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Below is a list of notable corporate events for the week beginning October 29. Note, this list is not comprehensive and all dates are subject to change. All times are ET.

Monday
Notable Earnings Releases

• Mondolez International, Inc MDLZ Q3 after hours
• Texas Roadhouse, Inc TXRH Q3 after hours

Investor Events

• Analyst IPO quiet periods expire for: Upwork Inc UPWK, Guardant Health, Inc GH, and Kodiak Sciences Inc KOD
• The Kroger Co KR investor conference
• IPO lockup expiration for X Financial XYF
• Offering quiet period expires for PermRock Royalty Trust PRT

Tuesday
Economic

• API U.S. crude oil inventories at 4:30 p.m.

Notable Earnings Releases

• Fiat Chrysler Automobiles FCAU Q3 premarket
• General Electric Company GE Q3 premarket
• The Coca-Cola Company KO Q3 premarket
• Mastercard Incorporated MA Q3 premarket
• Tapestry, Inc TPR Q1 premarket
• Under Armour, Inc UA Q3 premarket
• Pfizer Inc PFE Q3 premarket
• MGM Resorts International MGM Q3 after hours
• Facebook, Inc FB Q3 after hours
• eBay Inc EBAY Q3 after hours
• Bandwidth Inc BAND Q3 after hours
• Electronic Arts Inc EA Q3 after hours

IPOs

• Eton Pharmaceutical (ETON)

FDA/Biotech

• Histogenics Corporation HSGX to discuss possibility of filing a BLA (biologics license aplication) for NeoCart, despite it not meeting its primary endpoint in a Phase 3 study
• Merck & Co., Inc MRK sBLA (supplementary biologics license application) PDUFA date for KEYTRUDA in combination with carbolatin-paclitaxel

Investor Events

• RedHill Biopharma Ltd RDHL holds analyst/investor webcast on TALICIA at 8:30 a.m.
• Apple Inc AAPL holds its “More In The Making” Event, beginning 10:30 a.m.
• Analyst IPO quiet period expiration for Elastic ESTC
• IPO quiet period expirations for: Bank7 Corp. BSVN, Elanco Animal Health Incorporated ELAN, Eventbrite, Inc EB
• Offering lockup expirations for: Inspire Medical Systems, Inc INSP, Unity Biotechnology, Inc UBX

Wednesday
Economics

• EIA crude oil inventories 10:30 a.m.

Conferences

• World Crypto Con 2018 Oct. 31-Nov. 2

Notable Earnings Releases

• The Clorox Company CLX Q1 premarket
• General Motors Company GM Q3 premarket
• Kellogg Company K Q3 premarket
• Sprint Corporation S Q2 premarket
• Molson Coors Brewing Company TAP Q3 premarket
• Fitbit, Inc FIT Q3 after hours

IPOs

• Orchard Rx Ltd (ORTX)
• Twist Bioscience (TWST)

Investor Events

• Herbalife Nutrition Ltd HLF analyst/investor day
• IPO quiet period expirations for: Farfetch Ltd FTCH and Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc YMAB
• Offering lockup expirations for: ASLAN Pharmaceuticals Limited ASLN, BayCom Corp. BCML, Carbon Black, Inc CBLK, Construction Partners, Inc ROAD, and Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc STXB

Thursday
Economic

• U.S. initial jobless claims 8:30 a.m.
• EIA natural gas inventories 10:30 a.m.

Notable Earnings Releases

• AMC Networks Inc AMCX Q3 premarket
• The New York Times Company NYT Q3 premarket
• Spotify Technolgy SPOT Q3 premarket
• Wayfair Inc W Q3 premarket
• Apple Q4 after hours
• CBS Corporation CBS Q3 after hours
• Starbucks Corporation SBUX Q4 after hours
• GoPro, Inc GPRO Q3 after hours
• United States Steel Corporation X Q3 after hours
• Weight Watchers International, Inc WTW Q3 after hours

IPOs

• Axonics Modulation Technologies (AXNX)

FDA/Biotech

• Alkermes ALKS has an FDA AdCom (advisory committee) meeting for ALKS 5461; despite a Refusal To File Letter on April 2, the company announced April 16 its NDA (new drug application) had been accepted

Investor Events

• WSI Industries, Inc WSCI special shareholder meeting to vote on the proposed merger with Polaris Industries Inc PII

Friday
Economic

• U.S. nonfarm payrolls, unemployment rate, and wage data at 8:30 a.m.; BZ NOTE: As the final jobs report before the midterm elections, these numbers may receive special attention
• Baker Hughes oil rig counts 1 p.m.

Notable Earnings Releases

• Alibaba Group Holding Limited BABA Q2 premarket
• Chevron Corporation CVX Q3 premarket
• AbbVie Inc ABBV Q3 premarket
• Seagate Technology STX Q1 premarket
• Exxon Mobil Corporation XOM Q3 premarket

FDA/Biotech

• Trevena, Inc TRVN PDUFA date for Oliceridine (TRV130); AdCom panel voted 8-7 against its approval

Saturday
FDA/Biotech

• AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc ACRX PDUFA date for DSUVAI (ARX-04); AdCom voted 10-3 in favor of its approval