Pre-market - August 23, 2009

Futures up a little this morning after news of a Bernanke re-appointment: DJIA INDEX 9,522.00 29.00 S&P 500 1,027.50 3.00 NASDAQ 100 1,637.75 Today's economic calendar: Redbook 8:55 AM ET S&P Case-Shiller HPI 9:00 AM ET Consumer Confidence 10:00 AM ET State Street Investor Confidence Index 10:00 AM ET 4-Week Bill Auction 11:30 AM ET 52-Week Bill Auction 1:00 PM ET 2-Yr Note Auction 1:00 PM ET Today's earnings reports: Before market opens AMWD American Woodmark Corp. Industrial Goods Lumber, Wood Production BGP Borders Group, Inc. Services Specialty Retail, Other BIG Big Lots Inc. Services Discount, Variety Stores BKC Burger King Holdings Inc. Services Restaurants CHS Chico's FAS Inc. Services Apparel Stores CMRG Casual Male Retail Group, Inc. Services Apparel Stores COCO Corinthian Colleges Inc. Services Education & Training Services DAKT Daktronics Inc. Industrial Goods Industrial Electrical Equipment GIGM GigaMedia Ltd. Technology Internet Software & Services JAVA Sun Microsystems Inc. Technology Diversified Computer Systems MDT Medtronic, Inc. Healthcare Medical Appliances & Equipment RAIL FreightCar America Inc. Services Railroads RTLX Retalix Ltd. Technology Application Software SAFM Sanderson Farms Inc. Consumer Goods Meat Products SPLS Staples, Inc. Services Specialty Retail, Other TUES Tuesday Morning Corp. Services Discount, Variety Stores After market closes APSG Applied Signal Technology, Inc. Technology Communication Equipment BCSI Blue Coat Systems Inc. Technology Business Software & Services DY Dycom Industries Inc. Industrial Goods Heavy Construction HAIN The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. Consumer Goods Processed & Packaged Goods IRF International Rectifier Corporation Technology Semiconductor LIHR Lihir Gold Ltd. Basic Materials Gold LTON Linktone Ltd. Technology Wireless Communications MYGN Myriad Genetics Inc. Healthcare Diagnostic Substances