Morning News

• Futures are down this morning pointing to a lower open.

• Weekly Jobless Claims to be released at 8:30 am.

• Natural Gas Inventories also to be released this morning.

• Delta Airlines Inc. pilots set to strike if managers impose changes in their contract.

• General motors Corp. in talks with Kirk Kerkorian about giving his company a seat on GM's board of directors.

• Closing arguments set to begin today in the first federal Vioxx trial.

• Texas Instruments Inc. has lifted it's low end fourth quarter earnings forcast.

• Yahoo Inc. to offer computer users to make and recieve phone calls through it's Yahoo Messenger Text.

• Crude Oil is currently $59.52

• Wholesale Gasoline is $1.57 per gallon.

• Natural Gas is up a bit to $13.86 per unit.

• Gold is $519.40 per ounce.

Budd Foxx