82. 82 was a good year. that sounds about right. everything is becoming fog year and foggy here. i hear dave snickering back there. i m older than you! good morning, everybody. let s go take a look at the commute. solano county, if you are driving on 80 westbound, bacca feel, vacaville, fairfield and vallejo. no problems into vallejo. 37 looks good. no problem on the car kunis or venetian bridge. this is a look at highway 24 from lafayette. if you driving for want to creek to oakland, no major problems. at the bay bridge toll plaza there are people there but it flight. no major problems there. let s go back to the desk. police in berkeley are looking for a man who stabbed a person in what appears to be a random attack investigators said the victim was walking near his home last friday night on san diego road near john hinkle park. the suspect approached him and stabbed him for no reason. the victim is expected to recover. the attacker is described as a white man
i m sara eisen. i m wilfred frost. yesterday was thanksgiving, today means it s time for holiday tunes. is this your first black friday in the states? it is, indeed. my first thanksgiving. are you going shopping? i am. i m buying a new laptop. there you go. stock trading volume typically on this day half the level from standard trading sessions. here s what time the markets close. the new york stock exchange and nasdaq will close at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. the bond market closes at 2:00 p.m. eastern. commodity and currency markets observing the holiday and have a shortened session. here s where futures are trading. closed on wednesday at another record high. it looks like the gains are continuing. earlier this morning the futures perking up. dow futures up 60 points. higher yields as well. we reached 242 i believe it was earlier in the week. that was the highest level in years. the dollar particularly strong on wednesday. we just pulled back a bit over the las
that in mind as we give you a look here at futures. we are looking for an up open at the open. european markets have been open and we ll give you a quick look there in terms of performance. you can see mixed bag with germany s dak down ever so slightly. there s the 10-year 2.37, the story since the election. there s a look at crude and brent as well. let s get to our road map this morning. black friday is upon us, but is it actually worth going shopping today? we re going to get you up to speed. and speaking of retail, we ll talk to the ceo of target, that company s plan to accommodate shoppers in store and online during the busiest time of the year. and president-elect donald trump couldn t quite resist tweeting on thanksgiving day. his plans to keep that carrier air-conditioning plant in the united states. that is the latest on his transition team all coming up. ceos of major retail chains weighing in already on black friday. here s what macy s terry lundgren said ear
straight weeks for all the stat keepers back at hq. crude oil plummeting on opec s decision to stand pat on output quotas. oil stocks taking a hit on that news. we saw a low of $67 on wti. brent well alove that back to $73. you can see airlines, the reverse story. very positive moves there given that s one of their key cost inputs. it is coming down. our road map starts with black friday. stores and online. we ll have live reports from across the country this morning with retails winners and losers. is this a new era for energy prices? oil plunges as opec fails to agree on production cuts. what it means for fuel prices in the markets and u.s. shale producers. and a live interview with target ceo brian cornell. we ll talk about his turnaround plan for the retailer, that data breach which has wide-ranging consequences and promotions planned for this holiday season. bargain hunters out in force this morning but shoppers hit the stores on thanksgiving evening. courtney reag
pleasant thanksgiving holiday. the dow was able to squeeze out just enough of a game to notch a fresh record close on a holiday shortened day on wall street. but, the big story of the day was another tumble. and i do mean a tumble in the price of oil. rattling the energy sector and keeping equities from making even more gains today. today s big drop in crude prices. comes after opec ministers voted on thursday not to cut production levels, despite lower demand and an oversupply on the market. some analysts expected the cartel to cut production to help end a month-long free-fall in oil prices. they are down about 40% just since june. but no cuts came, and oil prices spilled like they had sprung a leak. domestic crude off 10% today, tanking at $7.54 to close at a 4 1/2 year low of $66.15 a barrel. the international bench mark brent fell another $2 to a fresh multiyear low of $70.15 a barrel. now with the price of oil plunging how bad could it get in the energy sectors? bertha c