A PLETHORA of seminars, symposiums and business gatherings this week, kicking off today with the "Oscars" of the business world, the International Stevie Business Awards, in Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel tonight.
Meanwhile, more downbeat economic news is likely to emerge later in the week when the Central Statistics Office releases figures on employment in the construction sector.
TODAY
Results:Biomerieux; Finisar
Indicators:EU Sentix Investor Confidence; US consumer credit (July) and wholesale inventories (July); UK industrial production (July), manufacturing production (July), producer price index (Aug) and RICS House Price Balance; Germany fourth quarter manpower employment outlook; Swiss unemployment rate (Aug); Japanese manpower survey; Canadian building permits; Australian ANZ job advertisements; New Zealand manpower survey
TOMORROW
Results:AGI Therapeutics; Harry Winston Diamond Corporation; Redrow
Meetings:TRANSFORM breakfast seminar on surviving the downturn (Radisson SAS, Stillorgan); the fourth annual EPA Environment Ireland Conference begins at Croke Park Conference Centre
Indicators:US pending home sales (July), ABC consumer confidence and wholesale inventories; German trade balance; Japanese current account total; Canadian housing starts; Australian retail sales
WEDNESDAY
Results:Just Retirement; Next
Meetings:Dublin Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours networking event (Postbank, West Pier Business Campus); Cyber Crime - Don't Become a Victim seminar (Jurys Hotel, Croke Park)
Indicators:Irish industrial production turnover (July); UK total trade balance; Japanese leading index CI and machine orders; Canadian labour productivity; Australian Westpac consumer confidence
THURSDAY
Results:Campbell Soup; Fyffes.
Indicators:ECB monthly report; European Commission releases economic growth forecasts; Irish index of employment in construction (July) and Consumer Price Index (Aug); US trade balance (July), Initial Jobless Claims, Continuing Claims and Monthly Budget Statement (Aug).
FRIDAY
Results:Dragon Mining; French Connection
Meetings:National Offshore Wind Association of Ireland inaugural annual conference (Westbury Hotel, Dublin);
Indicators:EU employment; Irish Prodcom product sales (2007) and retail sales index (July); US advance retail sales and University of Michigan confidence index; Japanese industrial production; Canadian capacity utilisation rate
