ACROSS THE BOARD : THE WEEK AHEAD.MONDAY Treasury holds T-bill auction. Treasury releases budget deficit for September. ALSO TUESDAY: Commerce Department releases report on gross domestic product, revised. Treasury holds 2-year note auction. WEDNESDAY: Labor Department The Department of Labor (DOL) administers federal labor laws for the Executive Branch of the federal government. Its mission is "to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working releases weekly jobless claims Initial Jobless Claims is a report issued by the U.S. Department of Labor on a weekly basis. This report tracks how many people have filed for unemployment benefits in the previous week. It is a good gauge of the U.S. job market. . Commerce Department releases personal income for October. National Association of Realtors The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is made up of residential and commercial realtors who are brokers, salespeople, property managers, appraisers, and counselors, and others working in the real estate industry. releases existing home sales Existing Home Sales An economic indicator of both the number and prices of existing single family houses, condos and co-op sales over a one-month period. Released monthly by the U.S. for October. Freddie Mac Freddie Mac: see Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. releases weekly mortgage rates, noon. THURSDAY: Thanksgiving. U.S. financial markets, banks and most businesses are closed. FRIDAY: Stock markets close at 10 a.m. PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there . BIZ BYTES WHAT'S IN A NAME: Acxiom Corp. has won a trademark infringement Trademark infringement is a violation of the exclusive rights attaching to a trademark without the authorization of the trademark owner or any licensees (provided that such authorization was within the scope of the license). lawsuit filed against a rival computer services provider over the use of its name. The competitor? Axiom Inc. In court papers, Axiom rebuffed Acxiom's claims that the similar names confused customers and investors, and Axiom refused to change the name. But a federal judge has permanently barred Axiom from using the name and ordered it to destroy all advertising and promotional materials bearing the name. Acxiom, the No. 1 builder and manager of databases used by large companies for direct-marketing campaigns, filed suit in 1997, claiming Axiom was creating confusion by using the name. Axiom competes with Acxiom in selling billing software and programs to telecommunications companies. No truth to the rumor that Axiom is changing its name to Microsofter. SITE OF THE WEEK BWOOEEP, BWOOEEP: For the person who has everything really useful, Westlake Village-based Kopel Inc. brings you something you never knew you didn't have: the beeping wallet. Yes, a hand-stitched, soft grained leather wallet that beeps when you whip out a credit card and won't shut up until the plastic is put back in place. It's intended to help you remember your cards instead of leaving them at stores across the mall. Available now by phone, (800) 988-6255), or online at www.beepingwallet.com. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color) no caption (Wallet) |
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