today investors are going to wait also the release of the latest fed minutes at 2:00 pvm to see what federal reserve members had to say about quantitative easing. some are convinced the fed are carry out more easing which some believe has provided a leg of support for the european rally. zynga reported a profit yesterday of $37.2 million. the online gamemaker responsible for the possible facebook game farmville reported revenue totaling $311.2 million. zynga's fourth quarter revenue saw an increase of 59% year on year. it is only a 1.4% gain from the prior quarter. the company beat analyst expectations but investors move cautiously after that announcement. wall street strategists are considering tossing apple out of of the u.s. earnings equation. results are striking when they do. for all the companies in the standard & poor's stock index, once apple's earnings are factored out of that, the gain shrivels to just 2.8% according to ubs investment bank. that's it from cnbc. back to you. >>> mild weather in december helps air travelers arrive to their destinations on time. more than 84%