The last day its members work on a daytoday contract. A clear sign that talks to reach a new labor deal have broken down. Phil lebeau has more on the main sticking points and what a strike could mean for Fiat Chrysler. Reporter for the first time in eight years, the uaw is ready to strike a big three auto plant. The union has told Fiat Chrysler its members will walk off the job starting thursday morning unless something changes in the stalled talks to get a new labor contract. Fiat chrysler and the uaw are not close to reach agagreement. Just last week, twothirds of the Union Members rejected a tentative contract. Partially because there is still a sizable wage gap between lower paid tier 2 workers hired in the last six years and those higher paid workers who have been at chrysler far longer. The autoworkers feel they should get more money because Fiat Chrysler is rolling up sizable profits, thanks to strong sales of jeep suvs and ram pickups. While Fiat Chrysler is no longer on the verge of bankruptcy, it is the least profitable of the big three. And a strike would be felt almost immediately by the company and its dealers. Right now there is a limited supply of certain jeep models and ha could dwindle quickly if there is a uaw strike that stops production of jeeps. As for Fiat Chrysler, by one estimate, a weeklong strike by the uaw would cost the company over a billion dollars in revenue. Phil lebeau, nightly Business Report, chicago. From a possible labor strike in the Auto Industry to a potential scandal in a burgeoning one. Fantasy sports. Draft kings and fan dual are the two biggest players in this fastgrowing multibillion dollar business. Just like other new Economy Companies such as uber and airbnb that operate in gray areas, draft kings and fan dual have seen big money flow intonaire sites at a very rapid pace. But today, the Sports Gaming outfits faced fire after the New York Times said an employee of draft kings accidentally leaked proprietary information to the public the same week he won a fantasy contest on a rival site. And that is raising a lot of questions about the integrity of the industry. The scandal if thats what it turns out to be, is being compared to insider trading. And its an aps comparison except for one thing. Unlike in the investment markets no rules, laws or regulations govern sports fantasy gaming. Is it insider training . Maybe not in the legal sense but insiders are gaining or have access to information that could presumably give them an unfair advantage over the consuming public and too many insiders are playing Fantasy Sports to take at face value any statement that nobody is utilizing inside information to win. Reporter until today when both sighs issued statements banning their employees from doing so. Its been common practice for employees to play on rival sites. In Fantasy Sports, fans choose real players to create their fantasy teams. Statistics compiled by the real players during games are then totaled to see whose fantasy team is best. It might be an advantage if someone knows how often certain real players are getting picked. Less popular players can be good value plays because fan whos picked that player have fewer rival gamers to beat. Raising their odds of winning. That is, if the player performs well on the field. And theres a lot at stake for these companies. Daily and weekly payouts instead of waiting for a full season to play out, are attracting customers. And how. The Fantasy Sports trade Association Says 57 Million People will play online this year, up about 40 from just last year. Theyll pay more than 2. 5 billion in entry fees, a number expected to top 14 billion in five years. Investors such as fox sports, nbc Sports Ventures and comcast parent of nbrs producer, have backed these companies with millions. Pushing their valuations north of a billion dollars apiece. The sites pay the leagues and their teams millions in sponsorship dollars. In some cases, leagues have invested in the sites. Though not the nfl, at least not so far. And why shouldnt they . More interest in the games and the players drives up tv ratings. The Nfl Players Association even signed a deal to let its players appear in advertising. And those ads arer from. Fantasy sports were deemed legal in 2006 through a loophole in a federal law that bans online gambling. That law says Fantasy Sports are not gambling because they are games of skill rather than games of chance. But the sudden boom in Fantasy Sports has many lawmakers reconsidering that stance. Clearly, we are headed towards regulation. Were going to having government regulation like we do in all forms of gambling such as the lottery, horse racing, casino gambling, Sports Betting in nevada, this has been the only form of gambling to fly under the radar and make no mistake about it, it is gambling and it will be regulated. So what is washington likely to do, if anything, when it comes to Fantasy Sports . Eam eam eamon javers has been following the story. What can we expect from lawmakers . At the very least, you can expect hearings on capitol hill. Its a high profile a lot of media interest in this issue and a lot of fan interest. A lot of people watch sports and see these ads for these Companies Day in and day out, game after game. There are a lot of people who want answers here. I think congress is not going to be able to resist the opportunity to have