In what is a quiet week on the corporate front, the annual general meetings of both Esat Telecom and Viridian on Thursday will be closely watched from any clues about future intentions from these two energetic groups.
Esat, in particular, is in the limelight in the aftermath of its failure to secure Cablelink following an acrimonious bidding process. In addition, it has failed to convince the European Commission to fine rival Telecom Eireann over perceived abuses in past years.
Viridian, which is part of a consortium building a new power plant for Dublin, will be watched for any signal on other intentions to challenge ESB as the market is deregulated.
Monday
Results: Allen, Carclo Engineering Group, Domino Printing Sciences (H1), Henderson Tech Trust, Hennes & Mauritz, Internet Technology (H1), Majestic Wine, NFF, Saville Gordon Estates.
A.G.M.: Carbo, Euro Sales Finance (e.g.m.), Johnston Press (e.g.m.), JZ Equity Partners (e.g.m.), Ocean Wilson.
Meetings: US President Bill Clinton and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder head semi-annual USEU summit (Bonn/Ljubljana to Tues); European Union foreign ministers (Luxembourg to Tues); European Parliament's budget committee meets (Brussels); European Union internal market ministers meet (Luxembourg).
Indicators: US federal budget (May); Japanese trade balance (May); Canadian retail sales (Apr).
Others: German-Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce annual general meeting addressed by Tanaiste, Ms Harney (Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin); German Ifo Institute for Economic Research annual meeting.
Tuesday
Results: Carpetright, Commodities Trust, Gartland Whalley and Barker (H1), Halma, Inveresk (H1), Jarvis, Tams (John) Group, Trifast.
A.G.M.: Westbury.
Indicators: Irish industrial disputes (Q1); French industrial production (Apr); Italian unemployment (Apr). Canadian composite index (May).
Others: Massachusetts Trade Mission visits Northern Ireland (to Wed); Panel of non-executive directors from the Bank of England gives evidence to Parliament's Treasury Committee on two years of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee; Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown attends House of Lords select committee hearing on the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.
Wednesday
Results: Heavitree Brewery (H1), Vtech Holdings.
A.G.M.: Kiln, Norsk Hydro (e.g.m.), Northern Investors.
Meetings: Small Firms Association annual conference (Dublin Castle); Mason Hayes & Curran seminar on disclosure of company information (UCD Industry Centre).
Indicators: British trade in goods (Apr) and nonEU trade (May); Japanese retail sales (May); Canadian composite index (May).
Others: Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, introduces new risk management association (Berkeley Court Hotel, Dublin); Minutes of June Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting released.
Thursday
Results: Applied Holographics, Emhart, Hardy and Hansons (H1), Lambert Fenchurch Group, Lonrho Africa (H1), GI.
A.G.M.: Baronsmead, Danisco, Esat Telecom, Fishers, Grosmont Holdings (e.g.m.), QS Group, Slingsby (HC), Viridian, Warnford Investments.
Meetings: Esat Telecom seminar on "Practical and Secure Ways to do eBusiness" (Herbert Park Hotel, Dublin); EU environment ministers meet (Luxembourg to Fri); Bundesbank holds traditional annual out-of-town council meeting in retiring President Hans Tietmeyer's home town (Munster).
Indicators: Irish index of employment in construction (May) and wholesale price index (May); British CBI monthly trends survey (Jun); US durable goods orders (May), help wanted index (May), New York NAPM (Jun) and weekly job and monetary data; German producer prices (May); Italian trade figures (Apr/May).
Others: Massachusetts Trade Mission visits Dublin (to Fri); OECD publishes annual Employment Outlook; BMW outlines the company's current situation (Munich).
Friday
A.G.M.: DCC, Fortune Oil (e.g.m.), Grampian Holdings, Riverview Rubber Estates, Rosebys.
Indicators: EU inflation (May); Irish retail sales (Apr); British GDP (Q1); US real GDP (Q1), price index (Q1), implicit deflator (Q1), consumer confidence (Jun), existing home sales (May) and Michigan Sentiment Survey (Jun); Japanese consumer prices (May & Jun); French consumer prices (May) and consumer spending (May); Canadian industrial prices (May) and raw materials (May).
Others: FLS Aerospace outlines integration of TEAM into its organisation Dublin Airport).
