Business Today: Stock futures climb after two-day rally

		Click to View in Browser 12/19/2014 Stock futures climb after two-day rally NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures climbed on Friday, and the benchmark S&P 500 index was poised to continue to rally after its best two-day run in three years. Russia's parliament rushes through bill boosting banking capital MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's lower house of parliament passed a draft law that would give the banking sector a capital boost of up to 1 trillion rubles ($16.5 billion) on Friday, part of measures to shield banks from Western economic sanctions. Oil rallies to $60, heads for 4th weekly fall on glut LONDON (Reuters) - Brent crude oil rose to around $60 a barrel on Friday, rallying from near a 5-1/2-year low as investors squared books ahead of the year-end festive break after six months of falling prices. BlackBerry third-quarter revenue falls more than expected, shares slide TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd on Friday reported a bigger-than-expected drop in third-quarter revenue, sending shares of the struggling smartphone maker lower, even as it eked out a small adjusted profit and began generating cash flow again. Alstom shareholders back 12.35 billion euro sale of power arm to GE PARIS (Reuters) - Alstom shareholders on Friday backed with 99.2 percent of votes the French engineering group's plan to sell most of its power equipment business to General Electric and refocus on its smaller rail arm. Thai Union Frozen to buy U.S. tuna firm Bumble Bee for $1.5 billion BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Union Frozen Products PCL , the world's biggest producer of canned tuna, has agreed to buy U.S. peer Bumble Bee Seafoods for $1.5 billion as part of a plan to double revenue through overseas acquisitions. Hawaiian Air swap takes Airbus A330neo orders over 100 PARIS (Reuters) - Hawaiian Airlines has confirmed an order for six Airbus A330-800neo aircraft worth $1.5 billion at list prices, swapping them for a previous A350 order, the planemaker said on Friday. Rouble gains as officials step up verbal support MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's rouble strengthened on Friday after Finance Minister Anton Siluanov confirmed his ministry had sold foreign currency, and on expectations that exporters will increase dollar sales. Exclusive: ECB considers making weaker euro zone states bear more quantitative easing risk - sources FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank officials are considering ways to ensure weak countries that stand to gain most from a fresh round of money printing bear more of the risk and cost. Amazon's cloud business a harder sell in post-Snowden era SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - This spring, Taser International Inc won a small but high-profile contract to supply body cameras to the London police. But the deal nearly collapsed over one issue: where the video footage would be stored. Related Video New broom ends EU summit a day early Sony withdrawal of 'The Interview' irks both hackers, film buffs Economic News Stock futures climb after two-day rally European stocks set for biggest weekly gain of 2014 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