| LATEST NEWS | | Futures slip after European data; Dell falls | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures slipped on Wednesday, indicating the S&P 500 may snap a three-day winning streak after weaker-than-expected euro zone economic data and ahead of a report on the U.S. housing market. | Full Article | | | Peugeot and GM discuss production deal: sources | | February 22, 2012 07:13 AM ET | | PARIS (Reuters) - General Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroen are discussing a broad manufacturing alliance designed to stem losses in Europe and lower production costs elsewhere, sources with knowledge of the matter said. | Full Article | | Euro zone teetering on brink of recession | | February 22, 2012 08:24 AM ET | | LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zone economy is in danger of tipping into recession, with the services sector shrinking this month along with manufacturing, tempering a wave of optimism after a new bailout deal for Greece struck this week. | Full Article | | Unions to protest cuts, Greece debates more measures | | February 22, 2012 08:38 AM ET | | ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek unions, the unemployed and communists will protest on Wednesday against spending cuts introduced to secure a multi-billion-euro bailout, and lawmakers will debate a debt swap to avoid imminent bankruptcy. | Full Article | |  | | US TOP NEWS | | Obama to propose corporate tax rate of 28 percent | | February 22, 2012 08:22 AM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday will propose cutting the top tax rate for corporations to 28 percent, and pay for it by eliminating dozens of tax loopholes companies now use to lower their rates, a senior administration official said. | Full Article | | U.S., French journalists killed in Syria | | February 22, 2012 08:27 AM ET | | AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - American correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday when rockets fired by government forces hit the house they were staying in, opposition activists and witnesses said. | Full Article | | Assad seeks to bomb Homs into submission, alarms world | | February 22, 2012 08:31 AM ET | | AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces, trying to hammer the city of Homs into submission, on Wednesday killed 19 more people including two Western journalists in an onslaught that has caused an international outcry for intervention to end the bloodshed. | Full Article | | Four killed, many wounded in Afghan Koran protests - report | | February 22, 2012 08:09 AM ET | | KABUL (Reuters) - Four people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests in Afghanistan which flared for a second day on Wednesday in several cities over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country, officials said. | Full Article | | U.S. proposes to reduce top corporate tax rate: report | | February 22, 2012 01:37 AM ET | | (Reuters) - The Obama administration will propose slashing the top income tax rate for corporations to 28 percent from the current 35 percent, as part of a corporate tax reform plan that is set to be announced on Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal said. | 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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