The week ahead

Today

Australian Prime Minister John Howard addresses U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

IBM and Citigroup release quarterly reports.

Tuesday

House energy panel hearing on Chinese bid for Unocal.

House Homeland Security Committee hearing on airline security.

Intel, Motorola, Yahoo, Merrill Lynch issue quarterly reports.

Economic indicator: June new-home starts.

Wednesday

Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan delivers semiannual report to House Financial Services Committee.

Center for American Progress hosts forum on China and the geopolitics of energy.

Thursday

Greenspan testifies before Senate Banking Committee.

House Financial Services panel hearing on credit card security.

Microsoft, Nextel, SBC and Google issue quarterly reports.

Economic indicators: June leading indicators.

Friday

AFL-CIO executive council meets in Chicago to resolve leadership and strategy disputes amid threats some unions will leave the organization.