - Get Report and TriZetto Group (TZIX) .
2:35 - 3 p.m.: Entrust Technologies (ENTU) , Symbol Technologies (SBL) , Rudolph Technologies (RTEC) - Get Report, Cobalt Group (CBLT) and Pacific Century CyberWorks.
3:15 - 3:40: Extreme Networks (EXTR) - Get Report, Lycos (LCOS) , SonicWall (SNWL) , Amdocs (DOX) - Get Report and Ascendant Solutions.
3:45 - 4:10: NetSolve (NTSL) , QLogic (QLGC) , Inter-Tel (INTL) - Get Report, Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch (TMCS) and Viasystems Group (VG) - Get Report.

IPO Lockups Expiring

(TheStreet.com's

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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