Retailers, food companies, tech bellwether Dell Inc. (DELL) and Home Depot Inc. (HD), a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, are among the companies posting quarterly results next week.

Data on January home sales and December home prices are due next week, along with a revised figure for fourth-quarter gross domestic product.

President Barack Obama will present his first budget after outlining his spending plans in a speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday evening.

Retailers, Food Companies To Report<

Retailers continue posting fiscal fourth-quarter results next week, with Nordstrom Inc. (JWN) reporting Monday; Macy's Inc. (M) and Target Corp. (TGT) on Tuesday; and Gap Inc. (GPS), Sears Holdings Corp. (SHLD) and Kohl's Corp. (KSS) on Thursday. Giant home-improvement retailer Home Depot reports Tuesday.

A number of food companies will detail their financial results, including Campbell Soup Co. (CPB) on Monday, H.J. Heinz Co. (HNZ) on Tuesday and Smithfield Foods Inc. (SFD) on Thursday. Also reporting are restaurant-chain owners Papa John's International Inc. (PZZA) on Tuesday, Applebee's and IHOP owner DineEquity Inc. (DIN) on Wednesday, and Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc. on Friday. Supermarket chain Safeway Inc. (SWY) posts results Friday.

Nasdaq OMX Could Have Write-Downs<

When transatlantic exchange operator Nasdaq OMX (NDAQ) reports fourth-quarter results Thursday, the market will be on the lookout for possible goodwill write-downs related to recent acquisitions, such as Nordic exchange group OMX AB, as well as a response to NYSE Euronext (NYX) throwing down the gauntlet for U.S. equities market share earlier this month.

Other expected highlights include an outlook for Nasdaq OMX Europe, the exchange's struggling European multilateral trading facility, and forays into clearing cash equities and interest rate swaps.

Dell 4Q Results Likely To Drop Again<

Dell, which reports fiscal fourth-quarter results Thursday, is expected to post earnings of 27 cents a share on revenue of $14.39 billion, according to a poll by Thomson Reuters. That is down from 31 cents and $15.99 billion, respectively, a year earlier.

The personal-computer maker, which has undergone multiple rounds of restructuring since early 2007, has tried to cut production costs and increase sales in such areas as consumer PCs and tech services for businesses. But Dell has reported uneven results in the past several quarters, and last quarter reported falling revenue and profit.

New Data On Home Sales, Prices<

Reports will detail January sales of existing homes and new homes on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, after the S&P Case-Shiller home price index lists December home prices in major cities Tuesday. Existing home sales could climb, as they did last month, while new homes sales are expected to fall slightly from December, which saw a 45% drop from a year earlier.

On Friday, the government will release its preliminary figure on fourth-quarter GDP, which is expected to show a decline of 5.4%, rather than the 3.8% drop released last month.

The private Conference Board issues its February Consumer Confidence Index on Tuesday, and the government reports on January durable goods orders Thursday. The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for February is out Friday.

Reports on regional manufacturing activity are due Monday from the Chicago and Dallas Feds, Tuesday from the Richmond Fed and Thursday from the Kansas City Fed.

Among appearances by Federal Reserve officials: Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart discusses the economic outlook Monday in Champions Gate, Fla., and Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher speaks on the current financial crisis Monday in Cambridge, Mass., and Tuesday in Smithfield, R.I.

Obama To Release Budget After Speech<

President Obama will speak before Congress on Tuesday night, then release his first budget proposal two days later. The spending plan is expected to include a record deficit.

On Monday, the administration has scheduled a White House summit on fiscal responsibility, at which Democratic and Republican lawmakers from the House and Senate will meet with experts on taxes, health care, Social Security and the budget process to discuss long-term budget reform.

Most Agree On Likely Oscar Winners<

"Slumdog Millionaire," an independent movie filmed in Mumbai, is expected to win the Oscar for best picture at the Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night. The consensus for winners in other categories is Kate Winslet as best actress, Sean Penn as best actor, the late Heath Ledger as supporting actor, and Danny Boyle as director, for "Slumdog." Hollywood's biggest night will be hosted by first-timer Hugh Jackman, an Australian famous for playing Wolverine in the "X-Men" movies.

Late Designer's Art To Be Sold<

On Monday, auction house Christie's International will begin a three-day Paris sale of up to $425 million worth of art collected by the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, industrialist Pierre Berge. The sale will include nearly 700 artworks - from Roman antiquities to paintings by Mondrian and Picasso. The sale arrives at one of the art industry's bleakest moments, as galleries around the world are closing and museums cope with dwindling endowments.

Conferences

Among the significant conferences next week are the Credit Suisse Group Global Services Conference from Sunday through Wednesday in Phoenix, BMO Capital Markets Global Metals & Mining Conference from Sunday through Wednesday in Hollywood, Fla., Merrill Lynch Insurance Investor Conference on Tuesday and Wednesday in New York, Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference from Wednesday through Friday in San Francisco, Jefferies & Co. Internet & Media Conference on Thursday and Friday in New York, and Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. Business Solutions Conference on Thursday and Friday in Boston.

-By Kathy Shwiff, Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-5975; kathy.shwiff@dowjones.com

(Jacob Bunge and other Dow Jones Newswires staff contributed to this report.)