Shortened day. S p running about 42 percent below the 10 day average at this time. All three major averages not much changed. If you take a look at my terminal and the sectors on the move. Some stocks are more resistant to economic weakness, telecom, staples, health care. Energy and Consumer Discretionary stocks remain lower. Energy has been weaker along with oil prices. Alix but because it is black friday, you are not going to draw a correlation. You are not going to go by consumer stocks. Julie true. Lets start with amazon. Very little changed today. Abouthave been talking all morning, you can not necessarily extrapolate thanksgiving or black friday sales to the entire holiday season. Role 43 yearoveryear. Amazon comparable sales, 29 . Big boost for amazon. I did want to mention a big news story. Is going to soon let prime members who use their Video Service tap into what would be like a bundle for the cable network. Interesting potential from amazon. Up 7 in terms of what we saw on
141 points. The question is why do you embrace it . Also, more reaction and fall out after the merger between comcast, our parent, and time warner. If that deal will be approved, it has to get past the objections of minnesota senator al franken, and he will be here to tell us why he wants the government to stop comcast from buying another large cable operator. Forget all the flight delays and the cancellations due to the weather. It may only get worse even when theres not a cloud in the sky. Why . Well, theres a shortage of pilots here in the United States right now, and that could mean that youll be paying a lot more to fly. We have a pilot here to tell us why its happening right now and it could make you angry because it is really avoidable. People wondering why were at a 25year high cancellation for flights. Now lets take a look at the markets. The dow is up 142 points at this hour. Thats a little less than 1 . 16,170 is the level there. Take a look at the nasdaq. Even though the po