
On Tap Today: NAPM Report Takes Center Stage; Lehman, CSFB Convene
Lehman Brothers is all business today, as it introduces its First Annual B4B Industrial eMarketplace Conference at the Plaza Hotel in New York. Also getting in on the confab action, Credit Suisse First Boston wraps up its Semiconductor and Semiconductor Capital Equipment Conference in Menlo Park, Calif.
Economic data, including the
Purchasing Managers' Index,
construction spending and
initial jobless claims add zing to the trading day.
Economic Data
(
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.:
Initial jobless claims for the week ended Saturday. Source:
Labor Department. Forecast: 282,000. Previous: 284,000.
Four-week average: Forecast: N/A. Previous: 291,000.
10 a.m.:
Purchasing Managers' Index for May. Source:
National Association of Purchasing Management. Forecast: 55.3. Previous: 54.9.
10 a.m.:
Construction spending for April. Source:
Census Bureau. Forecast: unchngd. Previous: +1.4%.
Conferences and Meetings
Lehman Brothers' B4B Industrial eMarketplace Conference
,
Plaza Hotel
, New York. Companies presenting:
- Ford (F) - Get Ford Motor Company ReportInternet Capital Group (ICGE) Honeywell (HON) - Get Honeywell International Inc. ReportEnvera.comI2 Technologies (ITWO) VerticalNet (VERT) DuPont (DD) - Get DuPont de Nemours Inc. ReportMetiqueMetalSiteMetals USA (MUI) - Get BlackRock Municipal Income Fund Inc. Reporte-SteelInternational Paper (IP) - Get International Paper Company ReportMSC Direct
Credit Suisse First Boston's Semiconductor and Semiconductor Capital Equipment Conference and Tour
,
Stanford Park Hotel
, Menlo Park, Calif. Last of three days. Companies presenting (times Eastern):
- 11 a.m.: KLA Tencor (KLAC) - Get KLA Corporation Report and
RF Micro Devices (RFMD) .
11:45 a.m.: Teradyne (TER) - Get Teradyne Inc. Report and
PRI Automation (PRIA) .
12:30 p.m.: DuPont Photomasks (DPMI) and
Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC) - Get Lattice Semiconductor Corporation Report.
1:30 p.m.: ATMI (ATMI) and
Credence Systems (CMOS) .