A Decision on the Keystone XL Pipeline and Black Friday Sales<br />Here’s what to expect in the week ahead:<br />Nebraska’s Public Service Commission is scheduled to decide on Monday whether to grant a permit for the building of a section of the Keystone XL pipeline<br />that would connect Canadian oil with refineries on the Gulf Coast.<br />A leak in the existing Keystone pipeline last week, which spilled 5,000 barrels of oil on a farm field,<br />was an embarrassment for the Canadian pipeline company TransCanada, which owns both pipelines.<br />The topic is timely; some economists worry that financial minefields could come into view as the European Central Bank<br />and the Federal Reserve slowly withdraw the stimulus they have been providing for the past decade.<br />Janet Yellen, now in her final months as chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, will be interviewed<br />by Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England, at New York University.<br />The University of Illinois Extension estimates that people will eat a total of 46 million turkeys for the holiday, though official numbers on stuffing<br />and mashed potato consumption are less readily available.<br />And, according to AAA, more than 50 million people will travel at least 50 miles<br />to their feast, paying lower airfares but higher gas prices than in recent years
