Business events scheduled for the coming week

MONDAY, June 8

WASHINGTON _ Treasury auction.

BOSTON _ Boston Newspaper Guild to vote on management proposal to cut pay, end job guarantees.

TUESDAY, June 9

WASHINGTON _ Commerce Department releases wholesale trade inventories for April, 10 a.m.; National Transportation Safety Board hearing on U.S. Airways Fight 1549, which landed safely in New York's Hudson River on Jan. 15. Through June 10; Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation subcommittee hearing on the role of the oceans in the nation's economic future; Defense Secretary Robert Gates testifies at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Defense Department's proposed budget for 2010; Joint Economic Committee hearing on oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, focusing on the strength of financial institutions; House Financial Services subcommittee hearing on regulating the over-the-counter derivatives market.

WEDNESDAY, June 10

WASHINGTON _ Commerce Department releases international trade for April, 8:30 a.m.; Treasury releases federal budget for May, 2 p.m.; Federal Reserve releases Beige Book, 2 p.m.; Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation subcommittee hearing on aviation safety; Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the role of the administration's auto task force in restructuring the auto industry; House Science and Technology subcommittee hearing on cybersecurity research and development.

RIVERSIDE, Calif _ Deadline for MGA and Mattel to respond to settlement proposal from court-appointed mediator regarding rights to Bratz dolls.

DAYTON, Ohio _ U.S. Bankruptcy Court hearing for CertifiChecks Inc., company that sold gift certificates to thousands of businesses and individuals around the country, then abruptly went out of business.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa _ Kofi Annan and fellow members of the Africa Progress Panel launch a report on the continent's development, part of opening of three-day World Economic Forum on Africa. Through June 12.

THURSDAY, June 11

WASHINGTON _ Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.; Commerce Department releases the retail sales report for May, 8:30 a.m.; Commerce Department releases business inventories for April, 10 a.m.; Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance company, releases weekly mortgage rates.