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Convention calendar
Monday
American Physical Therapy Association 2013 Annual Meeting
Salt Palace
Attendance • 3,000
Runs through • Friday
Thursday
Housing Authority Insurance Group
The Grand America
Attendance • 120
Runs through • Saturday
National Sweepstakes 2013 Convention
Sheraton Salt Lake City
Attendance • 700
Runs through • Saturday
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Utah Events
Tuesday, Thursday
Workshop • Sax Angle Partners, a long-short equity hedge fund, will present a free investment survival workshop and lunch Tuesday at the South Jordan Executive Center, 10808 S. River Front Parkway, Suite 300, South Jordan, and Thursday at 222 S. Main St., 5th Floor, Salt Lake City. Both events run from noon to 1:30 p.m. Attendees will receive a free copy of the recently published book The Investment Survival Guide by Harvey Sax. Seating is limited; first come, first served. To reserve a seat, go to http://workshops.saxangle.com.
Wednesday
Webinar • Zenger Folkman, a leadership training company, will offer a free webinar — Developing Your Leadership Pipeline — beginning at 11 a.m. To register and view system requirements, go to http://bit.ly/13Y0doV.
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Economic Calendar
New economic numbers to be released this week include:
Tuesday
Commerce Department • Durable goods for May
Standard & Poor's • Case-Shiller home price index for April
Commerce Department • New home sales for May
Conference Board • Consumer confidence index for June
Wednesday
Commerce Department • First quarter gross domestic product
Thursday
Labor Department • Weekly jobless claims
Freddie Mac • Weekly mortgage rates
Commerce Department • Personal income and spending for May
National Association of Realtors • Pending home sales index for May
IPOs Planned
Initial public offerings as provided by Renaissance Capital, Greenwich, Conn., (ipohome.com) and SEC filings, include:
CDW Corp.• Vernon Hills, Ill., 27.9 million shares, priced $20 to $23, managed by J.P. Morgan, Barclays, and Goldman Sachs. Proposed Nasdaq symbol CDW. Business: Fortune 500 company that provides integrated information technology solutions in the U.S. and Canada.
Esperion Therapeutics Inc. • Plymouth, Mich. 4.5 million shares, priced $13 to $15, managed by Credit Suisse and Citigroup. Proposed Nasdaq symbol ESPR. Business: Developing a treatment for elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
GDC Technology Ltd. • Hong Kong, 5.7 million American depositary shares, each representing 15 ordinary shares, priced $12 to $14, managed by Barclays, Jefferies, and Piper Jaffray. Proposed Nasdaq symbol GDCT. Business: China-based provider of digital cinema servers backed by Carlyle.
HD Supply Holdings Inc. • Atlanta, 53.2 million shares, priced $22 to $25, managed by BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays, and J.P. Morgan. Proposed Nasdaq symbol HDS. Business: Diversified industrial distribution company in North America.
Luxoft Holding Inc. • British Virgin Islands, 4.1 million class A ordinary shares, priced $16 to $18, managed by UBS, Credit Suisse, and J.P. Morgan. Proposed NYSE symbol LXFT. Business: Spin-off of Russia-based IBS Group's offshore IT services business.
NanoString Technologies Inc. • Seattle, 5.4 million shares, priced $13 to $15, managed by J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley. Proposed Nasdaq symbol NSTG. Business: Develops, manufactures and sells diagnostic systems for the analysis of genomic information.