The week ahead in business

MONDAY: Treasury securities auction; earnings from Campbell Soup, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Petsmart.

TUESDAY: Earnings from Home Depot, Staples.

WEDNESDAY: Minutes released from April’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting; earnings from Hewlett-Packard, Hormel, Lowe’s, Target, Tiffany.

THURSDAY: Initial jobless claims; leading economic indicators; existing home sales; Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City manufacturing index; earnings from Best Buy, Gap, Sears, Stein Mart.

FRIDAY: New home sales; earnings from Foot Locker.

This story was originally published May 15, 2014 at 11:49 PM with the headline "The week ahead in business."