Business Today: Stock futures flat on caution over EU summit

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	12/7/2011
Good Morning LATEST NEWS Stock futures flat on caution over EU summit NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks index futures were little changed on Wednesday after two days of gains as investors waited to see if European officials can craft a plan to combat the region's debt crisis at a summit this week. | Full Article France vows powerful summit deal December 07, 2011 08:30 AM ET PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - The leaders of France and Germany will not leave this week's EU summit until a "powerful" deal is reached to arrest the euro zone debt crisis, Paris said on Wednesday, as new figures exposed ever more severe stress among Europe's banks. | Full Article Exclusive: D.Boerse, NYSE mull spin-off on EU demands December 07, 2011 08:34 AM ET FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Boerse AG and NYSE Euronext could spin off parts of their derivatives arms to create a third-party competitor as a way to allay anti-trust concerns about their $9 billion merger, two sources familiar with the Boerse's thinking said. | Full Article Economists see France losing AAA in 3 months: Reuters poll December 07, 2011 08:12 AM ET PARIS (Reuters) - France will lose its AAA credit rating early next year regardless of last-ditch efforts by President Nicolas Sarkozy to resolve the euro zone crisis at an EU summit this week, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Wednesday. | Full Article Olympus board signals it will quit December 07, 2011 05:36 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Olympus Corp's board signaled plans to quit over a $1.7 billion accounting fraud, but will likely pick a team of potential successors, triggering a battle for control of the Japanese firm with the former CEO who blew the whistle on the scandal. | Full Article US TOP NEWS Obama hits Republicans, Wall Street in populist speech December 07, 2011 07:15 AM ET OSAWATOMIE, Kansas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama blasted his Republican foes and Wall Street on Tuesday as he portrayed himself as a champion of the middle class and laid out in the starkest terms yet the populist themes of his 2012 re-election bid. | Full Article Assad says only "crazy" leaders kill own people December 07, 2011 08:21 AM ET BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied ordering his troops to kill peaceful demonstrators, telling the U.S. television channel ABC that only a "crazy" leader kills his own people. | Full Article Egypt's Islamists claim most seats in run-off vote December 07, 2011 08:30 AM ET CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said on Wednesday it won most seats in a first-round parliamentary vote, with early tallies suggesting liberals had backed some of its candidates to block hardline Salafis. | Full Article Malfunction likely put U.S. drone in Iranian hands December 07, 2011 01:53 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The unmanned U.S. drone Iran said on Sunday it had captured was programmed to automatically return to base even if its data link was lost, one key reason that U.S. officials say the drone likely malfunctioned and was not downed by Iranian electronic warfare. | Full Article Afghan bombs kill 78 in two days December 07, 2011 08:30 AM ET KABUL (Reuters) - A roadside mine killed 19 civilians and injured another five when it exploded in the southern Afghan province of Helmand on Wednesday, the provincial government said. | Full Article HEALTH NEWS Aging in office: U.S. presidents often outlive peers Women's post-natal depression linked to partners' abuse: study Sanofi rebuffs renewed Lantus cancer worries FDA eyes stronger warning on popular birth control All in the family: Inbreeding key to bedbug spread RELATED VIDEO Greece passes 2012 austerity budget Citigroup slashes jobs Behind India's U-turn on retail revolution A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. 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 ODDLY ENOUGH AIDS group seeks LA vote on condoms in porn films Full Article Disarmed grenades found in woman's luggage at airport Protester shaves year-old beard with new Belgian government App helps viewers shop while watching TV - 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