Major business events scheduled for Thursday
The Associated PressMajor business events and economic events scheduled for Thursday:
NEW YORK — Major retailers report October sales results.
WASHINGTON — Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Labor Department releases third-quarter productivity, 8:30 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on business formation and financial crime.
WASHINGTON — Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the Employment Nondiscrimination Act.
WASHINGTON — Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Activision Blizzard Inc. releases third-quarter results.
NEW YORK — CBS Corp. releases third-quarter results.
PHILADELPHIA — Cigna Corp. releases third-quarter results.
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark Corp. releases third-quarter results.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — DirecTV Group Inc. releases third-quarter results.
HOUSTON — Dynegy Inc. releases third-quarter results.
CINCINNATI — E.W. Scripps Co. releases third-quarter results.
LAS VEGAS — MGM Mirage Inc. releases third-quarter results.
NEW YORK — Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. releases third-quarter results.
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. — Sara Lee Corp. releases first-quarter results.
SEATTLE — Starbucks Corp. releases fourth-quarter results.
NEW YORK — Thomson Reuters Corp. releases third-quarter results.
NEW YORK — Time Warner Cable Inc. releases third-quarter results.
ATLANTA — Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc. releases third-quarter results.