Friday, January 09, 2009
Major scheduled events during the week beginning Jan. 11, 2009. Note that many events, especially court appearances, are subject to change at the last minute.
The following economic reports will be issued in Washington (all times EDT):
MONDAY: Weekly Treasury briefing, auction; Treasury releases federal budget for December, 2 p.m.
TUESDAY: Commerce Department releases monthly trade for November, 8:30 a.m.
WEDNESDAY:Commerce Department releases the retail sales report for December, 8:30 a.m.; Commerce Department releases business inventories for November, 10 a.m.; Federal Reserve releases Beige Book, 2 p.m.
THURSDAY: Labor Department releases producer price index for December, 8:30 a.m.; Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates.
FRIDAY: Labor Department releases consumer price index for December, 8:30 a.m.; Federal Reserve releases industrial production for December, 9:15 a.m.
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SUNDAY, Jan. 11
Detroit _ The North American International Auto Show opens to the media. Through Jan. 25.
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MONDAY, Jan. 12
Washington _ President-elect Barack Obama meets with Mexico's president, Felipe Calderon.
Washington _ Supreme Court hears arguments and issues orders.
Lawrence, Mass. _ Trial to begin for Kathleen Hilton, charged with setting a fire that killed 5 people.
Riverside, Calif. _ Jury selection in murder-arson trial of Raymond Oyler in wildfire that killed five firefighters.
Greeley, Colo. _ Trial for Lamar Roberts, charged with child abuse resulting in death in the case of 7-year-old Zoe Garcia. Police say Garcia was beaten during an imitation of a "Mortal Kombat" video game while Roberts baby-sat the child.
Elyria, Ohio _ Judge to issue verdict in trial of teenager charged with killing his mother and wounding his minister father over a video game.
Riverside, Calif. _ Jury selection begins in trial of Raymond Lee Oyler, accused of starting arson fires that killed five firefighters.
Boston _ Former House Speaker Tom Finneran's appeal on suspension of his law license to be heard by Board of Bar Overseers.
Castle Rock, Colo. _ Probation revocation hearing for Rozita Swinton, a person of interest in hoax calls that triggered Texas polygamy raids, on her conviction in an unrelated false reporting case in Colorado.
Phoenix _ Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano delivers her last state of the state address before she's expected to resign to become the Obama Administration's homeland security secretary.
Detroit _ North American International Auto Show. Through Jan. 25.
New York _ Alcoa Inc. reports fourth-quarter financial results.
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TUESDAY, Jan. 13
Washington _ Supreme Court hears arguments.
Washington _ President George W. Bush awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.
Washington _ Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Hillary Rodham Clinton's selection to be secretary of state.
Washington _ Senate Budget Committee hearing on Shaun Donovan's selection to be housing secretary.
Washington _ Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Steven Chu's selection to be energy secretary.
Washington _ Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Arne Duncan's selection to be education secretary.
Washington _ Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on the selections of Lisa Jackson to head the Environmental Protection Agency and Nancy Helen Sutley to head the Council on Environmental Quality.
Washington _ House Financial Services Committee hearing on priorities for the Obama administration regarding the Wall Street rescue fund.
Baltimore _ Arraignment for Asa Seeley, who is charged with boarding a MARC train to D.C. armed with an assault rifle.
Denver _ The 2009 International Livestock Congress-USA.
Las Vegas _ The Radio and Television News Directors Foundation, the National Academies and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security host "News and Terrorism: Communicating in a Crisis" workshop.
Denver _ The 2009 International Livestock Congress-USA.
Los Angeles _ "American Idol" season premiere on Fox-TV.
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 14
Washington _ Supreme Court hears arguments.
Washington _ Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing on the selection of Tom. Vilsack to be agriculture secretary.
Washington _ Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing on Eric Shinseki's selection to be veterans affairs secretary.
New Orleans _ Sentencing for former state film commissioner Mark S. Smith, who pleaded guilty to accepting bribes to help inflate tax credits meant to lure film production to the state.
New Orleans _ International Network of Principals Centers Conference. Through Jan. 17.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 15
Washington _ Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Susan Rice's selection to be U.N. ambassador.
Washington _ Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Ken Salazar's selection to be interior secretary.
Washington _ Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Eric Holder's selection to be attorney general.
Washington _ Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Janet Napolitano's selection to be homeland security secretary.
Washington _ Senate Budget Committee hearing on the national debt.
Washington _ Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on health information technology.
Washington _ Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the selections of Mary Schapiro to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, Christina Romer to head the Council of Economic Advisers and Daniel Tarullo to be a member of the Federal Reserve's board of governors.
Detroit _ Roy M. Bailey, a former federal immigration official accused of taking bribes to free illegal immigrants from detention, to be sentenced in U.S. District Court on corruption charges.
Toledo, Ohio _ Karyn McConnell Hancock, a former attorney who lied about being kidnapped and driven to Georgia while pregnant, is to be sentenced after admitting she stole stole $624,000 from about two dozen clients.
Centennial, Colo. _ Arraignment for former Denver Broncos player Billy Jenkins on charges of vehicular homicide, leaving the scene, driving under the influence and failure to provide insurance in the Aug. 28 death of a motor scooter driver.
Wilmington, Del. _ Hearing on several motions scheduled in Tribune Co.'s bankruptcy case.
Tempe, Ariz. _ Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will headline the Economic Club of Phoenix's speaker series.
Park City, Utah _ Sundance Film Festival. Through Jan. 25.
South San Francisco, Calif. _ Genentech Inc. reports fourth-quarter financial results.
Santa Clara, Calif. _ Intel Corp. reports fourth-quarter financial results.
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FRIDAY, Jan. 16
Santa Ana, Calif. _ Sentencing of Skylar Deleon in yacht killings case.
Milwaukee _ Johnson Controls Inc. reports first-quarter financial results.
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