Wednesday, May 14, 2014 A somewhat hotter than expected wholesale inflation reading and a couple of mixed earnings reports provide the backdrop for today's stock market action. Deere's earnings and revenues were below the year-earlier level, though effective cost controls helped the farm-equipment giant beat top- and bottom-line estimates. On the earnings front, we got reports from Macy's ( M ) and Deere & Co ( DE ) this morning, while Cisco ( CSCO ) will report after the close.