HP cloud looms; junk food welfare; online turkey shopping

U.S. stocks (^DJI, ^GSPC, ^IXIC) are up slightly midday today. Despite the relatively light market action, we have a number of economic reports that have been released ahead of the shortened week—from manufacturing, to jobs, to homes, to oil.

Here are some of the other stories we're keeping an eye on today at Yahoo Finance:

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HP cloud looms

Just a month after announcing it would shutter its cloud computing business, HP (HPQ) says it's going to partner with Microsoft to sell its Azure cloud product. HP hopes to cash-in on the trend in "hybrid" cloud services and hardware.

Wealth, income inequality rising 

Wealth inequality is up, and the U.S. is not doing well compared to other developed nations. That's according to a study by Morgan Stanley Research that ranks the U.S. fifth in the world.

Junk food welfare

And, speaking of the poor, Republican Paul LePage, governor of Maine, is saying "no" to those who buy junk food with their food stamps. But he's not getting his way yet. The Department of Agriculture has to approve Maine's request for a waiver to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which has not yet happened.

Outsourcing turkey shopping to delivery startups

Need a turkey at the last minute? Not to worry ... you can order one online. Americans are increasingly using on-demand delivery startups to outsource their Thanksgiving shopping. The startups will bring you anything from turkeys to wine.