. >> susie: let's take a look at what's coming up next week: our friday market monitor is erik ristuben, chief investment officer of client strategies at russell investments. on the economic calendar: the october reports on producer prices, consumer prices and housing starts are released. and a flurry of retailers report quarterly earnings: j.c. penney, home depot, lowes, target and wal-mart. auto-safety regulators are scrutinizing the safety of lithium-ion batteries that power plug-in electric vehicles. the national highway traffic safety administration says the investigation was sparked after a chevy volt caught fire weeks after a crash test. the agency said the test damaged the vehicle's battery. general motors blames the fire on a lack of safety protocols. >> tom: video game fans answered the call of duty in record numbers this week. "call of duty: modern warfare three" is the fastest selling video game of all time. $400 million in sales in its first 24 hours in stores. that's more than six million units. it's the second big boost for the sluggish video game market. a competing shoo

he's erik ristuben, chief investment officer of client strategies at russell investments. that's "nightly business report" for thursday, november 17. i'm susie gharib. good night, everyone, and good night to you, too, tom. >> tom: good night, susie. i'm tom hudson. good night, everyone. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> be more. pbs.