  | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq index futures fell on Wednesday after Apple became the latest high-profile company to miss forecasts, though the broader market gained on a report the Federal Reserve was moving closer toward further stimulus for the sluggish economy. | | |  | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economy shrank far more than expected in the second quarter, battered by everything from an extra public holiday to government spending cuts and the neighboring euro zone crisis. | | | |  | | | | | (Reuters) - A rare quarterly earnings miss at Apple Inc prompted a few brokerages to slightly lower price targets for the stock but, with the next iPhone looming, most analysts urged investors to see this as a buying opportunity. | | | |  | | | | | (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co , which reported a better-than-expected second-quarter profit on Wednesday, doubled its forecast for losses in Europe due to a deepening economic crisis that has pushed overall auto sales to their lowest level in nearly 20 years. | | | |  | | | | | (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc , the world's largest maker of construction equipment, raised its 2012 profit forecast on Wednesday and said that despite pockets of weakness, the global economy was improving. | | | |  | | | | | (Reuters) - Boeing Co reported an increase in second-quarter profit on Wednesday as rising airplane deliveries offset higher pension costs. | | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Oil major Shell sealed an exploration tie-up with China's state-run oil firm CNOOC on Wednesday in a move which will help secure longer term growth from projects in the world's energy-hungry second largest economy. | | | |  | | | | | BERLIN (Reuters) - German business sentiment dropped in July to its lowest level in more than two years, adding to signs that Europe's largest economy is losing momentum along with its immunity to fallout from the region's deepening debt crisis. | | |  | | | | | MADRID/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Spain paid the second highest yield on short-term debt since the birth of the euro at an auction on Tuesday, and EU officials said Greece had little hope of meeting the terms of its bailout, casting fresh doubt on its future in the euro zone. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Fragrance maker Coty Inc said on Wednesday Bernd Beetz is retiring as chief executive, just weeks after the company filed for an initial public offering. | | | |  |  | | | 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 | |
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