Microsoft, Altria and Ford Lead Headlines

Despite Wednesday's durable goods orders report (-0.5%), weekly mortgage activity (lower) and same-store sales data from the International Council of Shopping Centers (+1.5% year-to-year), corporate news dominates the video below. The piece focuses on breaking events at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Altria Group (NYSE: MO) and Ford (NYSE: F). Oh, and oil caught a couple eyes today as well...

Just as petroleum touched a one-week low, an old geopolitical fire was rekindled by new threats against Nigerian production. As a result, crude futures moved back above $131. In turn, gasoline moved ever closer to $4 at the pump, reaching $3.94 on the national average. Fred Mishkin's resignation from the Federal Reserve can't be a good thing either! If Batman was a darker figure without Robin, how's Bernanke going to handle Congress without his sidekick?

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