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Earnings Announcements for the Week of Dec 12th
| Company | Symbol | Date |
| CKE Restaurants | CKR | Monday, Dec 12 |
| The Cooper Companies, Inc. | COO | Monday, Dec 12 |
| Best Buy Co., Inc. | BBY | Tuesday, Dec 13 |
| Martek Biosciences Corporation |
MATK | Tuesday, Dec 13 |
| Apogee Enterprises, Inc. |
APOG | Wednesday, Dec 14 |
| Winnebago | WGO | Wednesday, Dec 14 |
| Adobe Systems | ADBE | Thursday, Dec 15 |
| Bear Stearns | BSC | Thursday, Dec 15 |
| KB Home | KBH | Thursday, Dec 15 |
| Lennar Corporation | LEN | Thursday, Dec 15 |
| Oracle | ORCL | Thursday, Dec 15 |
| Pier 1 Imports, Inc. | PIR | Thursday, Dec 15 |
| Carnival Corporation | CCL | Friday, Dec 16 |
| Carnival Plc | CCL.L | Friday, Dec 16 |
| Quicksilver | ZQK | Friday, Dec 16 |
| Scholastic | SCHL | Friday, Dec 16 |
Scheduled Stock Splits for the Week of Dec 12th
Company |
Symbol |
Ratio |
Payable |
Ex-Date |
| RPC Inc | RES | 3-2 | Dec 12 | Dec 13 |
| Joy Global | JOYG | 3-2 | Dec 12 | Dec 13 |
| Valero Energy | VLO | 2-1 | Dec 15 | Dec 16 |
| Cooper Cameron | CAM | 2-1 | Dec 15 | Dec 16 |
Upcoming Economic Events for Next Week Dec 12th
| Date | ET | Release | For | Consensus | Prior |
| Dec 12 | 14:00 | Treasury Budget | Nov | -$61.0B | -$57.9B |
| Dec 13 | 08:30 | Retail Sales | Nov | 0.4% | -0.1% |
| Dec 13 | 08:30 | Retail Sales ex-auto | Nov | 0.1% | 0.9% |
| Dec 13 | 10:00 | Business Inventories | Oct | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Dec 13 | 14:15 | FOMC policy announcement | Oct | Â | Â |
| Dec 14 | 08:30 | Export Prices ex-ag. | Nov | NA | 0.6% |
| Dec 14 | 08:30 | Import Prices ex-oil | Nov | NA | 0.8% |
| Dec 14 | 08:30 | Trade Balance | Oct | -$63.0B | -$66.1B |
| Dec 14 | 10:30 | Crude Inventories | 12/9 | Â | 2720k |
| Dec 15 | 8:30 | NY Empire State Index | Dec | 18.4 | 22.8 |
| Dec 15 | 08:30 | CPI | Nov | -0.4% | 0.2% |
| Dec 15 | 08:30 | Core CPI | Nov | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Dec 15 | 08:30 | Initial Claims | 12/10 | NA | 327K |
| Dec 15 | 09:00 | Net Foreign Purchases | Â | Â | 101.9B |
| Dec 15 | 09:15 | Industrial Production | Nov | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| Dec 15 | 09:15 | Capacity Utilization | Nov | 79.8% | 79.5% |
| Dec 15 | 12:00 | Philadelphia Fed | Dec | 14.0 | 11.5 |
| Dec 16 | 08:30 | Current Account | Q3 | -$203.6B | -$195.7B |