As America prepares to tuck into turkeys Byrd became our longest serving lawmaker Birds Eye is being bought by Blackstone (BX) and yesterday’s equity action was one for the birds. With housing taking a hosing stocks slipped slightly as investors opted to sit on the sidelines evidently in a La-Z-Boy (LZB) (+28.69% on impressive earnings). On an otherwise down Dow day Bank of America’s (BAC) 3.68% gain was good for the index’s biggest increase doubtless delighting its ex-director and largest individual shareholder Meredith Spangler. (If not Meredith Whitney who renewed her bearish stance earlier in the week.) Gold recorded its eighth record ...

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday’s session are Ashland, Coke Enterprises, DreamWorks, E-Trade, General Dynamics, Hess, Interpublic, Molex, Norfolk Southern, Target, Unisys, Visa and WellPoint.

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday's session are Aflac Inc., ConocoPhillips and General Dynamics Corp.

Investors will look for reports from Visa Inc. and E-Trade Financial Corp., with the credit issuer expected to report a rise in quarterly profit and revenue, and the online broker expected to post a narrower per-share loss.

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Tuesday’s session are those of Visa, McKesson and TD Ameritrade.