The FirstAlert(tm) Economics Calendar lists Weekly Chain Store Sales (8:55 am ET); Case-Shiller Home Price Index for Sept. (9 am ET); Chicago PMI For November (9:45 am ET); Consumer Confidence Index for November (10 am ET); Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks (8 pm ET).

The FirstAlert(tm) Events Calendar showcases BEXP, AXAS and PETD at the Canaccord Genuity Global Energy Conference; BIIB Aanlyst Meeting; CHH, AHT and GET at the Barclays Capital Global Lodging Conference; ECL, HUN and ALB at the Citi Basic Materials Conference; REGN, LH and CELG at the Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference.

The FirstAlert(tm) Earnings Calendar highlights Aberdeen Asset Management plc; Colruyt; Eastern Pacific Industrial Corporation Bhd; Israel Corp; Munters AB; PT Bumi Resources Tbk; SemGroup Corp.

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Quote of the Day: "Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut." — Winston Churchill

Word of the Day: bonanza \buh-NAN-zuh\, noun: 1. A source of great and sudden wealth or luck. 2. A rich mass of ore, as found in mining.

In context: “The writers' strike a couple years ago was a bonanza for reality TV shows new and old.” — Carole Nelson Douglas, Cat in a Topaz Tango: A Midnight Louie Mystery

(Bonanza originates in American mining, from the Spanish bonanza, "a rich lode.")

Today is:  Computer Security Day

Happy Birthday: 1962 – Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player

Today in History: 2004 – Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with US$2,520,700, television's biggest game show winnings.