Market highlights for next week: Wal-Mart and Hewlett-Packard reporting

Eric Buscemi — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:17:00 EST

Filed under: Earnings Reports, Conventions and Conferences, Annual Meetings, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Wal-Mart (WMT), XM Satellite Radio (XMSR), Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI), Sprint Nextel Corp (S), Agilent Technologies (A), Applied Materials (AMAT), Toll Brothers (TOL), Economic Data

Monday, May 12

Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) to report Q1 earnings; conference call at 8:00am.
W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE: GWW) to hold sales conference call at 8:00am.
XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: XMSR) and Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) to report quarterly earnings; the conference call is at 10:00am for XM and at 4:30pm for Sirius.

Tuesday, May 13

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) to report Q1 earnings; conference call at 7:30am.
Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL) to report preliminary Q2 results and outlook at 2pm.
Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) to report Q2 earnings; conference call at 4:30pm.

Wednesday, May 14

FCC Open Commission Meeting at 9:30am.
SEC Open Commission Meeting at 10:00am.
Macy's, Inc. (NYSE: M) to report Q1 earnings; conference call at 10:30am.
Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) to report Q2 earnings; conference call at 4:30pm.

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Is the price of oil 'artificially' high?

Joseph Lazzaro — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:16:00 EST

Filed under: International Markets, Other Issues, India, China, Russia, Middle East, Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, Politics, Commodities, Oil

Discussion in financial and public policy circles appears to building regarding increased monitoring of energy markets, as well as, at minimum, inquiries into whether oil prices have been manipulated.

One group, closetheenronloophole.com - - a coalition of oil dealers (the people who deliver heating oil in trucks, etc.) and other groups - - argues that certain unregulated energy trading platforms provide an environment for what the group calls "excessive speculation and energy price manipulation."

Capitol Hill

In Washington, several lawmakers have requested inquiries of the energy markets. Among them are U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Washingotn), Dianne Feinstein (D-California), and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), who sent a letter to the chairmen of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) giving them 45 days "to develop a plan to deliver effective oversight for energy markets and implement anti- manipulation provisions."

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