In corporate news, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) has accused billionaire Jimmy Haslam of promising Pilot senior executives secret payments that would increase the price Berkshire Hathaway would pay the Haslam family to buy out its remaining 20% stake in the fuel and convenience store retailer, according to media reports Wednesday. In economic news, the annual headline personal consumption expenditure, price index advanced 3% in October, cooling from 3.4% in September and below the 3.1% consensus. The Fed's preferred core inflation measure, which excludes food and energy, rose 3.5%, in line with the market's view, easing from 3.7% the month earlier.