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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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