Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke will speak at a 2010 Biennial of the Americas event at 2 p.m. today at the Mc Nichols Building at Civic Center. For information, go to biennial .
Forums on health insurance begin
The Colorado Consumer Health Initiative will join the Colorado Coalition for the Medically Uninsured and Colorado’s Health Reform Implementation Board in hosting a series of open forums to collect community input that will be used in the planning, rules and regulations for health insurance exchanges to be offered in January 2014. The first forum will be held Friday at 9 a.m. at National Jewish Health’s Molly Blank Center. For information, go to .
STARTING THE WEEK
Friday % chg. for
INDEX close last week
Dow Jones 10,097.90 -1.0
Nasdaq 2,179.05 -0.8
S&P 500 1,064.88 -1.2
THIS WEEK’S MOVERS
Today
•National Association of Home Builders releases housing market index for July.
Tuesday
•Commerce Department releases housing starts for June.
Wednesday
•Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies about economic policy before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.
Thursday
•Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims.
•National Association of Realtors releases existing-home sales for June.
•Federal Housing Finance Agency releases May home price index.
•The Conference Board releases leading indicators for June.
Indian affairs to be lunch topic
Carol Harvey, executive director of the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs, will speak at the Rocky Mountain Indian Chamber of Commerce Business Resource Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Hispanic Heritage Building, 924 W. Colfax Ave. For more information, go to .
Health care exec luncheon speaker
Beth Soberg, chief executive of United Healthcare’s Rocky Mountain Region, will speak at the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce luncheon, 11 a.m. Wednesday at Maggiano’s, 500 16th St. For more information, go to .
Conferences: student-aid group
Conferences this week include: • National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, today through Wednesday at the Colorado Convention Center. Information: • Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, joint meeting with the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society and the Western Agricultural Economics Association, Sunday through July 27, Sheraton Hotel Downtown. Information:
