Morning News

• Futures are pointing to a flat to slightly weaker open.

• Weekly Oil Inventories to be released this morning at 10:30 also to be released a day early is the Natural Gas Inventories due to the holiday.

• Weekly Jobless Claims also to be released this morning.

• University of Michigan to release final November reading of Consumer Sentiment today.

• A few of the companies reporting earnings today: HRL, MBT, PDCO, and TD

• McDonalds to launch a reloadable gift card just in time for the holiday season.

• Research in Motion (RIMM) has lowerd it's third quarter forcast for subscriber additions. The company has also lowered it's fourth quarter expectations for subscriber additions.

• South Korea's Fair Trade Commission looking into Samsung Electronics and it's transaction when it supplied NAND chips to Apple Computer.

• Crude Oil is currently $58.28 per barrel.

• Wholesale Gasoline is $1.48 per gallon.

• Natural Gas is currently $11.57 per unit.

• Gold $489.20 per ounce.

Budd Foxx