hearings on this. I also think you might see some activity over at the department of justice and states attorney generals generally looking at whether or not there was any fraud here. I would not be surprised to see some investigations get started here that are more serious than what weve seen to date. But this is an unregulated industry so this really is no one in washington whose directly responsible for it right now. Thats an interesting point the states attorneys general might look at it for fraud. Is there a partisan divide on in that you can identify . In other words, would democrats be more likely to go for regulating the industry than republicans, or is it not really a party dispute . Its interesting, tyler. This is not one of those ones that cuts very cleanly by party lines and so much does in washington now. Almost everything is partisan here. But this one is tricky. I mean, republicans generally are more reluctant to have a regulations than democrats. Right . So you wouldnt want to see a Big Government response here if you are a republican. That said, there are a lot of fans out there who are concerned and they want these games to be honest and they want to be able to be told that they can safely place their bets or participate in these games. So republicans might be balancing it that way. Democrats might be not wanting to kill the golden goose here, not wanting to overregulate although stereo typically that might be their reaction, as well. It doesnt cut as cleanly as other issues. Very quickly, is it more complicated because have you corporate investments in these fantasy leagues . Yeah, that complicates it. There are big powerful interests here. Large corporations, the lesion are hugely powerful in washington. Also youve got vegas, the Casino Industry itself. Remember harry. Rod ed from nevada is the Senate Democratic leader. The casinos have a sort of tortured relationship with Online Gaming in general. And whether or not they view this as a Partnership Opportunity or a threat will dictate how the this debate goes in the months to come. Eamon, thank you very much. A mon afters in washington. Also in washington, amtrak telling lawmakers it may suspend National Rail service come december. In a letter addressed to the chairman of the Senate Commerce committee the Railroad Operator says the majority of its network would be inoperable unless the deadline for implementing certain Safety Technology is extended. Amtrak says it will have the technology on the heavily traveled northeast corridor track by the year end deadline but other stretches of amtraks track may not be compliant. On wall street, stocks closed mixed. The only index that ended higher was the dow which barely held up. With help from du pont. The Chemical Company got a lift after ceo announced her resignation late yesterday. The close the Dow Jones Industrial average was 16,790, the nasdaq dropped 32 points, s p off seven. The Biotech Sector took a hit with the nasdaq biotech index falling more than 3. An 5 coming as Drug Companies can come under scrutiny over pricing. Oil prices, sue, rose today after the u. S. Cut its forecast for output. The Energy Information raised its outcast for national demand. The u. S. Is the top consumer of demand. Domestic crude settled up nearly 5 to finish at 48. 53. As ty mentioned winter is coming. That means people across the country will be turning up the heat in their homes as the temperature drops. But as jacquie deangeles reports, this year it may not be as costly. Reporter if the weather models are right, and Energy Prices stay low, its going to cost less to stay warm this winter compared to the last two according to the Energy Information agency. A combination of more mild temperatures and lower Energy Prices will be a boonton consumers if conditions hold. The bulk of u. S. Homes are heated with natural gas. A commodity in abundant supply. Total natural gas stocks are currently more than 15 higher than they were at this time last year. When supply is in good shape, prices come down. Gas prices have slipped more than 35 in the last year alone. Natural Gas Production in this country hasnt dropped the way crude Oil Production has dropped. We are a, as well supplied market. Its going to take an extremely cold winter for us to push be Natural Gas Prices higher. Most consumers will enjoy Cheaper Energy bills than they had last year. On average, natural gas users can expect to pay about 578 to heat their homes this winter. About 65 less than last year. Homes running on heating oil will cost an average of 1,392. Thats a savings of about 460 bucks. Propane average cost, 1,437. A savings of 300 35. Gasoline is down. Heating oil is down. Natural gas is down because of oversupply. If we get a mild winter consumers will save across the board no matter what you use to heat your home. Low Oil Prices Bring benefits on the road also. The National Average for a gallon of regular projected to hit 2 in the month of december. If it would be the lowest price weve seen in that month in seven years. It could be a very merry christmas. For nightly Business Report, im jacquie dangelo. The u. S. Trade deficit expanding by the most in five months widening in august increasing more than 15 to about 48 billion. This as imports grew and the stronger dollar along with weaker overseas Growth Limited u. S. Exports. And that slowing growth overseas may not improve anytime soon. The International Monetary fund cut its Global Economic outlook again to 3. 