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The Week Ahead

From Reuters

Today

* Treasury bill auction.

* Quarterly earnings reports due from Netflix Inc., American Express Co., BellSouth Corp., Merck & Co., Schering-Plough Corp., Texas Instruments Inc.

Tuesday

* National Assn. of Realtors reports on existing-home sales for June.

* Conference Board reports its monthly consumer confidence index.

* Quarterly earnings reports due from Sun Microsystems Inc., 3M Co., Alaska Air Group Inc., JetBlue Airways Corp., Amazon.com Inc., AT&T; Inc., Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp., McDonald’s Corp., United States Steel Corp.

Wednesday

* Federal Reserve releases survey of regional economic conditions.

* Quarterly earnings reports due from Boeing Co., General Motors Corp.

Thursday

* Labor Department reports on weekly jobless claims.

* Commerce Department reports on durable-goods orders and new-home sales for June.

* Freddie Mac reports on mortgage rates.

* Quarterly earnings reports due from Northrop Grumman Corp., McKesson Corp., Aetna Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Comcast Corp., DaimlerChrysler, Dow Chemical Co., Exxon Mobil Corp., US Airways Group Inc.

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Friday

* Commerce Department reports on gross domestic product for the second quarter.

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