EARNINGS: Bay State companies First Marblehead Corp., Haemonetics Corp., Hologic Inc. and Unica Corp. post financial reports.

** The Institute for Supply Management's factory index for January is expected to hit its lowest level since 1980.

TOMORROW

** Automakers report U.S. auto sales for January.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4

SPEAKER: Peter Loscher, CEO of Siemens AG, addresses Boston College's Chief Executives' Club of Boston.

** Natick-based BJ's Wholesale Club Inc., which has weathered the recession better than most major retailers, releases fourth-quarter financial results.

** Akamai Inc. reports results for the fourth-quarter, when the Cambridge Web content provider cut 7 percent of its work force.

THURSDAY, FEB. 5

FORECAST: The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce hosts an economic outlook breakfast, 7:30 to 9:15 a.m., at the Westin Copley Place in Boston. Panelists are Christopher Anderson, president of the Mass. High Technology Council; Thomas McGovern, president of Fisher College; and Ellen Zane, CEO of Tufts Medical Center.

** Major retailers report sales results for January.

FRIDAY, FEB. 6

JOBLESS: The U.S. Labor Department releases unemployment data for January. Economists expect the jobless rate to rise to 7.5 percent, the highest level in 16 years as slumping sales forced employers to slash staff.

** Cambridge-based Biogen Idec Inc. posts fourth-quarter earnings.

- STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

(c) 2009 Boston Herald. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.

A service of YellowBrix, Inc.