DIARY - Global Company News Preview - Week ending Sept 11

Sept. 3 (Reuters) - Here are the top 5 global company news
stories and scheduled events for the week ending Sept 11, 2009.
The diary is arranged by industry sector. It's compiled by the
Reuters company news editors for news planning.

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TOP STORIES IN THE WEEK ENDING SEPT 11

* Apple to launch refreshed iPod with Jobs appearance
* Motorola launches make-or-break Google line of phones
* Reuters Summit on Alternative Energy with Vestas, Suntech and
Suzlon
* Bankers Frankfurt meet with Goldman, Deutsche & HSBC
* China conferences: "Summer Davos," Alifest & Asia Aerospace

SCHEDULED EVENTS IN THE WEEK ENDING SEPT 11 (Dates in
parenthesis)

FINANCE
- (i)-banks: BNP i-bank chief HK presser (7); Banking
"makeover" conference in Frankfurt with Goldman, Deutsche, HSBC,
Julius Baer & Credit Suisse (8-9); Lehman anniversary story
package (8 onwards); Commonwealth rate briefing (9)
- Private banking: StanChart private banking CEO Taiwan
presser (7)
- Funds: New City owners likely to reject Lone Star rescue
plan (9)
- Regulation: Package of stories on bonuses, distress
triggers, derivatives and more (7 onward); Senate banking
committee on SEC Madoff failure (10)
- Insurers: Keefe, Bruyette insurance conference (9-10) with
Principal, Hartford, Aflac, MetLife and Allstate.

TMT
- Apple launches refreshed iPod (9) with Jobs appearance
- Motorola launches Google phone line (10)
- Web: Alibaba's Alifest in Hangzhou (11) with Jack Ma, Lenovo
& Starbucks.
- Games: Square Emix launches Final Fantasy XIII (8)
- Chips: UMC August sales (8); TSMC Aug. sales, National Semi
Q1 ( (10)
- Other: Auction of Nortel enterprise biz (11)
RESOURCES
- Reuters Summit on Climate and Alternative Energy (8-10) with
Vestas, SunPower, Suntech & Suzlon; FuelCell Q3 (8)
- Oil: Barclays CEO Energy/Power conference (9-10) with Exxon,
Chevron, BP, Marathon and Baker Hughes
- Ags: ABB Grain holder vote on Viterra takeover
ECONOMY
- Summer Davos in Dalian with Deutsche, Alacatel, Motorola,
Nestle, Wal-Mart, Siemens (8-10)
- Retail: Pep Boys Q2 (8); Talbots, Rex Stores, Men's
Wearhouse Q2 (9); WM Morrison, Home Retail H1 (10)
- Food: Nestle CEO interview; Associated Foods trade (7);
Smithfield Q1 (8); United Natural Foods Q4 (9); Campbell Q4 (11)
- Transport: China Eastern AGM with focus on Shanghai Airlines
takeover (7); Asia Aerospace Int. Expo with Boeing, Airbus,
Bombardier & Pratt (8-); Textron briefing with focus on
corporate jets (9)
- Leisure: Whitebread trade (7); Wetherspoon Yr (11)
- Luxury: Gucci CEO interview (7); Damiani CEO interview (8);
Richemont trade, Neiman Marcus, Signet Q (9)
- Other: Manpower quarterly hiring forecast (8)

HEALTH
- Cancer: FDA rules on Glaxo's Cervarix, Merck's Gardasil for
males (9)
- Flu: Roche Tamiflu briefing (7)
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