Business Diary

A slew of trading updates out this week will provide an insight into the health of the Irish corporate sector, with CRH and Aer…

A slew of trading updates out this week will provide an insight into the health of the Irish corporate sector, with CRH and Aer Lingus issuing interim management statements in the days ahead, and Smurfit Kappa due to release first quarter results on Friday.

MONDAY

May bank holiday – Irish Stock Exchange closed

Results: TNT

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Meeting: OECD Policy Forum on Tackling Inequality

Indicators: US Construction Spending (Mar); German PMI - Manufacturing (Apr)

TUESDAY

Results: Geberit; Genworth Financial

Meeting: Lufthansa agm; CSM agm

Indicators: EMU Producer Price Index (Mar); US Factory Orders (Mar)

WEDNESDAY

Results: Anheuser Busch Inbev; BNP Paribas; Fortis; Holcim

Meeting: CRH agm and interim management statement (Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire); Grafton Group agm (IMI Conference Centre); OECD World Economic Forum on Africa 2011 (to Fri, Cape Town)

Indicators: EMU Retail Sales (Mar); Irish Milk Statistics (Mar); US EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change; UK Nationwide Housing Prices (Apr); German PMI – Services (Apr)

Other: Interim management statements from Aer Lingus and Diageo

THURSDAY

Results: Société Générale; Lafarge

Meeting: American Chamber of Commerce (Convention Centre Dublin); Spring Business Lunch UPC breakfast briefing (Shelbourne Hotel); Technology For NGOs and Non-Profits Conference (Morrison Hotel, D1); Technology in Business Conference (Maryborough Hotel, Douglas, Cork); US vice-president Joe Biden to host a deficit reduction meeting with members of Congress

Indicators: ECB interest rate decision; Irish Live Register (Apr); Bank of England interest rate decision

Other: Aer Lingus interim management statement; Bord Gáis Éireann to launch 2010 annual report; Financial Regulator Matthew Elderfield to make speech on consumer debt (GMIT, Galway); launch of new Wexford web portal to promote tourism (Wexford Opera House)

FRIDAY

Results: Alcatel Lucent

Meeting: Smurfit Kappa agm (The Conrad Hotel, Earlsfort Terrace, D2); Aer Lingus agm (The Radisson Hotel, Dublin airport)

Indicators: US Average Hourly Earnings (Apr), Non-farm Payrolls (Apr) and Consumer Credit Change (Mar); German Industrial Production (Mar)