** U.S. Senate candidates Michael Capuano, Martha Coakley, Alan Khazei and Stephen Pagliuca speak at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce government forum, 8 to 9:30 a.m., at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel.

** The National Funeral Directors Association kicks off its annual convention at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. Some 5,500 attendees are expected.

** Verizon Communications Inc. posts quarterly earnings.

TOMORROW

** Gov. Deval Patrick's economic summit takes place at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

** McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner addresses the Boston College Chief Executives' Club luncheon at the Boston Harbor Hotel.

** The S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index for August is expected to show home values in major U.S. metro areas declined at the slowest pace since January 2008.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28

** Affiliated Managers Group, Akamai Technologies and Teradyne Inc. are among the Bay State companies reporting quarterly financial results.

THURSDAY, OCT. 29

** Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts holds its 18th annual Leading Women Awards at the Seaport Hotel. Among the honorees are EMC Corp. chief diversity officer Jackie Glenn, Au Bon Pain CEO Sue Morelli and Entercom executive Julie Kahn.

** The Commerce Department reports on third-quarter gross domestic product. Economists expect a 3.2 percent GDP growth rate, the fastest pace in two years.

FRIDAY, OCT. 30

** A federal report is expected to show that personal spending dropped as car sales slowed after the end of the "cash for clunkers" rebate program.

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