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AT&T introduced convenient new postpaid billing options for tablets. Beginning today, customers can choose between AT&T's existing prepaid billing options or the new postpaid plans. The new plans can be added to customers'

Mid-Week, Joy Global, BJ's Wholesale Club, Boise, Foot Locker, Staples and Costco Wholesale Corp all report their earnings and the Fed Beige Book and the ADP Employment Change reports are also due out.

Spending for December was revised to a decline of 1.6% from a prior estimate of a 2.5% drop.

Private residential construction rose 5.3% and private construction spending fell 1.2%.

The Commerce Department reported that construction spending fell 0.7% in January. Economists had expected spending to fall to 0.1%.

Readings over 50 indicate that more manufacturers are expanding instead of shrinking.

The sector now has grown for 19 straight months.

The Institute for Supply Management on Tuesday said that its manufacturing gauge rose 61.4% in February, which is the highest level since May of 2004. Economists had expected the index to edge up to 61%.

Lawmakers pass a one-year reduction in worker contributions to Social Security last year, helping to add more money in each weekly paycheck.

Inflation rose to 0.3% in January, in line with December, and is up 1.2% over the past 12 months.

The Commerce Department reported that the income of American workers jumped a seasonally adjusted 1% in January largely with the help of a temporary payroll tax cut, ahead of consensus estimates for an increase of 0.9%, while cons

Kicking off the week, look for earnings from Quiksilver Resources, Salix Pharmaceuticals, Warnaco Group, Range Resources and Sotheby's. You can also be on the lookout for a number of economic data reports including Personal Income

When looking deeper at the data, new orders dipped if you exclude transportation, down 3.6% for January, following a 3% rise in December and a 4.6% rise in November.

Year-over-year new durable goods orders are down 3.6%.

Durable Goods Orders for the month of January were up, although still below what economists were expecting on average. Orders increased 2.7%, a nice rebound from December's revised 0.4% decline. Economists, however, were expecting

Michael Klayko, CEO of Brocade said, "We are pleased with the results of Q1 and our ability to execute to our FY2011 Playbook, The industry's first Ethernet fabric solutions that we began delivering in Q1 have been very well recei

Brocade (NASDAQ:BRCD) reported Q1 EPS of $0.12, ahead of consensus estimates of $0.10 per share. Revenues rose 1.2% year-over-year to $546 million, topping consensus estimates of $544 million.

Monday, February 14th kicks off earnings reports from MGM Resorts (MGM) before the opening bell and Agilent Technologies (A), Marriott (MAR), and FMC Technologies (FTI) after market close. No major economic reports are scheduled f

On Tuesday, February 15th, you can expect Sirius XM Radio's (SIRI) earnings report early on the morning. Rovi Corp (ROVI), Tesla Motors (TSLA), Allscripts Healthcare (MDRX), and Dell (DELL) will be reporting their earnings in the

Here's a look at earnings and economic data for the week of February 14th.

Enrique Salem, president and chief executive officer, Symantec said, "We completed another strong quarter and delivered better than expected results, driven by consumer, backup and data loss prevention as well as stability in the

Symantec (SYMC) announced Q3 non-GAAP EPS of 35 cents a share, beating Street estimates of 33 cents a share by 2 cents. The company also topped Street estimates of $1.58 billion in revenue, posting revenues of $1.604 billion for t