The Week Ahead: Commerce to release factory orders

MONDAY

• Tiffany & Co., Donaldson and PVH earnings reports.

TUESDAY

• Standard & Poor's will report on the S&P/Case-Shiller index of home prices for June and the second quarter.
• Conference Board will release its Consumer Confidence Index for August.
• H.J. Heinz, Brown Shoe, Cyberonics, Concurrent Computer, Eltek, BlueScout Technologies and Standex International earnings reports.

WEDNESDAY

• U.S. Commerce Department will release second-quarter gross domestic product figures.
• National Association of Realtors will report on pending home sales index for July.
• Federal Reserve will release its Beige Book.
• Earnings reports scheduled to be released by Brown-Forman, Joy Global, American Software, Coldwater Creek, Delta Apparel, Genesco, Pandora Media, Fresh Market, TiVo, Zale, Greenway Medical Technologies and Flow International.

THURSDAY

• U.S. Labor Department will report on weekly jobless claims.
• U.S. Commerce Department will release personal income and spending data for July.
•  Freddie Mac will unveil weekly mortgage rates.
• SAIC, Bio-Reference Laboratories, Ciena, Esterline Technologies, LightPath Technologies, Methode Electronics and Splunk earnings reports

FRIDAY

• U.S. Commerce Department will release factory orders for July.
• Japan will release industrial production and unemployment data.

Associated Press, Reuters and other sources