Stocks in tight range ahead of holiday

Today's slew of positive economic news might all but solidify a December rate hike, but on the low-volume day before Thanksgiving, stocks just shrugged at the good news on durable goods, incomes, and jobless claims.

Winners and losers
Dow Chemical (DOW), GameStop (GME) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) all slid lower today. The one-time tech giant reported weak results after the close yesterday, and investors were not prepared to give them a pass.

And now some names that fared better: Electronic Arts (EA), Alcoa (AA) and Keurig Green Mountain (GMCR), which announced the launch of its new Keurig Kold beverage system in Canada, prompting the pop in the stock.

Looking ahead
When you get back to work next week here are some of the things that may be making headlines:

• President Obama and other world leaders will be attending the UN conference on climate change in Paris beginning Monday.

• Tesla (TSLA) gets a new CFO. Jason Wheeler takes the financial helm of the hot electric-car company beginning Monday.

• And of course, Cyber Monday is sure to tempt consumers and slow down productivity in offices around the country. We'll talk to one retail CEO about his Cyber Monday plans.

Waste Management CEO
The holiday season isn't just for retailers anymore. Fed Ex (FDX), for example, is predicting it will handle 12 percent more packages this year. One link in that shipping chain you may not give much thought to is the cardboard boxes all those goodies come in. Yahoo Finance editor-in-cheif Andy Serwer sat down with David Steiner of Waste Management (WM) to talk about the holiday season and what his business says about the broader economy. Check it out in the video above.