Morning News

• Futures are up this morning pointing to a higher open.

• FED minutes to be released this afternoon.

• Radio Shack Corp. said yesterday CEO David Edmonson has resigned from the company.

• General Motors plant in Oklahoma ends production leaving a couple thousand people with out jobs.

• Proctor & Gamble to sell it's deodorant brands to the Dial Corp. for $420.00 million.

• Bush administration taking some heat for allowing an Arab company to run U.S. ports. A couple of Republicans are threatening legal action to block the Arab companies from taking over the job.

• Piper Jaffray holding meetings with 21 of the top solar companies.

• Crude Oil is $61.25 per barrel.

• Wholesale Gasoline is $1.52 per gallon.

• Natural Gas is $7.36 per unit.

• Gold up just a bit to $555.80 per ounce.

Budd Foxx