Business Today: Stock futures dip after 5-year highs with data, earnings due

		Click to View in Browser 02/4/2013 Stock futures dip after 5-year highs with data, earnings due NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures slipped on Monday after the S&P 500 hit a five-year high and the Dow rose above 14,000 last week as investors waited for factory orders data and another round of corporate earnings. Oracle to buy network gear maker Acme Packet for about $2 billion (Reuters) - Oracle Corp agreed to buy Acme Packet Inc, which makes network equipment to speed up voice, video and data delivery across networks, for about $2 billion. Analysis: New miner wants in on the chummy global potash club NEW YORK (Reuters) - Potash miner Prospect Global Resources Inc won't open its first mine until at least 2015, but the American upstart is already upsetting the multibillion-dollar fertilizer industry where a few players control a crucial ingredient in the global food chain. Simon Property results easily beat Wall Street views again (Reuters) - Simon Property Group Inc reported a 21.9 percent increase in a key earnings measure for the fourth quarter, easily beating analysts' estimates, as rents and sales rose at its malls and outlet centers. Analysis: Small lenders ride U.S. mortgage wave as big banks cut back (Reuters) - Guaranteed Rate, Inc, a home loan company, opened shop in 2000 in Chicago with a single office. Now it is one of the 20 biggest U.S. mortgage lenders, with more than 140 offices. Citi names de Vecchi European Investment Banking Chairman LONDON (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc has appointed veteran dealmaker Luigi de Vecchi as chairman for corporate and investment banking in continental Europe, it said in an emailed statement on Monday. Foxconn says to boost China worker participation in union TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology Group, the assembler of most of the world's top-selling electronic gadgets including Apple Inc's iPhone, is trying to raise participation in its union as part of efforts to dispel a rash of bad publicity over poor working conditions and labor disputes. U.S. small-business borrowing rises in December, but barely SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Borrowing by small U.S. businesses rose marginally in December, eking out a tiny gain for the year and suggesting headwinds for economic growth for the first few months of 2013, a report on Monday showed. EU executive warns national bank supervisors over discrimination LONDON (Reuters) - National regulators across the European Union have until the end of the month to show they are not damaging the single market by being too heavy handed with banks from elsewhere in the bloc, the EU's executive European Commission said on Monday. JAL wants to discuss 787 grounding compensation with Boeing TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Airlines Co Ltd said it will talk to Boeing Co about compensation for the grounding of the 787 Dreamliner, adding that the idling of its jets would cost it nearly $8 million from its earnings through to the end of March. Related Video UK to separate rule-breaking banks U.S. Morning Call: Japan Airlines wants payback from Boeing Economic News Fed officials see brighter global economic outlook Defense industry in late surge to stop spending cuts 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