Week ahead: CeBit America
All tech eyes shift to New York for the debut edition of CeBit America, the U.S. offshoot of one of the world's biggest technology trade shows. Expect a slew of new product announcements from hardware makers and hope for some colorful unscripted comments when PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway gives his keynote speech Thursday.
Elsewhere, Linux leader Red Hat and contract manufacturers Jabil Circuit and Solectron report earnings, while advertising and marketing gurus convene in San Francisco for the Ad:Tech conference.
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Other events scheduled the week of June 15:
Tech Events | |||||
- Explore the frontiers of marketing and advertising at Ad:Tech, running June 16 to 18 in San Francisco. Executives from Google, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft will be among those making pitches.
Tuesday, June 17
- FireWire connection technology takes center stage at the 1394 Developers Conference, June 17 to 19 in Tokyo.
Wednesday, June 18
- One of the world's biggest technology trade show pitches its tents on the other side of the Atlantic with CeBit America, running June 18 to 20 in New York. Keynote speakers include MCI President and former Compaq CEO Michael Capellas, PalmSource CEO David Nagel and PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway.
Earnings | |||||
Monday, June 16
- Standard Microsystems makes PC components. It's expected to report a first-quarter profit of 4 cents a share.
Tuesday, June 17
- Progress Software sells application management products. It's expected to report a second-quarter profit of 17 cents a share.
Wednesday, June 18
- Jabil Circuit is a contract electronics manufacturer. It's expected to report a third-quarter profit of 18 cents a share.
Thursday, June 19
- Cognos sells business intelligence software. It's expected to report a first-quarter profit of 14 cents a share.
Economic Reports | |||||
- Consumer Price Index is one of most significant measures of inflation, monitoring the decline or fall of the price of a fixed basket of consumer goods and services. May growth is expected to be flat, from a 0.3 percent decline the previous month.
Thursday, June 19
- Initial Claims is the weekly total of new claims filed for unemployment compensation. The total is expected to grow to 435,000 for the week ended June 14, from 430,000 the previous week.