Doctor p dollar per barrel level. Brent up to 52. Is it still linked to the dow the way it had been in. Seems every other day. Every other day. Not like every day. Among todays top stories, china reported gdp of 6. 7 matching forecasts, retail sales rose. Urban investment rising 8. 2 . Industrial output only growing 6. 1 . Markets in asia overnight, lets see. Up on the nikkei, down slightly on the hang seng. And just call it unchanged on the shanghai. Back in the u. S. , another busy day for earnings and economic data. September Housing Starts are out at 8 30 a. M. They are expected to have rebounded after falling 6 in august. At 2 00 p. M. , the monthly beige book report tracking conditions in the feds 1 districts. A trio of fed speak today. San francisco fed john williams, dallas fed president rob kaplan and new york fed president bill dudley. Look for results from Morgan Stanley before the bell. American express and ebay after the close. Apple is launching a new imac at an event on