Major business events scheduled for Thursday

Major business events and economic events scheduled for Thursday:

NEW YORK — Major retailers report October sales results.

WASHINGTON — Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Labor Department releases third-quarter productivity, 8:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on business formation and financial crime.

WASHINGTON — Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the Employment Nondiscrimination Act.

WASHINGTON — Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Activision Blizzard Inc. releases third-quarter results.

NEW YORK — CBS Corp. releases third-quarter results.

PHILADELPHIA — Cigna Corp. releases third-quarter results.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark Corp. releases third-quarter results.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — DirecTV Group Inc. releases third-quarter results.

HOUSTON — Dynegy Inc. releases third-quarter results.

CINCINNATI — E.W. Scripps Co. releases third-quarter results.

LAS VEGAS — MGM Mirage Inc. releases third-quarter results.

NEW YORK — Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. releases third-quarter results.

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. — Sara Lee Corp. releases first-quarter results.

SEATTLE — Starbucks Corp. releases fourth-quarter results.

NEW YORK — Thomson Reuters Corp. releases third-quarter results.

NEW YORK — Time Warner Cable Inc. releases third-quarter results.

ATLANTA — Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc. releases third-quarter results.