Business Today: Stock futures flat near record high, focus on data, earnings

		Click to View in Browser 10/21/2013 Stock futures flat near record high, focus on data, earnings NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were little changed in light trading on Monday following a record closing high by the S&P 500 on Friday, as a week filled with economic data and key corporate earnings gets under way. Philips profits nearly triple as turnaround bears fruit AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Philips reported a near-tripling in third-quarter net profit, beating forecasts and pushing its shares to their highest since mid-2010 after two years of cutting costs, selling weak businesses and targeting new products at emerging markets. Halliburton tops estimates on foreign oilfield strength (Reuters) - Buoyant oilfield activity in Russia, Saudi Arabia and Angola helped Halliburton Co beat market expectations with a 17 percent rise in profit, setting up an even better performance for the fourth quarter. Fed's Evans: will take a few months to gauge shutdown impact WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve will need more time to figure out how much harm the budget battles in Washington have done to the U.S. economy, potentially delaying the start of the Fed's bond tapering, a senior U.S. central banker said on Monday. Etihad in talks to buy 25-30 Boeing 777X, expand 787 order: sources PARIS (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways is negotiating a multibillion-dollar order for dozens of Boeing jets including at least 25 of the U.S. company's revamped 777 mini-jumbo, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. McDonald's sales miss estimates, warns of flat October (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp reported quarterly revenue that missed analysts' estimates and warned that global comparable sales for October are expected to be relatively flat, sending its shares down 1.3 percent before the bell. Strong overseas demand boosts Hasbro results (Reuters) - Hasbro Inc , whose popular brands include Monopoly, Nerf and My Little Pony, on Monday reported a higher-than-expected profit for the third quarter as strong overseas demand helped the second-largest U.S. toy company offset weakness at home. EU watchdog sets out tougher rules for planned bank tests LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's top banking regulator has set out tougher rules for its forthcoming tests on the finances of top lenders, potentially paving the way for further multi-billion euro fundraising measures by banks deemed shaky. Wall Street banks learn how to survive in staged cyber attack NEW YORK (Reuters) - A few months ago, a group of Wall Street banks fashioned a risk-manager's worst nightmare to determine how they would survive. Luckily, it was all pretend. Sharp Japan export slowdown dents 'Abenomics', flags Asia weakness TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's export growth fell well short of expectations in September as the country posted a record run of trade deficits, a sign that slowing demand in Asia is taking the shine off Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's stimulus policies. Related Video Philips in better health Breakingviews: UK nuclear rebirth's a fair deal Economic News Fed's Evans: will take a few months to gauge shutdown impact U.S. economy bruised by fiscal fight: Treasury Secretary 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