Major business events and economic events scheduled for Tuesday:
WASHINGTON — Labor Department releases job openings and labor turnover survey for September, 10 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions subcommittee hearing on swine flu and paid sick days.
WASHINGTON — Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on bank overdraft fees legislation.
WASHINGTON — Senate Budget Committee hearing on bipartisan proposals for long-term fiscal stability.
WASHINGTON — Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
WASHINGTON — Senate Finance Committee hearing on climate change legislation and jobs.
ATLANTA — Beazer Homes USA Inc. releases fourth-quarter financial results.
FRANKFURT — Germany's ZEW institute releases its monthly index of investor confidence in Europe's biggest economy.
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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