Earnings results from a handful of U.S. retailers will dominate corporate news next week, with teen retailers seen posting mixed results as consumers begin to spend more, although high unemployment and rising fuel and cotton costs remain top concerns.

Egypt's stock exchange, shut since Jan. 27 due to political unrest in the country, is expected to resume trading on Sunday.

Video-rental chain Blockbuster Inc. (BLOAQ, BLOBQ) on Thursday will be in court to seek permission to auction its assets, but it will also have to contend with a bid to convert its Chapter 11 case to a Chapter 7 liquidation

 
   Retailers To Report Latest Quarterly Results

A handful of retailers is scheduled to report their latest quarterly results next week. Teen-focused retailers Aeropostale Inc. (ARO), American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (AEO) and Hot Topic Inc. (HOTT) are expected to post mixed results, according to analysts polled by Thomson Reuters, with only Zumiez Inc. (ZUMZ) expected to post stronger top- and bottom-line results.

Other retailers reporting next week include AnnTaylor Stores Corp. (ANN), Bon-Ton Stores Inc. (BONT), Buckle Inc. (BKE), Children's Place Retail Stores Inc. (PLCE) and Stage Stores Inc. (SSI).

 
   Egypt's Stock Market Expected To Reopen Sunday

Egypt's stock exchange, shut since Jan. 27 due to political unrest in the country, has delayed again the resumption of trading to Sunday as it attempts to soften the fallout for investors from the likely wave of selling set to hit the market. It was originally scheduled to return to business on Feb. 13 but strikes in the country caused a delay.

 
   Blockbuster Seeks Permission To Auction Its Assets

Blockbuster will be in court next week to seek permission to auction its assets, but it will also have to contend with a bid to convert its Chapter 11 case to a Chapter 7 liquidation. Blockbuster filed for Chapter 11 protection in September 2010 with plans to reorganize, but lackluster holiday sales forced the company to put itself on the market.

 
   China To Unveil Economic Targets Saturday

China will unveil economic targets for the year, as well as the five-year period starting 2011, on Saturday when the country's Parliament kicks off its annual meeting. Key policy pronouncements from the National People's Congress will signal the latest official thinking on how to balance inflation-fighting efforts with the fast economic growth.

 
   Australia PM Gillard To Visit U.S. Next Week

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is expected to discuss China's growth and the situation in Afghanistan with President Barack Obama next week during a visit to the U.S. Gillard is set to meet with Obama on Monday on the nine-day visit, which begins Saturday. She is also scheduled to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, as well as hold meetings with Wall Street executives.

 
   EU Leaders Plan Summit To Discuss Developments In Libya

European Union leaders plan to hold a special summit in Brussels on March 11 to discuss developments in Libya and what additional steps the 27-nation bloc may need to take. The meeting will also discuss developments in North Africa and the E.U.'s reaction to the events in Tunisia and Egypt.

 
   IMF To Visit New Zealand For Post-Earthquake Review

The International Monetary Fund said it will send a delegation to New Zealand next week as part of its review of the nation's economy. The IMF said it plans to downgrade its growth forecast for the country. The IMF's comments follow a devastating earthquake that razed the country's second-largest city Christchurch last month.

 
   Poland To Send Pension Law To Parliament Next Week

The Polish government is expected to send to parliament next week draft legislation cutting cash transfers to private pension funds in an effort to reduce the pace of growth of public debt. The government expects the law to cut the country's borrowing needs by 180 billion zlotys ($62.9 billion) until 2020, cabinet minister Michal Boni said.

 
   South Korea Mulls Savings-Bank Sector Stabilization Plan

South Korea's Financial Services Commission will announce a plan to stabilize the trouble savings-bank sector early next week as the government tries to head off systemic risks posed by the small lenders. Financial authorities are trying to contain potential risks posed by the savings banks, which are suffering from their exposure to the weak real-estate market.

 
   Conferences

Among the significant conferences next week are the Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference Sunday through Wednesday in Orlando, Fla.; Cowen and Co. Health Care Conference Monday through Wednesday in Boston; Credit Suisse Group Convergence Conference Monday through Wednesday in Miami; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Media and Telecom Conference Monday through Wednesday in Palm Beach, Fla.; Kaufman Brothers L.P. Green Technology Conference on Tuesday in Boston; Bank of America Merrill Lynch Consumer Conference on Wednesday and Thursday in New York; Citi Financial Services Conference on Wednesday and Thursday in New York; and the Wedbush Morgan Securities Technology, Media & Telecommunications: Management Access Conference on Wednesday and Thursday in New York.

-By John Kell, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2480; john.kell@dowjones.com

--Dow Jones Newswires staff contributed to this article.