Business Events Scheduled for the Coming Week

Major business events and economic events scheduled for the coming week (some dates are tentative):

MONDAY, Feb. 9

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner plans a speech outlining the Obama administration's plan to overhaul the government's $700 billion financial rescue program.

ATLANTA — Beazer Homes USA Inc. releases first-quarter financial results.

PAWTUCKET, R.I. — Hasbro Inc. releases fourth-quarter financial results.

NEW YORK — NYSE Euronext releases fourth-quarter financial results.

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Whirlpool Corp. releases fourth-quarter financial results.

TUESDAY, Feb. 10

WASHINGTON — Commerce Department releases wholesale trade inventories for December, 10 a.m.; Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the Fed's efforts to provide liquidity in the financial crisis; Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on a new plan for the financial industry rescue; Senate Budget Committee hearing on option for a health care overhaul.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — DIRECTV Group Inc. releases fourth-quarter financial results.

DENVER — Molson Coors Brewing Co. releases fourth-quarter financial results.

DENVER — Qwest Communications International Inc. releases fourth-quarter financial results.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 11

WASHINGTON — The Commerce Department releases international trade for December, 8:30 a.m.; Treasury releases federal budget for January, 2 p.m.; House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the peanut butter-salmonella outbreak; Senate Budget Committee hearing on the crisis in the financial and housing markets; Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the need for more anti-fraud enforcement in the wake of the economic downturn; House Science and Technology Committee hearing on electronic waste and recycling.