Week Ahead

Business

If you want fries with that, you have several downtown dining options.But fast food – which is sold on dozens of street corners around town – isn’t enough to draw people to the city’s core.Today 3:00 am

Sharp names new CEO after record losses

Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. named a new president, shuffling its top management to help restore profitability after reporting a record loss.Today 3:00 am

Lehman estate demands millions from nonprofits

Almost five years after Lehman Brothers Holding Inc. filed for bankruptcy and set off the global financial crisis, managers of the bank’s estate are demanding millions of dollars from retirement homes, colleges and hospitals.Today 3:00 am

Today

•Commerce Department releases durable goods for December

•National Association of Realtors releases pending home sales index for December

Tuesday

•Standard & Poor’s releases S&P/Case-Shiller index of home prices for November

•The Conference Board releases the Consumer Confidence Index for January

•Federal Reserve policymakers begin a two-day meeting to set interest rates

Wednesday

•Commerce Department releases fourth-quarter gross domestic product

Thursday

•Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims

•Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates

•Commerce Department releases personal income and spending for December

Friday

•Labor Department releases employment data for January

•Institute for Supply Management releases its manufacturing index for January

•Commerce Department releases construction spending for December

•Automakers release vehicle sales for January