Business Today: Stock futures edge lower ahead of data, earnings

		Click to View in Browser 01/31/2013 Stock futures edge lower ahead of data, earnings NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures edged lower on Thursday ahead of data on the labor market and a slew of corporate earnings reports. Deutsche Bank takes $3.5 billion loss to pay for clean up FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank plunged to a 2.6-billion-euro ($3.5 billion) quarterly loss after it took charges aimed at drawing a line under a series of scandals and cleaning up its balance sheet without asking shareholders for cash. Chesapeake's McClendon to get $11.7 million in cash compensation (Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy Corp , the second-largest natural gas producer in the United States, said outgoing Chief Executive Aubrey McClendon would receive about $11.7 million in cash compensation over four years. Planned layoffs rise in January, so do hiring plans: Challenger NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of planned layoffs at U.S. firms rose in the first month of the year, but that was more than offset by an increase in plans to hire, a report showed on Thursday. Mis-sold swaps may cost UK banks billions LONDON (Reuters) - British banks face another round of compensation claims that could total billions of pounds after the regulator found they had widely mis-sold complex interest-rate hedging products to small businesses. Aetna profit falls on settlement costs, names new CFO (Reuters) - Aetna Inc said on Thursday that fourth-quarter earnings fell sharply, as costs rose in parts of its employer-based insurance business and as it took charges for settling litigation involving its payment practices for out-of-network care. Cost cuts help Whirlpool counter weak demand (Reuters) - Whirlpool Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and gave a strong outlook for 2013 on Thursday as price increases and cost cuts helped the world's largest appliance maker counter lackluster demand in Europe and North America. Nasdaq reports higher fourth-quarter earnings NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group reported higher fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, as revenue growth in its corporate solutions, U.S. options, and U.S. proprietary data products businesses helped outweigh soft equity trading volumes. GM recalls 12,415 cars for possible bolt, airbag issues DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co is recalling 12,415 cars in the United States to address issues with what may be improperly tightened suspension bolts and faulty airbags, according to documents filed with U.S. safety regulators. ANA counts cost of grounded 787, not yet seeking damages TOKYO (Reuters) - All Nippon Airways Co , the launch airline for Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner jet that has been grounded with undiagnosed battery problems, said it lost more than $15 million in revenue from having to cancel Dreamliner flights this month. Related Video U.S. Morning Call: UPS posts Q4 loss, sees 2013 profit up Sports Spread: Six Nations Preview Economic News Jobless claims push off five-year lows last week Personal income posts biggest gain in eight years 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 - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend