Earnings Watch for the Week of October 15

Monday kicks off another round of earnings reports for the ARM and banking/financial sector. Following is a list of the major companies reporting third quarter earnings next week.

ARM

West Corporation, Wednesday, October 17, 2007 after market close. Conference call to be held October 18 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. To access the call, visit the Investor section of the West Corporation website at http://www.west.com and click on the Webcast link. West reported $73.7 million in ARM revenue in the second quarter of 2007.

Banks/Financial Services

Citigroup, Monday, October 15, 2007, at 6:30 am Eastern Time. To access an 8:30 a.m. webcast of the financial results, visit http://www.citigroup.com/citigroup/fin.

U.S. Bancorp, Tuesday, October 16, at 7:30 a.m. Central Time.  CEO Richard K. Davis and Andrew Cecere, vice chairman and chief financial officer, will host a conference call by telephone to review the financial results. To access the conference call from locations within the U.S. and Canada, dial 866-316-1409. The conference ID number is 18740666.

Wells Fargo & Company, Tuesday at 5 a.m. Pacific Time, (8 a.m., Eastern Time). Howard Atkins, chief financial officer for Wells Fargo, will review the quarter in a recorded message, which will be available at Dial 877-660-6853 (domestic) or 201-612-7415 (international). Enter Account 286# and Conference ID #255747. 

Washington Mutual, Inc., Wednesday, October 17, following the close of the New York Stock Exchange.  To access a live conference call about the company’s financial dial 888-889-1955. If calling from outside the United States, dial 210-234-0002. The pass code is "WaMu".

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wednesday at 7 a.m. Eastern Time, followed by a 9 a.m. conference call. To access the call, dial (888) 802-2239 in the U.S. and Canada. Calls originating from elsewhere, dial (913) 312-1269.

Capital One Financial Corp., Thursday, October 18, at 4:05 p.m. Eastern time. A conference call is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. The call will be webcast live and the earnings release will be available on the company’s homepage at www.capitalone.com.

Fifth Third Bancorp, Friday, October 19, at 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time, followed by an 8:30 a.m. conference call. To listen to the conference, dial (877) 309-0967 for U.S. residents and (706) 679-3977 for international callers. The password is Fifth Third.