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A look ahead at the most anticipated business news for the coming week.

Monday Session: Meeting of the presidential commission investigating the BP oil spill, continues Tuesday.

Tuesday Released: S&P/Case-Shiller index of July home prices; Conf. Bd.'s Consumer Confidence Index. Hearing: Senate Budget Comm., economy and fiscal policy. Earnings report: Walgreen.

Wednesday Session: National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility meets in Washington; general strike in Madrid against Socialist government's economic and labor reforms.

Thursday Releases: Labor's wkly jobless claims. Sessions: House Oversight on J&J recall of children's meds and of genetically engineered crops; Senate Banking on new financial-reform law.

Friday Release: Commerce's Aug. personal income and spending. Session: First meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, led by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.