begins right now. i m jackie deangelis at the realtime exchange. today s trade all about good economic news in the united states. the other worries haven t gone away but on the back burner for the moment. here s where we stand right now. take a look at the markets. the dow up by over 100 points. s&p 500 up by 11 points and change. and the nasdaq composite seeing a nearly 31-point gain there. nice green in terms of our markets here. taking the pulse of the markets, the euro, it was improving from earlier levels. it s slightly higher there at 1.3103. nat gas up on a bigger than expected inventory down. and rbob continuing to tick higher as well. third quarter earnings fell on some charges but reported double-digit sales growth. gm higher as well. record profits but earnings missed because of losses in europe. philip lebeau will have more on that in a moment. and a 58% jump in earnings on tap and that is pushing the stock higher by nearly 2.5%. on the downside, amazon getting