Major business events and economic events scheduled for Tuesday:
NEW YORK _ The Conference Board releases the Consumer Confidence Index, 10 a.m.
NEW YORK _ Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller releases its January index of home prices, 9 a.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. _ Borders Group Inc. reports fourth-quarter financial results.
MIAMI _ Lennar Corp. reports first-quarter financial results.
WASHINGTON _ Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on health insurance industry practices.
WASHINGTON _ Senate Finance Committee hearing on the financial bailout program at six months.
WASHINGTON _ Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs subcommittee hearing on lessons learned from the New Deal. Witnesses include Christina Romer, who heads the president’s Council of Economic Advisers.
WASHINGTON _ House Education and Labor subcommittee hearing on green jobs.
WASHINGTON _ House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing on banking secrecy regulations and wealthy U.S. taxpayers.
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