Major business events and economic events scheduled for Thursday:
WASHINGTON -Labor Department reports on weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.
NEW YORK -Barnes & Noble Inc. releases first-quarter financial results.
SAN FRANCISCO -Gap Inc. releases first-quarter financial results.
AUSTIN, Minn. -Hormel Foods Corp. releases second-quarter financial results.
BEIJING -Lenovo releases financial results.
TOKYO -Sanyo releases financial results.
WASHINGTON -Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reports on mortgage rates.
WASHINGTON -House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on rising oil prices and national security.
WASHINGTON -House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on OPEC. Witnesses include the group's secretary-general, Abdalla Salem el-Badri.

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