Business Today: Futures point to lower open as Amazon and Ford fall

		Click to View in Browser 04/25/2014 Futures point to lower open as Amazon and Ford fall NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Friday as a number of bellwether names, including Amazon and Ford, fell following their quarterly results, overshadowing positive numbers from Microsoft. Nokia to name Rajeev Suri as next CEO on Tuesday: report HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia , which is set to close the sale of its phone business to Microsoft , will on Tuesday name Rajeev Suri as its next CEO and outline its new strategy with a focus on its networks equipment business, a newspaper said on Friday. Ford posts weaker-than-expected profit as warranty costs rise DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co posted lower-than-expected first-quarter profit on Friday as the No. 2 U.S. automaker saw higher warranty costs in North America for older vehicles by $400 million. AstraZeneca bid talk 'a commercial matter': UK finance minister CAMBRIDGE, England (Reuters) - Talk of a $100 billion bid by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer for its British rival AstraZeneca is "a commercial matter between the companies", Britain's finance minister George Osborne said on Friday. GE in talks to buy Alstom's global power arm: sources PARIS (Reuters) - General Electric is in talks with Alstom to take over its global power business and a deal could be announced in the coming days, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. Nokia says handset business sale to Microsoft completed HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia on Friday said the sale of its once-dominant handset business to Microsoft has been closed after the companies agreed to leave two factories in India and Korea out of the deal. The Chinese take Manhattan: replace Russians as top apartment buyers NEW YORK/SYDNEY (Reuters) - For the first time, the Chinese have become the biggest foreign buyers of apartments in Manhattan, real estate brokers estimate, taking the mantle from the Russians - whose activity has dropped off since the unrest in Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions against Russia by the United States. Exclusive - Top UK investors to file $2 billion legal claims against RBS: sources LONDON (Reuters) - Three of Britain's biggest investors are expected to file lawsuits against Royal Bank of Scotland next week saying they were misled over its 2008 rights issue and seeking to claw back more than 1 billion pounds ($1.68 billion), people familiar with the matter said. Rating agencies buy into euro zone recovery story MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) - Ratings agencies gave a broadly upbeat assessment of the euro zone's creditworthiness on Friday, contrasting sharply with reviews of recent years and reflecting growing confidence in the region's fiscal and economic recovery. Electrolux shares soar as long-awaited European demand returns STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Electrolux, the world's second-biggest home appliances maker, said on Friday its European markets were finally growing again and that a recovery in the United States would continue, sending its shares up nearly 10 percent. Related Video Breakingviews: Alstom on track to split Reuters on the Road: Studied innovation at Tutorfair Economic News S&P cuts Russia, sanctions could spell further downgrade Asian economic growth to languish this year, China the worry: Reuters poll 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 - 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