Business Today: Stock futures pare losses after data

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	08/4/2011
Good Morning Aron LATEST NEWS Stock futures pare losses after data NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street equity futures fell on Thursday but eased off earlier lows after a reading on the labor market came in slightly better than expected. | Full Article Jobless claims edge down last week August 04, 2011 08:34 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New laims for unemployment benefits were little changed last week, a government report showed on Thursday, pointing to a marginal improvement in the labor market. | Full Article GM profit nearly doubles on stronger pricing August 04, 2011 08:24 AM ET DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co's quarterly profit nearly doubled, beating expectations, as the top U.S. automaker took a larger share of sales globally and raised prices on its vehicles. | Full Article Kraft's Rosenfeld breaking up food giant she built August 04, 2011 08:21 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc CEO Irene Rosenfeld is breaking up the food giant she helped create through multibillion-dollar deals, with a plan to split Oreo cookies and Cadbury chocolates from Kraft cheese and other groceries. | Full Article Japan acts to tame yen, follows Swiss move August 04, 2011 08:35 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan sold one trillion yen ($12.5 billion) and loosened its monetary reins on Thursday, joining Switzerland in efforts to tame currencies buoyed by safe-haven demand from investors fretting about the deteriorating health of the global economy. | Full Article US TOP NEWS Special report: How Washington took the U.S. to the brink August 04, 2011 08:03 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's largest economy was headed toward an unprecedented default, and all Washington wanted to talk about was the manner in which the president had left a room. | Full Article Syrian tanks thrust into Hama, 45 killed: report August 04, 2011 08:31 AM ET AMMAN, Aug 4 Reuters) - At least 45 civilians were killed in a tank assault by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces to occupy the center of Hama, an activist said on Thursday, in a sharp escalation of a military campaign aimed at ending an uprising against his rule. | Full Article ECB keeps rates at 1.5 percent as expected August 04, 2011 07:59 AM ET FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank kept interest rates at 1.5 percent as expected on Thursday, but may signal it is back in crisis mode at its upcoming news conference as the euro zone debt crisis continues to roil the bloc. | Full Article French court orders investigation into IMF's Lagarde August 04, 2011 07:57 AM ET PARIS (Reuters) - A French court ordered an investigation on Thursday into the role of IMF head Christine Lagarde in a huge settlement paid to a businessman friend of President Nicolas Sarkozy when she was finance minister. | Full Article Chains win shoppers, July sales with discounts August 04, 2011 08:36 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Deep discounts and the warmest July weather in decades brought shoppers to malls, helping many retail chains report healthy monthly sales increases at established stores. | Full Article HEALTH NEWS Childhood hardship tied to adulthood disease risks Self-medication of anxiety tied to later drug abuse Teenage brides suffer pain and shame of fistula Pfizer interested in over-the-counter Lipitor: report Tea Party groups see Medicare overhaul chance RELATED VIDEO Randgold CEO promises bigger dividends after Q2 profit jump Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann on Q2 Net Profit Hit Reuters Breakingviews: Yen intervention only buys time A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. 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 ODDLY ENOUGH Stop wearing bunny suit, police tell Idaho man Full Article Bears saved from forced vodka drinking Bra chain record comes apart at the seams To start life afresh, Thais "practice" death Rate your priest on new Website - 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