High operational costs are making eBay Inc. rethink how its same-day delivery system should operate going forward heading into the busy holiday shopping frenzy.

Four big pieces of economic data were released this morning, all showing a strengthening U.S. picture.

Best Buy Company, Inc. reported third-quarter fiscal 2015 adjusted earnings from continuing operations of 32 cents per share that came miles ahead of both the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 25 cents and the year-ago quarter figure of 18 cents.

uSell is a growing online re-commerce marketplace that sports superior features over websites like Ebay and Gazelle. uSell’s Q3 filing revealed a major expansion is near and with strong insider buying and a bottom low share price, I argue an alluring asymmetrical buying opportunity has emerged.

December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 -0.43%) this morning are down -0.48% and European stocks are down -1.26% on global growth concerns after manufacturing activity slowed in China and in the Eurozone.

December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 +0.02%) this morning are up +0.01% on increased M&A activity with Baker Hughes up over 5% in pre-market trading after it confirmed that it was in talks with Halliburton for a potential "business combination."