Morning News

• Futures are down pointing to a lower open today.

• December Industrial Production Report to be released today.

• Alcoa to offer 401k retirement plan for salaried employees joining the company after March 1st, in a move to phase out traditional pension plans.

• CanWest Interactive operator of Canada.Com and Google Inc. enter a multi year partnership.

• Beijing plans to build Disney theme park by 2010

• SEC to vote on rules for executive pay. The vote is to decide if companies need to provide more details about executives pay packages.

• Airbus has beaten out Boeing on orders as well as plane deliveries over the past year.

• Oil moving up again current price is $65.40 per barrel.
  

• Wholesale Gasoline is $1.76 per gallon.

• Natural Gas is $8.87 per unit.

• Gold is $558.50 per ounce.

Budd Foxx