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Greece bond auction looks to have secured debt payback. Greece should be able to redeem €5B of T-bills owed to the ECB on Friday after raising €4.06B in a sale of bills, above the government's target of €3.125B. Primary dealers have until Thursday to submit non-competitive bids, which is likely to bring the total above €5B. The auction came after eurozone finance ministers yesterday granted Greece an extension of two years to meet its deficit-GDP targets, although the eurogroup and IMF are in open conflict about the timing of its debt-GDP targets.

Fox, ABC, CBS ratings tank while NBC soars. Average primetime ratings for live and same-day viewing among 18-49 year olds have slumped by over 10% for ABC (DIS), CBS (CBS) and Fox (NWS) this season, UBS finds. However, Comcast's NBC is up 22%. TV executives have attributed the fall to consumers watching shows at their own convenience, although Disney CEO Bob Iger has admitted that the absence of "new, big, real, buzz-worthy hits" might have something to do with it.

Home Depot increases profit and outlook. Home Depot's (HD) net profit edged up 1.4% to $947M in Q3, helped by recent improvements in the U.S. housing market but hurt by a charge of $165M for the closure of seven stores in China. Earnings topped forecasts, with adjusted EPS coming in at $0.74 and revenue rising 4.6% to $18.1B. Home Depot raised its full-year forecasts to above Street consensus, although shares were only +0.1% premarket.

Today's Markets: 
In Asia, Japan -0.2% to 8661. Hong Kong -1.1% to 21189. China -1.5% to 2048. India -0.3% to 18619. 
In Europe, at midday, London -0.6%. Paris -0.3%. Frankfurt -0.7%. 
Futures at 7:00: Dow -0.3%. S&P -0.4%. Nasdaq -0.5%. Crude -0.2% to $85.37. Gold -0.1% to $.1729.60

Microsoft's Windows chief to leave. The head of Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows division, Steven Sinofsky, is leaving the company less than three weeks after the introduction of Windows 8. Sinofsky had been tipped as a possible future CEO, but, reports The Verge, his "abrasive" personality and habit of "putting up roadblocks for products" that threatened his power have brought his downfall. Microsoft veteran Julie Larson-Green will take Sinofsky's place.