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05/16/2011
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Stock futures fall as euro zone concerns grow
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Monday as investors shed riskier assets before euro zone finance ministers meet to discuss the region's debt crisis. | Full Article
Nasdaq, ICE pull NYSE bid, cite regulators
May 16, 2011 08:35 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc and IntercontinentalExchange are withdrawing their bid for rival exchange NYSE Euronext, saying it became clear they would not win approval for the deal from the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust division. | Full Article
Canada banks' TMX bid tops LSE
May 16, 2011 08:25 AM ET
TORONTO, May 15 (Reuters) - A group of Canadian banks and pension funds are hoping their C$3.6 billion ($3.7 billion) offer for TMX Group will keep the nation's largest stock market from falling into foreign hands, but questions remained on Sunday whether that is reason enough to succeed. | Full Article
Lowe's disappoints on weak start to spring sales
May 16, 2011 07:23 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lowe's Cos Inc's quarterly profit and sales missed Wall Street expectations after the world's second-largest home improvement chain saw a slow start to the spring selling season. | Full Article
Euro zone to back Portugal aid, IMF deputy attends
May 16, 2011 08:12 AM ET
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers are ready to back an EU/IMF bailout of Portugal at a Monday meeting overshadowed by the arrest of International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual assault charges. | Full Article
US TOP NEWS
Prosecutor seeks Gaddafi arrest over protest deaths
May 16, 2011 08:04 AM ET
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - An international prosecutor on Monday sought an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi accusing him of committing crimes against humanity by killing protesters during an uprising against his 41-year rule. | Full Article
IMF chief to face NY court in sex assault case
May 16, 2011 07:50 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn makes his first appearance in court on Monday since being accused of trying to rape a hotel maid in a case that sent shockwaves through French politics and left the IMF in turmoil. | Full Article
Louisiana bayou towns brace for flooding impact
May 15, 2011 07:30 PM ET
AMELIA, Louisiana (Reuters) - A day after Army engineers opened a key spillway to relieve flooding along the Mississippi River, residents of small Louisiana towns braced on Sunday for a surge of water that could leave thousands of homes and farms under as much as 20 feet of water. | Full Article
NASA fueling shuttle for launch Monday
May 16, 2011 08:07 AM ET
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Launch pad technicians began filling shuttle Endeavour's fuel tank on Monday for a launch attempt at 8:56 a.m. EDT on a mission to deliver a long-awaited physics experiment and spare parts to the International Space Station. | Full Article
Gunmen kill Saudi diplomat in Pakistan's Karachi
May 16, 2011 06:56 AM ET
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Gunmen on motorcycles shot and killed a Saudi diplomat in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Monday, police and the Saudi ambassador said, the second attack on the mission since the killing of Osama bin Laden increased tension in the region. | Full Article
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