FILE -In this Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, file photo, trader Christopher Lotito works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. U.S. stock futures are mixed ahead of several

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FILE -In this Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, file photo, trader Christopher Lotito works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. U.S. stock futures are mixed ahead of several corporate earnings reports that had been postponed due to Superstorm Sandy on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. A number of economic indicators on consumers, manufacturing, construction and jobs also come out on Thursday. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) less