Business Today: Euro debt, higher metals, M&A lift stock futures

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	02/7/2011
Good Morning Aron LATEST NEWS Euro debt, higher metals, M&A lift stock futures NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures rose on Monday on growing hopes Europe will sort out its tangled debt issues and as metals prices advanced on bets of a stronger global economy. | Full Article Danaher to buy Beckman Coulter for $83.50/share February 07, 2011 08:27 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Diversified industrial company Danaher Corp agreed to buy medical diagnostics company Beckman Coulter Inc for $83.50 per share, or about $6.8 billion, including debt. | Full Article AOL to buy The Huffington Post for $315 million February 07, 2011 03:08 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AOL Inc has agreed to buy The Huffington Post, the influential and rapidly growing news, analysis and lifestyle website, for $315 million, the struggling U.S. Internet company announced on Monday. | Full Article Hasbro profit tops estimates, sees growth in 2011 February 07, 2011 07:48 AM ET (Reuters) - Hasbro Inc's quarterly profit beat Wall Street estimates, helped by international demand for the No. 2 U.S. toy company's action figures, games and puzzles, and the company said it should be able to grow revenue and profit in 2011. | Full Article Loews, CNA boosted by strong investment income February 07, 2011 07:38 AM ET BANGALORE (Reuters) - Loews Corp reported its best quarter of the year as strong investment income from its biggest holding, CNA Financial , helped the conglomerate post a better-than-expected 16 percent increase in quarterly profit. | Full Article US TOP NEWS Mubarak cabinet meets, "Nile Revolution" digs in February 07, 2011 08:24 AM ET CAIRO (Reuters) - President Hosni Mubarak's new cabinet on Monday holds its first full meeting since an uprising started nearly two weeks ago, with no concrete progress in talks with Islamists and an opposition who demand his immediate exit. | Full Article WikiLeaks' founder Assange fights extradition to Sweden February 07, 2011 07:46 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asked a British judge on Monday to block his extradition to Sweden on sex crime allegations, arguing he would not get a fair trial and could end up facing execution in the United States. | Full Article Obama confident next Egypt government will be partner February 06, 2011 06:44 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he was confident that an orderly political transition in Egypt would produce a government that will remain a U.S. partner. | Full Article Sanofi-Genzyme takeover talks in final stretch February 07, 2011 08:03 AM ET PARIS/BOSTON (Reuters) - France's Sanofi-Aventis was closing in on a roughly $20 billion deal to buy U.S. biotech group Genzyme while pausing to take a final look at the books, sources familiar with the matter said. | Full Article Republican foreign policy "wolf" shows her teeth February 07, 2011 01:06 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For years, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has been busy lecturing world leaders over human rights abuses. | Full Article HEALTH NEWS Starting solid foods earlier linked to obesity risk Obesity epidemic risks heart disease "tsunami" Optimer Pharma in deal with Astellas on antibiotic Mom's age linked to newborn's size Road traffic tied to poverty-stricken kids' asthma RELATED VIDEO Buy My Wardrobe, fashion recycling Japan sumo cancelled due to scandal Toyota : yen makes US market "tough" 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 BBC defends "Top Gear" jokes about Mexico Full Article Trabant tourist "tank" ready to roll through Berlin - 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