AM Minding Your Business for Oct. 18, 2011

Today on American Morning, Christine Romans reports on the morning business news headlines.

Today we're watching:

* Corporate earnings are being released today. Goldman Sachs has announced its first quarterly loss since 2008, while Bank of America's earnings beat estimates.
* U.S. markets are poised to open lower this morning. Investors are waiting for tech giants Apple, Yahoo and Intel to release their quarterly earnings later today.
* China's economic growth slowed slightly from July through September. This morning, China reported that it's GDP grew 9.1% in the third quarter, down slightly from 9.5% last quarter.

Tune in to American Morning at 6am Eastern every day for the latest in business news.