ACROSS THE BOARD : THE WEEK AHEAD.MONDAY: Memorial Day, U.S. financial markets, government offices and most businesses are closed. TUESDAY: Commerce Department reports on construction spending Construction Spending An economic indicator that measures the amount of spending towards new construction. Released monthly by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Census Bureau, it looks at residential and non-residential construction in the private sector, and state and federal at for April. Treasury bill auction. The Conference Board releases Leading Economic Indicators Leading economic indicators Economic series that tend to rise or fall in advance of the rest of the economy. for April. Phoenix, Ariz., hearing on bankruptcy for trucking firm owned by Jerry McMorris, co-owner of Colorado Rockies. VentureNet99 in Los Angeles. Technology venture capitalists meet with executives from software and Internet companies. WEDNESDAY: Commerce Department reports on new home sales New Home Sales An economic indicator that measures sales of newly built homes. Released by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Census Bureau, it includes both quantity and price statistics. for April. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan Alan Greenspan Dr. Greenspan is Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Dr. Greenspan also serves as Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Fed's principal monetary policymaking body. speaks on ``Trade and Technology'' at the World Trade Center in Boston. BIZ BYTES DOWN IN FRONT: Pirated copies of the ``Star Wars'' prequel pre·quel n. A literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel. [pre- + (se)quel.] - with washed out desert scenes and noise from a theater's audience - have hit stores in Asia, after the film opened in the United States and before its Asia debut. Pirated video CDs of ``Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' are widely available in shopping malls in Hong Kong for between $3 and $4, a fraction of the cost of movie tickets. In Beijing, street vendors were sold out. All copies sold in Hong Kong appeared to be from the same source: a home video recorded in a U.S. movie theater. ``It is a very bad copy. You can see the back of people's heads moving and hear them talking and shouting,'' said Sam Ho, the director of the Motion Pictures Association's Hong Kong and Macau anti-piracy operation unit. - Associated Press SITE OF THE WEEK COMPUTER VIRUSES: With summer around the corner, many people are considering trips abroad. But few consider the maladies that potentially await them, until of course it's too late. Luckily, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. (CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation ) in Atlanta has a huge database on the wild and sometimes whacky maladies awaiting tourists, plus updates on any recent outbreaks. The useful site can be accessed at www.cdc.gov/travel/index.htm. - Daily News |
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