1 this year from its previous forecast of 3. 3 . The agency says modest u. S. Growth and slow recovery in the eurozone have not been enough to offset falling output. And the surprising way the l. A. Dodgers hope to find success off the field long after baseball season is over. Express script says it will cover the pricey new treatments for high doll. The biggest pharmacy benefits manager will pay for amgens drug as well as the one made by san know fee. First it negotiated a discount and second the prescriptions will prior require prior approval from one of its pharmacists. A ruling from europes top court could impact u. S. Tech companies invalidating a 15yearold agreement that lets American Companies handle europeans data. Under socalled safe harbor rules u. S. Firms are allowed to transfer personal data of european citizens back to the u. S. This ruling could impact how facebook, amazon, google and others operate overseas. Some small Tech Startups are looking for new sources of capital and finding that funding in some surprising places. Jane wells has the story from los angeles. Reporter while the dodgers have been winning on the field most of this year, theyve been working to win off the field in l. A. s growing tech startup scene. Theyve become the first professional sports franchise to fund a tech incubator. We thought beat had an opportunity here to get beyond just the business that we have of playing baseball on the field at Dodger Stadium. Why . Because our brand extends so far throughout the world. Dodgers president stan cast teamed up with Advertising Agency rga to give ten startups a total of 120,000 plus Office Spaces in l. A. s silicon beach to ramp up their companies. In exchange the team gets a piece of the action. Almost like an r d project. So we have the opportunity to come into the market, understand who is doing what, what theyre working on, what problems theyre trying to solve. Winners include swish analytics a prescription site which provides research for people betting on sports or playing in fantasy lesion. The next step is to provide research during games. What is going to be the outcome of the next pitch of the game, the expected winner of the game based on the play on an nfl field, who is the next likely person to score the touch down and doing that accurately. Theres also appetize for handling Sales Transactions as the places like Dodger Stadium from everything from buying peanut abc cracker jackson to parking. Theyll test it the system out during this weeks playoff games. Youll see parking attendants going into the line and transacting at the second, third and fourth car with one of our mobile point of sale units. Were a proven ready made laboratory. We have 47,000 people. It all comes to a head november 10th. Well have a demo day at Dodger Stadium where all Ten Companies will present publicly. And thats when the dodgers hope to start cashing in and maybe hit a few home runs. Long after baseball season is over. For nightly Business Report, jane wells, los angeles. Pepsico reports better than expected results and that is where we begin tonights market focus. The snacks and beverage giants quarterly boeflted by stronger sales here in north america. They explained the refreshing performance. The pepsi cole portfolio is working. Previously europe and asia middle east africa were going more quickly as north america was a bit slower. Now that north america has picked up quite a bit, you see all of the businesses and north america beverages fritolay and even quaker are performing really well into shares rose more than 1 to 97. 01. The bud miller deal may be unraveling. Anheuserbusch offered 100 billion to buy sab miller. According to bloomberg, sab rejected the bid today because it is seeking a higher offer. Frothyer you might say. And highser shares fell 1 to 109. 60 and sab miller trades over seas. Sky Works Solutions agreeing to buy pmcsierra in a 2 billion deal. A chip supplier for apple and pmc is a Software Solution developer. Sky works fell 1. 5 to 80. 71. Pmc up 33 to 10. 24. Fedex has joined u. P. S. In hiking its fuel surcharges. The announcement comes before the key Holiday Shopping season and is the second increase by fedex this year. It will take effect november 2nd. Fedex shares were 1 higher to 151. 51. U. P. S. Fell to 101. 43. Disappointing Quarterly Results from the yum brands the parent of pizza hut missed on both the top and bottom lines and said the pace of recovery in its China Division is below expectations. Shares dropped initially in afterhours trading. During the regular season it closed at 83. 42. A weak outlooking from adobe late today. The maker of photo shop released a weak earnings outlook and shares slid before coming back a bit. During the regular session the stock off a fraction to 85. 15. And freeport mcma ran is considering spinning off oil and gas unit. The announcement comes a few weeks after the activist investor carl icahn disclosed an 8. 5 stake in the company. Shares jumped to 11. 83. So do activists investors help or hurt a company its stock price and are they bad or good for business . Depending according to a new wall street journal study that examined what happened at 71 large u. S. Companies when activist investors targeted them. David benoit is a reporte