Quick Overview

• The U.S. government announced that it will begin selling the 30 year Treasury bond again on February 9, 2006.
  

• Early next year, Cargill will build the largest U.S. sugar refinery in Louisiana with the ability to process 10% of the nation's sugar.
  

• Norway's central bank increased its interest rate by a quarter-percent to 2.25.
  

• Germany's unemployment rate improved from 11.2% to 11.0% in October with 4.556 million people out of work.
  

• Time Warner Inc., the world's largest media company, reported an 80 percent increase in third-quarter earnings Wednesday and raised its stock repurchase program to $12.5 billion from $5 billion.
  
  

• The U.S. Department of Energy said that:
  Crude oil supplies were up 2.7 million barrels to 319.1 million barrels
  Unleaded supplies were up 1.0 million barrels.
  Heating oil supplies were down 1.0 million barrels.