drop to 30 degrees below zero in parts of montana while wind chills of -20 were reported the nebraska panhandlehe denver area temperatures were expected to drop below zero over the next several days. online shopping went to a record on cyber monday. many consumers snubbed physical stores and took to the web to buy holiday gifts. internet retail sales rose to almost $2 billion. at that committed the heaviest web spending day ever for the fourth straight year. almost $24 billion has been spent on the web since november 1. that is an 8.4% gain from the same time frame 2012. that is a look at the top stories this hour. join us for a special "bloomberg -- west" this friday. we will show you how you bay has evolved from an online auction house to a tech giant, surviving and thriving after the tech bubble. do not miss it. u.s. crude inventories declined for the first time in weeks. closed at $97. the spread between wti in brent was at its narrowest in nine days. opec is content with these prices and has agreed to maintain oil production at current levels. bloomberg is in the end that with highlights f