Major 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.
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