Morning News

• Futures are flat to slightly higher this morning.

• Weekly oil inventories to be released at 10:30 this morning.

• Durable goods orders also to be out today.

• March new home sales will also be released today.

• Microsoft Corp. to buy privately held Massive Inc. The company places ads in video games. The deal reportedly worth as much as $400 million.

• Honda Motor Company profits soar on big sales.

• President Bush haults filling of emergency oil reserve. He calls the move a short term sollution to put more oil on the market. Many experts think this will do little to nothing to gas prices we pay at the pumps.

• AT&T Inc. to offer a consumer DSL service with twice the speed of its current plan.

• Crude Oil is $72.92 per barrel.

• Wholesale Gasoline has dipped just a bit to $2.13 per gallon.

• Natural gas remains just above $7.00 per unit.

• Gold is currently $634.00 per ounce.

Budd Foxx