| LATEST NEWS |     | S&P, Greece pressure euro zone to boost defenses |     | LONDON (Reuters) - Mass euro zone ratings downgrades are unlikely  to shake up investors too much, but with Greek debt talks at  an impasse, pressure has been loaded on the bloc to shore up  its defenses and glimmers of optimism from last week have been  firmly doused. | Full Article  |      |        | Rescue on Italian cruise ship halted |     |  January 16, 2012 09:16 AM ET |     | GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - Italian rescuers suspended efforts  to find survivors Monday as the hulk of a giant cruise liner  slipped in worsening weather on the steep rocky underwater slope  on which it is lodged off Italy's west coast. | Full Article |        | Huntsman to quit presidential race |     |  January 16, 2012 07:22 AM ET |     | MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential  hopeful Jon Huntsman will drop out of the White House race on  Monday and endorse front-runner Mitt Romney, a senior campaign  official said. | Full Article |        | Greece dispatches officials to U.S., default fears grow |     |  January 16, 2012 09:05 AM ET |     | ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece sent senior officials to Washington  on Monday for meetings with the International Monetary Fund  as it raced against the clock to break a deadlock in debt swap  talks that has prompted new fears of an unruly default. | Full Article |        | Carnival and cruise sector count cost of disaster |     |  January 16, 2012 08:18 AM ET |     | LONDON (Reuters) - The cruise ship industry faces an uphill task  to restore confidence among customers spooked by spectacular  images of the stricken Costa Concordia flipped on its side and  could suffer a major hit to sales in a key booking period. | Full Article |       |             |     | BUSINESS NEWS |        | Global shares, euro steady after S&P but outlook weak |     |  January 16, 2012 07:32 AM ET |     | LONDON (Reuters) - European shares and the euro recovered from  early losses on Monday in the wake of a mass downgrade of euro  zone sovereign ratings, but trading was choppy with U.S. markets  closed and the outlook for Greek debt talks uncertain. | Full Article |         | Wary banks boost ECB deposits; reserve change due |     |  January 16, 2012 05:52 AM ET |     | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Commercial banks parked almost half a trillion  euros at the European Central Bank, the highest on record, as  the mix of debt crisis worries and a recent giant injection  of ECB cash left banks awash with money but too scared to lend  it. | Full Article |         | Brazil's Embraer eyes NATO buyers for Super Tucano |     |  January 16, 2012 09:02 AM ET |     | SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's Embraer expects to sell its Super  Tucano light attack aircraft to more NATO nations after clinching  an order from the United States that lifted the company into  the upper echelons of global defense contractors, a top executive  told Reuters. | Full Article |       |             |     | HEALTH NEWS |            |       |               |     | RELATED VIDEO |       |          |                     |          |     | 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 |       |        |                                                             |  
 
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