Business events scheduled for the coming week

CORNING, N.Y. - Corning Inc. releases third-quarter financial results.

NEW YORK - Verizon Communications Inc. releases third-quarter financial results.

WASHINGTON - Short-term Treasury auction.

TUESDAY, Oct. 27

NEW YORK - Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller releases its August index of home prices, 9 a.m.; Conference Board releases the Consumer Confidence Index for October, 10 a.m.; Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on climate change legislation; Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry joint subcommittees' hearing on dairy prices.

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Opening statements in trial of Broadcom's CFO William Ruehle on federal charges of conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud in a backdating case.

BOSTON - Jim Skinner, CEO of McDonald's, speaks at a luncheon meeting hosted by Boston College's Chief Executives' Club of Boston.

WEST CHESTER, Ohio - AK Steel Holding Corp. releases third-quarter financial results.

GLENDALE, Calif. - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. releases third-quarter financial results.

NEW YORK - E-Trade Financial Corp. releases third-quarter financial results.

NEW YORK - IAC/InterActiveCorp. releases third-quarter financial results.

MILWAUKEE - Johnson Controls Inc. releases fourth-quarter financial results.

NORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk Southern Corp. releases third-quarter financial results.

OMAHA, Neb. - TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. releases fourth-quarter financial results.

PITTSBURGH - United States Steel Corp. releases third-quarter financial results.

SAN ANTONIO - Valero Energy Corp. releases third-quarter financial results.

SAN FRANCISCO - Visa Inc. releases fourth-quarter financial results.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 28

WASHINGTON - Commerce Department releases durable goods for September, 8:30 a.m.; Commerce Department releases new home sales for September, 10 a.m.; Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on natural gas and climate change; Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on distracting driving.

HOUSTON - ConocoPhillips releases third-quarter financial results.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. - General Dynamics Corp. releases third-quarter financial results.

AKRON, Ohio - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. releases third-quarter financial results.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - International Paper Co. releases third-quarter financial results.

DENVER - Qwest Communications International Inc. releases third-quarter financial results.

INDIANAPOLIS - WellPoint Inc. releases third-quarter financial results.

THURSDAY, Oct. 29

WASHINGTON - Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m., Commerce Department releases third-quarter gross domestic product, 8:30 a.m.; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on pensions; House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee hearing on distracted driving.

HARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna Inc. releases third-quarter financial results.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - American Electric Power Co. releases third-quarter financial results.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - AutoNation Inc. releases third-quarter financial results.

MIAMI - Burger King Holdings Inc. releases first-quarter financial results.

NEW YORK - Colgate-Palmolive Co. releases third-quarter financial results.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co. releases third-quarter financial results.

IRVING, Texas - Exxon Mobil Corp. releases third-quarter financial results.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - Kellogg Co. releases third-quarter financial results.

NEW YORK - MetLife Inc. releases third-quarter financial results.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Motorola Inc. releases third-quarter financial results.

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. - Newmont Mining Corp. releases third-quarter financial results.

CINCINNATI - Procter & Gamble Co. releases first-quarter financial results.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Sprint Nextel Corp. releases third-quarter financial results.

HOUSTON - Waste Management Inc. releases third-quarter financial results.

FRIDAY, Oct. 30

WASHINGTON - Commerce Department releases personal income and spending for September, 8:30 a.m.; Labor Department releases employment cost index for third quarter, 8:30 a.m.

ST. LOUIS - Arch Coal Inc. releases third-quarter financial results.

SAN RAMON, Calif. - Chevron Corp. releases third-quarter financial results.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy Corp. releases third-quarter financial results.

NEW YORK - NYSE Euronext Inc. releases third-quarter financial results.

WASHINGTON - Washington Post Co. releases third-quarter financial results.

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Weyerhaeuser Co. releases third-quarter financial results.

SATURDAY, Oct. 31

LYNCHBURG, Va. - Deadline for personal injury claims against Peanut Corp., the bankrupt peanut processor at the center of a nationwide salmonella outbreak.