THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. DEBORAH MARCHINI, CNN ANCHOR: On Wall Street, roughly 2,300 companies are expected to deliver second quarter results making this the busiest week of the reporting season. Some big names due to fess up today include financial services giant American Express, 3M and consumer products company Colgate-Palmolive. But the major reports will come after the closing bell. AT&T;, Amazon.com and Texas Instruments will deliver second quarter results. The week will also bring reports from Exxon Mobil and drug makers Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pharmacia. On the economic front, two important figures will be released later this week. On Thursday, investors will get the second quarter report on the employment cost index. It measures labor costs, including benefits. It is not expected to signal much inflation in the second quarter. And on Friday, the Commerce Department will tell us how much the economy grew -- indeed whether it grew in the second quarter. The gross domestic product is the broadest measure of the health of the U.S. economy. This advanced look is expected to show growth of less than 1 percent.
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