Business Today: Stock futures flat after Goldman results

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Good Morning Aron, THU 21 Jan 2010    Stock futures flat after Goldman results Goldman Sachs posts profit, cuts bonus pool Obama to target excessive financial risk-taking UnitedHealth quarterly profit tops Wall Street views Roubini calls on China to tighten monetary policy Continental posts surprise profit, demand improves Xerox results beats estimates, stock rises China economy soars, sets stage for policy tightening Oracle wins unconditional EU approval for Sun buy Starbucks to foray into Europe's RTD coffee market Entrepreneur's Edge: Cubit Wall Street slump NY Times to charge for web news Stock futures flat after Goldman results January 21, 2010 08:14 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures briefly added to gains on Thursday but still pointed to a flat open after Goldman Sachs Group reported fourth-quarter results. Full Article Goldman Sachs posts profit, cuts bonus pool January 21, 2010 08:37 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Thursday reduced its 2009 bonus pool as it posted a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit. Full Article Obama to target excessive financial risk-taking January 21, 2010 05:39 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, reeling from an election defeat in the Senate, will propose stricter limits on financial risk-taking on Thursday in a move that may recall Depression-era curbs on banks. Full Article UnitedHealth quarterly profit tops Wall Street views January 21, 2010 08:20 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc posted better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by moderating flu costs and growth in its businesses serving the elderly and low-income Americans, and its shares rose 3.6 percent. Full Article Roubini calls on China to tighten monetary policy January 21, 2010 07:14 AM ET HONG KONG (Reuters) - Beijing needs to tighten its monetary policy to head off asset bubbles, leading economist Nouriel Roubini said on Thursday. Full Article Continental posts surprise profit, demand improves January 21, 2010 07:18 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Continental Airlines posted a surprise quarterly profit on Thursday and said travel demand, especially from lucrative business travelers, was improving modestly. Full Article Xerox results beats estimates, stock rises January 21, 2010 08:25 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Xerox Corp posted quarterly results that beat expectations, as cost cutting helped to improve margins, and delivered an optimistic outlook, sending its shares up 2.6 percent. Full Article China economy soars, sets stage for policy tightening January 21, 2010 08:37 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - China easily beat its 2009 growth target after a blistering fourth quarter performance that set the stage for further monetary tightening and put it on course to overtake Japan to become the world's second-largest economy. Full Article Oracle wins unconditional EU approval for Sun buy January 21, 2010 08:35 AM ET BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Oracle Corp won unconditional European Union approval on Thursday for its $7 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems, a month after offering public pledges to sooth regulatory concerns. Full Article Starbucks to foray into Europe's RTD coffee market January 21, 2010 07:44 AM ET (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp said it struck a deal with Swedish-Danish dairy products cooperative Arla Foods to foray into the European ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee market. Full Article

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