MORNING COFFEE

Verizon Customers Angered. Verizon (VZ) has angered customers by announcing it will charge a $2 "convenience fee" for phone or online with credit cards bill payments. The move comes after several outages of Verizon's 4 G high-speed data network.

Markets: 
Futures at 7:00: Dow -0.02%. S&P +0.02%. Nasdaq +0.01%. Crude+0.25% to $99.90. Gold +2.1% to $1572.70. 

Europe: London -0.5%. Paris +0.2%. Frankfurt +0.1%. 

Asia: Japan +0.7% to 8455. Hong Kong +0.2% to 18434. China +1.2% to 2199. India -0.6% to 15455.