Through The Fly's Eyes: A Quick Look Ahead

from Eric Buscemi of Theflyonthewall.com












Highlights For Next Week

Monday July 9

* The Chicago Board of Trade (BOT) and Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) to hold a special shareholder meeting in Chicago about merging at 4pm.
* Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) to hold a business update at 4:30pm.
* Alcoa (AA) to report Q2 earnings; conference call at 5pm.

Tuesday July 10

* Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, to be held from July 10-July 13 in Santa Monica, California.
* Home Depot (HD) to release a 2007 Sales Update at 9am.
* Sealy Corporation (ZZ) to report Q2 earnings; conference call at 5pm.

Wednesday July 11

* Companies reporting monthly sales include Hot Topic (HOTT) at 4pm; Zumiez (ZUMZ) at 4pm; and American Eagle (AEO) at 5pm.
* Microsoft (MSFT) to hold analyst/investor meeting at 10:30am in Santa Monica, California.
* Special Shareholder: Hercules Offshore (HERO) to hold special shareholder meeting at 10am in Houston regarding the merger with TODCO (THE).

Thursday July 12

* Companies reporting monthly sales include BeBe (BEBE) at 7am, Limited Brands (LTD) at 7:30, Ann Taylor (ANN) at 8am, Gap (GPS) at 8am, JC Penney (JCP) at 8am and Wal-Mart (WMT) at 8am.
* Special Shareholder: Agile Software (AGIL) to hold special shareholder meeting at 1pm to vote on Oracle's (ORCL) impending acquisition of the company.

Friday July 13

* Select Comfort (SCSS) to hold a business trends update conference call at 4pm.