The 26th annual National Space Symposium, covering all aspects of space, will be held today through Thursday at the Broadmoor hotel in Colorado Springs. For information, visit .
Entrepreneurs to hear Ben Stein
Economist, humorist, actor, author, lawyer and university teacher Ben Stein will keynote the fifth annual Entrepreneurship Day on Wednesday, hosted by the Entrepreneurial Business Institute at Mesa State College, 1450 N. 12th St. in Grand Junction. For information, go to .
STARTING THE WEEK
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INDEX close last week
Dow Jones 10,997.35 +0.6
Nasdaq 2,454.05 +2.1
S&P 500 1,194.37 +1.4
THIS WEEK’S MOVERS
Today
•Treasury releases federal budget for March.
•Alcoa releases quarterly financial results, marking the beginning of the so-called first-quarter earnings season.
Tuesday
•Commerce Department releases international trade for February.
•Senate Homeland and Governmental Affairs subcommittee hearing on high-risk home loans.
Wednesday
•Commerce Department releases retail sales for March.
•Labor Department releases Consumer Price Index for March.
•Commerce Department releases business inventories for February.
•Federal Reserve releases Beige Book.
•Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies about the economy before the Joint Economic Committee.
Thursday
•Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims.
•Treasury releases international money-flows data for February.
•Federal Reserve releases industrial production for March.
•National Association of Home Builders releases housing-market index for April.
Friday
•Commerce Department releases housing starts for March.
16th Street Mall future reviewed
Balancing pedestrians, transit and economics on the 16th Street Mall will be the subject of a Denver Downtown Partnership member forum, 7:30 a.m. Thursday at the Warwick Hotel, 1776 Grant St. For information, visit .
Major meetings in town this week
Major conventions and conferences this week include: • The International Nortel Networks Users Association and the International Alliance of Avaya Users, Sunday through April 22 at the Colorado Convention Center. For information: . • American Board of Veterinary Practitioners, Thursday through Sunday at the Westin Tabor Center. For information: .
