Business Today: Stock futures flat as housing, jobless claims data ahead

Good Morning Robert, THU 24 Sep 2009  today's headlines Stock futures flat as housing, jobless claims data ahead Merkel warns against lost momentum at G20 U.S. jobless claims slide in latest week Some U.S. bailout funds won't be recovered: watchdog SEC sets insider trading charge in Dell-Perot deal Microsoft says no plans to buy Electronic Arts Visa, MasterCard get Hungary cartel fine Fed's exit strategy may use money market funds: report Oil drops towards $68 on demand uncertainty Pentagon launches 3rd try to buy refueling planes   today's videos Business Update: Japan exports fall Optimistic Fed Businesses weigh climate options more details Stock futures flat as housing, jobless claims data ahead September 24, 2009 08:14 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were flat on Thursday as investors awaited the latest housing and jobless data and continued to digest a policy statement from the Federal Reserve that sent shares lower in the last session. Full Article Merkel warns against lost momentum at G20 September 24, 2009 08:26 AM ET BERLIN/PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The Group of 20 summit will be key for financial reforms, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, warning that efforts to make the world less prone to financial disasters may lose momentum. Full Article U.S. jobless claims slide in latest week September 24, 2009 08:32 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly fell 21,000 last week, government data showed on Thursday, and a less volatile unemployment claims gauge dipped to an eight-month low. Full Article Some U.S. bailout funds won't be recovered: watchdog September 24, 2009 12:52 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. taxpayers will probably never recover all of the hundreds of billions of dollars invested to bail out financial firms, automakers and homeowners, a key watchdog for the program said on Thursday. Full Article SEC sets insider trading charge in Dell-Perot deal September 24, 2009 07:51 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged a Texas man with insider trading for reaping $8.64 million of illegal profit related to Dell Inc's planned purchase of Perot Systems Corp . Full Article Microsoft says no plans to buy Electronic Arts September 24, 2009 08:06 AM ET CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has no plans to acquire Electronic Arts, a Microsoft executive said, shooting down unsubstantiated talk of a potential bid that triggered a spike in the video game publisher's shares. Full Article Visa, MasterCard get Hungary cartel fine September 24, 2009 08:28 AM ET BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's competition authority fined Visa, MasterCard and the country's top commercial banks on Thursday for illegally fixing the fees they charge each other after bank card transactions. Full Article Fed's exit strategy may use money market funds: report September 24, 2009 04:02 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve is studying the idea of borrowing from money market mutual funds as part of eventual steps to withdraw stimulus, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. Full Article Oil drops towards $68 on demand uncertainty September 24, 2009 07:29 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices fell toward $68 a barrel after dropping nearly 4 percent in the previous session as a surprise jump in U.S. crude and product stocks stirred doubts that prices may have run ahead of demand fundamentals. Full Article Pentagon launches 3rd try to buy refueling planes September 24, 2009 07:45 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department said Thursday it was relaunching a competition for a multibillion-dollar fleet of mid-air refueling planes after two botched tries to award the deal. Full Article     REUTERS www.reuters.com Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book.Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Send this mailing to a friend or colleague Reuters.com: Help and Contact Us | Advertise With Us | Mobile | Newsletters | RSS | Interactive TV | Labs | Reuters in Second Life | Archive | Site Index | Video Index Thomson Reuters Corporate: Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy | Professional Products | Professional Products Support | About Thomson Reuters | Careers

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