Business Today: Futures tick up as Fed remains focus; resistance looms

		Click to View in Browser 11/18/2013 Futures tick up as Fed remains focus; resistance looms NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures ticked higher on Monday, with the Dow and S&P set to extend their records as trading continues to focus on economic stimulus from the Federal Reserve and other central banks. Bidders for AIG unit ILFC in talks with financiers - Bloomberg (Reuters) - Taiwanese tycoon Richard Tsai and Chinese financier Xiao Jianhua are in talks to help fund a long-delayed $4.2 billion purchase of U.S. insurer American International Group Inc's aircraft-leasing unit, Bloomberg reported. China reform plans lift world shares to 6-year high LONDON (Reuters) - World shares hit a near six-year high on Monday, boosted by signs of ambitious economic reform in China and the prospect of extended stimulus in the United States. Google, Microsoft tighten online searches to combat child porn LONDON (Reuters) - Google and Microsoft unveiled measures to block online searches for child sex abuse images on Monday as part of a bid by British authorities to crackdown on Internet pedophiles. U.S. Fed's Rosengren says bank lending is robust ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Capital ratios at U.S. banks have strengthened and bank lending is quite strong, a top U.S. central banker said on Monday. After huge plane orders, Airbus and Boeing sign Gulf supplies deals DUBAI (Reuters) - Airbus and Boeing signed deals to buy some $5 billion of parts and materials from Abu Dhabi on Monday, in a sign Gulf states are seeking a reciprocal boost to their economies from the huge orders they have placed with the planemakers. RBS in talks to sell equity derivatives business LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland said it was in talks to sell its retail investor products and equity derivatives (IP & ED) business, as it slims down its investment bank. Euro zone rebound weaker than hoped: ECB's Nowotny VIENNA (Reuters) - The economic situation in the euro zone has started to improve but is still weaker than the European Central Bank had hoped, ECB Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said on Monday. Letta says confident Italy can reduce deficit in 2014 ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta said on Monday he was confident the country can reduce its deficit in 2014 due to a program of privatizations and a spending review. Spain's bad loans ratio rises to 12.7 percent in Sept MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish banks' bad loans as a percentage of total lending rose to 12.7 percent in September from 12.1 percent in August, marking a new high, Bank of Spain data showed on Monday. Related Video Tapering? Count on more QE instead – Jupiter CIO Breakingviews: Don't under-estimate the ECB Economic News U.S. Fed's Rosengren says bank lending is robust U.S. Fed's Rosengren advocates streamlining bank capital rules 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