Today

3M, IBM, Texas Instruments release quarterly reports.

Tuesday

IMF has forum on China and the global economy.

Ford, McDonald’s, Motorola, Safeway issue quarterly reports.

Economic indicators: September consumer prices, housing starts.

Wednesday

Capital One, Kodak, General Dynamics, J.P. Morgan, Lucent, United Technologies issue quarterly reports.

Thursday

AT&T, Coca-Cola, DaimlerChrysler, Merck, SBC, Sears, Starwood, UPS, Amazon.com, MedImmune, Microsoft issue quarterly reports.

Economic indicators: September leading indicators.

Friday

Nextel, Weyerhaeuser issue quarterly reports.