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convention calendar
Tuesday
International Motor Coach Group IMG
2013 Strategic Alliance Meeting
Snowbird
Attendance • 225
Runs through • Thursday
Wednesday
National Association of Health Underwriters
2013 Region 7 Leadership Conference
Sheraton, Salt Lake City
Attendance • 125
Runs through • Friday
National Association of Local Boards of Health
2013 Annual Meeting
Hilton, Salt Lake City Center
Attendance • 225
Runs through • Friday
USANA Health Sciences
2013 Annual Convention
Salt Palace
Attendance • 6,300
Runs through • Saturday
Thursday
U.S. Autism & Asperger Association
2013 Annual Conference
Sheraton, Salt Lake City
Attendance • 500
Runs through • Sunday
Economic Calendar
New economic numbers to be released this week include:
Monday
U.S. Treasury • Federal budget data for July.
Tuesday
Commerce Department • Retail sales data for July.
Commerce Department • Business inventories for June.
Wednesday
Labor Department • Producer price index for July.
Thursday
Labor Department • Weekly jobless claims.
Labor Department • Consumer price index for July.
Federal Reserve • Industrial production for July.
Freddie Mac • Weekly mortgage rates.
National Association of Home Builders • Housing market index for August.
Friday
Commerce Department • Housing starts for July.
Labor Department • Second-quarter productivity data.
IPOs Planned
Initial public offerings as provided by Renaissance Capital, Greenwich, Conn., (ipohome.com) and SEC filings, include:
China Commercial Credit • Wujiang, China, 1.9 million shares, priced $6 to $7, managed by Burnham Securities and Axiom Capital Management. Proposed Nasdaq symbol CCCR. Business: Microcredit lender to small businesses in the Jiangsu Province of China.
Envision Healthcare • Greenwood Village, Colo., 35 million shares, priced $20 to $22, managed by Goldman Sachs, Barclays and BofA Merrill Lynch. Proposed NYSE symbol EVHC. Business: U.S. provider of outsourced medical and ambulance services.
Independence Realty Trust • Philadelphia, Pa., 4 million shares, priced $10 to $11, managed by Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., William Blair and JMP Securities. Proposed NYSE symbol IRT. Business: REIT that owns eight properties in Georgia, Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Texas and Virginia.
Sophiris Bio • La Jolla, Calif., 5 million shares, priced at $13, managed by Citi and Leerink Swann. Proposed Nasdaq symbol SPHS. Business: Developing a biologic to treat enlarged prostates.
Third Point Reinsurance • Pembroke, Bermuda, 22.2 million shares, priced $12.50 to $14.50, managed by J.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley. Proposed NYSE symbol TPRE. Business: Bermuda-based specialty property and casualty reinsurer.
Utah Events
Thursday
Book Party • University of Utah professor Rober Mayer will sign and discuss his new book, Financial Justice, at the Pinon Market & Cafe, 2095 E. 1300 South, Salt Lake City, beginning at 7:30 p.m. His book chronicles how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau came into being and details the role now-Sen. Elizabeth Warren and a coalition of consumer, civil rights and labor organizations played in its organization. Seating is limited to the first 50 guests.