Business Events Scheduled For Thursday

Major business events and economic events scheduled for Thursday:

WASHINGTON- Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON- Commerce Department releases wholesale trade inventories for December, 10 a.m.

WASHINGTON- Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates, 10 a.m.

WASHINGTON- Treasury releases federal budget for January, 2 p.m.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. releases quarterly financial results.

Kraft Foods Inc. releases quarterly financial results.

Molson Coors Brewing Co. releases quarterly financial results.

PepsiCo Inc. releases quarterly financial results.

Philip Morris International Inc. releases quarterly financial results.

Sprint Nextel Corp. releases quarterly financial results.

Thomson Reuters Corp. releases quarterly financial results.

Alcatel Lucent releases quarterly financial results.

Renault SA releases quarterly financial results.

Swiss bank Credit Suisse Group releases quarterly financial results.