  | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures turned sharply negative on Thursday, quickly erasing a short-lived bounce that followed comments from Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank. | | |  | | | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rose less than expected last week, but the data continues to be influenced by distortions from seasonal auto shutdowns. | | | |  | | | | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will draw up a mechanism in the coming weeks to make outright purchases to stabilize stressed euro zone borrowing costs, ECB President Mario Draghi said on Thursday. | | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Trading firm Knight Capital is being forced to raise money after an erroneous trading position wiped out $440 million of the firm's capital, Knight said in a statement on Thursday. | | | |  | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England left its monetary policy unchanged on Thursday, judging that its July decision to expand purchases of government bonds is enough stimulus for now despite the danger of a prolonged slump. | | | |  | | | | | (Reuters) - General Motors Co on Thursday posted a smaller-than-expected loss in Europe that helped the No. 1 U.S. automaker post a better-than-expected second-quarter profit. | | | | | | | MOSCOW, July - Russia needs to adopt both a tougher budget and tighter monetary policy to guard against the risk of overheating and to bear down on inflation, the International Monetary Fund said in a statement on Thursday. | | | |  | | | | | SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's securities regulator stepped up efforts to restore confidence in the country's sagging equities markets on Thursday, making another round of cuts to transaction fees and encouraging companies to buy back their own stock. | | |  | | | | | FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - The United States raised the pressure on euro zone leaders to take decisive action on solving the region's debt crisis, notably by lowering troubled members' borrowing costs, on the eve of a crucial European Central Bank meeting. | | | | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's financial regulator will order Nomura Holdings on Friday to bolster internal controls, sources with knowledge of the matter said, marking the lightest penalty possible in the wake of an insider trading scandal involving the brokerage. | | | |  |  | | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today | | |  | |  | | | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today | | | | | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS | |
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