TODAY
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters announces new effort to develop rail service on Northeast Corridor and elsewhere.
TUESDAY
The Federal Open Market Committee meets on interest rates.
Adobe Systems Inc. is expected to report fourth-quarter earnings of 58 cents a share, compared with 49 cents last year.
Best Buy Co. releases third-quarter results. Analysts look for net income of 25 cents a share, compared with 53 cents a share a year before.
Goldman Sachs Group is expected to report a fourth-quarter loss of $3.50 a share, versus year-ago net income of $7.01 a share.
WEDNESDAY
OPEC oil ministers meet amid signals the cartel plans to cut output quotas in effort to stem the slide in oil prices.
THURSDAY
The Conference Board releases leading indicators for November. The index probably fell 0.4 percent in November.![]()


