Morning Briefing: 10 Things You Should Know

U.S. stock futures point higher ahead of Tuesday's election for president; AOL reports earnings; NYSE Euronext sees revenue fall 21%; Zillow gives a soft revenue outlook.
By Joseph Woelfel ,

NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- U.S. stock futures were suggesting Wall Street would open higher as voters take to the polls Tuesday to pick their next president in what has been a very tight race.

European stocks were edging higher in cautious trading while Asian shares ended mostly lower. Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.4% to close at 8,975.15.

The economic calendar in the U.S. Tuesday includes the weekly Johnson Redbook retail sales index and the ICSC-Goldman Sachs chain-store sales index.

U.S. stocks

on Monday finished slightly higher.

The

Dow Jones Industrial Average

added more than 19 points, or 0.15%, to close at 13,112. The blue-chip index, which has fallen in each of the past two weeks, began the session up a little over 7% in 2012.

Two small towns in northern New Hampshire, which have had first-vote status since 1948, cast their ballots for president at midnight. Dixville Notch's 10 votes were divided evenly -- five for President Obama and five for Republican Mitt Romney. In Hart's Location, Obama garnered 23 votes, Romney won nine and Libertarian Gary Johnson got one vote.

While millions more voters head to the polls Tuesday,

TheStreet

will keep you informed on the latest news and results from all the key races in an Election Night live blog hosted by

TheStreet's

Joe Deaux

.

AOL

(AOL)

is expected to report its third-quarter results before Tuesday's opening bell, and analysts are calling for earnings of 17 cents a share in the September-ended period on revenue of $521.6 million.

Stock exchange operator

NYSE Euronext

(NYX)

said Tuesday that third-quarter net revenue declined 21% to $559 million amid weaker trading in the U.S. and Europe. Net income fell 42%.

Earnings are also expected Tuesday before the opening bell from

Calpine

(CPN)

,

Coeur D'Alene Mines

(CDE) - Get Report

,

CVS Corp.

(CVS) - Get Report

,

EchoStar Communications

(DISH) - Get Report

,

Fossil

(FOSL) - Get Report

,

Hecla Mining

(HL) - Get Report

,

Intercontinental Hotels Group

(IHG) - Get Report

,

International Flavors & Fragrances

(IFF) - Get Report

,

LouisianaPacific

(LPX) - Get Report

,

Marsh & Mclennan Cos.

(MMC) - Get Report

,

Martin Marietta Materials

(MLM) - Get Report

,

National Semiconductor

(NSM)

,

Office Depot

(ODP) - Get Report

,

OfficeMax

(OMX)

,

Treehouse Foods

(THS) - Get Report

, and

Vitamin Shoppe

(VSI) - Get Report

.

The late roster features

Alamo Group

(ALG) - Get Report

,

BankAtlantic Bancorp

(BBX) - Get Report

,

Cache

(CACH)

,

Coca-Cola Bottling

(COKE) - Get Report

,

DryShips

(DRYS) - Get Report

,

Georgia Gulf

(GGC)

,

Goodrich Petroleum

(GDP) - Get Report

,

News Corp.

(NWS) - Get Report

,

Rackspace Hosting

(RAX)

,

Silicon Graphics International

(SGI)

,

Vitesse Semiconductor

(VTSS)

, and

ZipRealty

(ZIPR)

.

Zillow

(Z) - Get Report

, the real estate information company, on Monday gave a

soft revenue outlook

for the final quarter of 2012.

The company also announced a small acquisition, spending $12 million in cash and 150,000 restricted shares to purchase

Mortech

, a Lincoln, Neb.-based mortgage software and services company.

Nike

(NKE) - Get Report

is close to a deal to sell its Cole Haan brand to Apax Partners for about $500 million,

The New York Times

reported.

Express Scripts

(ESRX)

reported Monday a 20% increase in third-quarter profit but warned that 2013 could bring a weaker business climate.

Japanese carmaker

Suzuki

said it would stop selling cars in the U.S. after almost three decades of sales.

-- Written by Joseph Woelfel

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-- Written by Joseph Woelfel

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Joseph Woelfel

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