Morning News

Futures are pointing to a slightly lower open this morning.

Weekly jobless claims set to be released at 8:30 this morning.

January import and export prices will also be released at 8:30 this morning.

January industrial production numbers will be released at 9:15 this morning.

Philadelphia fed survey will be released at lunch time today.

Energy Dept. set to release natural gas inventories this morning.

In Europe markets are pretty flat just slightly lower today.

In Tokyo the Nikkei 225 did see another up day.

Ben Bernanke set for second day of testimony.

New one dollar coin featuring George Washington set to go into circulation.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway loading up in U.S. Bancorp.

Toyota Motor Corp. saw a boost in vehicle sales in Europe for the month of January.

Baidu.com reports very strong quarter. First quarter estimates fall short of expectations.

Reports are out that JetBlue had customers sitting on runways for up to 10 hours waiting for break in the storm that hammered the northeast yesterday.

Crude oil is $58.42 per barrel.

Wholesale gasoline is $1.62 per gallon.

Natural gas is $7.28 per unit.

Gold up just a bit to $674.00 per ounce.