   |     |           |      |        | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock futures were little changed on Friday,   the final trading day of the month, amid a cautious mood as   investors kept their focus firmly on U.S. budget talks. |          |     |                              |     |           |      |        | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, reapplying his   re-election campaign theme of protecting the middle class, heads   to Pennsylvania on Friday suggesting that Republicans could   spoil Christmas by driving the country over the "fiscal cliff." |          |     |                |                           |     |           |      |        | (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co  and Mazda Motor Corp  and their local   Chinese partner, Changan Automobile Co Ltd , said on Friday   that they had obtained final approval from the Chinese government   to split their three-way manufacturing and sales joint venture   into two. |          |     |                |                         |     |           |      |        | BERLIN (Reuters) - German lawmakers approved the latest bailout   for Greece on Friday by a large majority despite growing unease   about the cost to taxpayers less than a year before federal   elections. |          |     |                |                        |     |           |      |        | PARIS (Reuters) - The euro zone's crisis is far from over and   its members must tighten budgets and forge a banking union to   leave behind the "fairy world" that allowed problems to grow,   European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said on Friday. |          |     |                |                        |     |           |      |        | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Closer ties with Turkish Airlines  could   keep Lufthansa  in the race for long haul flights to Asia and   stem the flow of business to Gulf carriers. |          |     |                |                        |     |           |      |        | LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays could ax as many as 3,500 investment   bank staff and cut its advisory or equities operations in Asia   as part of a broader strategic review aimed at fixing the bank's   culture in the wake of the financial crisis. |          |     |                |                  |     |           |      |        | SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's state-backed electronic payment   services giant, China UnionPay, launched an international arm   tasked with speeding its expansion overseas, heating up competition   with rivals such as Visa Inc  and Mastercard Inc . |          |     |                        |     |           |      |        | NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's economy extended its long slump   in the last quarter, with lower-than-expected growth keeping   it on track for its worst year in a decade and underscoring   the urgency of politically difficult reforms to spur a revival. |          |     |                        |     |           |      |        | PARIS (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi   said on Friday that budgetary consolidation in the euro zone   would entail a short-term economic impact but the currency bloc   was on track for a recovery in the second half of 2013. |          |     |                |                              |                |          |              | 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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