August 17, 2010 Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) Reports EPS Results Wal-Mart Profit Up, Sales Miss but Lifts Guidance (NYSE: WMT) Home Depot EPS and Call Info (NYSE: HD) Housing Starts Rose 1.7% to 546K in July, but Fall Short of Forecasts Producer Price Index Hot at the Core: PPI +0.2%, Core PPI +0.3% Industrial Production Improved in July +1.0%, Exceeding Estimates Treasury Juggles Bailout to Fix Home Finance System ICSC Weekly Same-Store Sales Fall 1.3% Weekly, Rising 3.3% Yearly Bank of England Warns of Inflation Threat China Threatened by Export Dependence and Slowing US Japan Mulls New Stimulus as Yen Threatens Economy Estonia Lures Investors as Nears Euro Entry Hang Seng Up on Land Sale Carlsberg Lifts Profit Forecast (OTC: CABGY) Potash (NYSE: POT) Declines BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) $39 Bln. Bid Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) Posts Profit, but to Close Stores Plumes of Gulf Oil Spreading Along on Gulf Floor Iran Announces Plans for 10 New Nuke Plants US, South Korea Launch 2nd Round of Exercises Suicide Bomber Kills 51 in Iraq World Bank Sending $900 Mln. to Pakistan Relief Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
August 17, 2010
