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Convention Calendar
Sunday
Association for Computer
Machinery ACM/IEEE
SC Conference
Salt Palace
Runs through • Friday
Attendance • 8,000
American Public
Transportation Association
2012 Light Rail Transit
& Streetcar Conference
The Grand America
Runs through • Thursday
Attendance • 300
Hewlett-Packard Co.
HP Salt Lake City
The Grand America Hotel
Runs through • Friday
Attendance • 300
Economic Calendar
New economic numbers to be released this week:
Monday
U.S. bond market • Closed for Veterans Day. Stock markets are open
Tuesday
Treasury Department • Federal budget for October
Wednesday
Commerce Department • Retail sales data for October
Labor Department • Producer Price Index for October
Commerce Department • Business inventories for September
Federal Reserve • Minutes from October interest-rate meeting
Thursday
Labor Department • Weekly jobless claims
Freddie Mac • Weekly mortgage rates
Labor Department • Consumer Price Index for October
Friday
Federal Reserve • Industrial product for October
IPOs Planned
Initial public offerings as provided by Renaissance Capital, Greenwich, Conn., (ipohome.com) and SEC filings:
Energy & Exploration Partners Inc., • Fort Worth, Texas, 15.8 million shares, priced $14 to $16, managed by Canaccord Genuity and Johnson Rice. Proposed NYSE symbol ENXP. Business: Oil and gas E&P focused on unconventional resources.
Ruckus Wireless Inc. • Sunnyvale, Calif., 8.4 million shares, priced $13 to $15, managed by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank. Proposed NYSE symbol RKUS. Business: Provides carrier-class Wi-Fi systems to telecoms and enterprises.
Silvercrest Asset Management Group • New York, 4.6 million class A shares, priced $11 to $13, managed by Sandler O'Neill and Raymond James. Proposed Nasdaq symbol SAMG. Business: Investment company with $11 billion in assets under management for ultra high net worth individuals.
Utah Events
Tuesday
Instruction • Bank of Utah is offering a low-cost training program on QuickBooks for business owners and bookkeepers. The session will run from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Eide Bailly, 5929 S. Fashion Point Drive, Suite 300, Ogden. Cost of the class is $65, and attendees are asked to register by calling 1-801-409-5172, or emailing akjohnson@bankofutah.com.
Symposium • Members of Delta Mu Delta, the international student honor society in business at Westminster College, will host a fall symposium, "Redefine the Bottom Line: The Rise of Social Enterprise." A panel of social entrepreneurs will discuss their experiences with creating, operating and funding social enterprises. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Gore School of Business Auditorium at Westminster College, 1840 S. 1300 East, Salt Lake City. The event is free and open to the public.
Friday
Presentation • Salt Lake Community College will present Jorge A. Vanegas, an expert in environmental sustainability and advanced project delivery strategies. Vanegas' presentation will discuss how people can use daydreaming, "flow" and progressive relaxation exercises as key elements for generating ideas and knowledge. The event will run from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Event Center at the college's Taylorsville Redwood Campus, 4600 S. Redwood Road. The event is free and open to the public.
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