Earnings Preview: 3 Companies That Could Surprise

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A bunch of the retailers and a smattering of technology names are on tap this week as 110 companies are scheduled to report earnings. Dow components Home Depot (HD) and Hewlett Packard (HPQ) will join 20 other names from the S&P 500 including Target (TGT) and Agilent Technologies, Inc. (A).

The week's economic data will focus on the housing market and manufacturing surveys before culminating in a speech on Friday by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called "Reflections on the Year of Crisis" at the Kansas City Fed's annual Jackson Hole conference. It's scheduled to start at 10 am eastern time.

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