Business Today: Stock futures extend losses after NY Fed

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	10/17/2011
Good Morning Aron LATEST NEWS Stock futures extend losses after NY Fed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures extended losses on Monday after the New York Federal Reserve said a gauge of manufacturing in New York State contracted for the fifth month in a row in October. | Full Article Citigroup third-quarter net rises, boosted by accounting gain October 17, 2011 08:34 AM ET (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc reported higher third-quarter earnings on Monday as the bank set aside less money to cover bad loans and recorded an accounting gain banks can take in turbulent markets. | Full Article Insight: Running Chinese finance, a different kind of banker October 17, 2011 07:16 AM ET HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - The chairman of the world's most valuable bank was once a good communist, learning from the peasants in a collectivist commune in Jiangxi province and working to raise coal production as a teenage miner in Henan during the tumult of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution. | Full Article Shale gas helps Halliburton profit beat Street October 17, 2011 07:41 AM ET (Reuters) - Halliburton Co , the world's second-largest oilfield services company, posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday as more drillers tapped its expertise in extracting gas from U.S. shale rock. | Full Article Berlin dampens summit hopes, banks under pressure October 17, 2011 08:24 AM ET DUESSELDORF, Germany/LONDON (Reuters)- - Germany lowered expectations on Monday of a breakthrough in the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis, saying a weekend summit of EU leaders would not produce a definitive solution, in comments that pushed down the euro and European stocks. | Full Article US TOP NEWS Obama jobs roadshow seeks to tap anti-Wall St anger October 17, 2011 01:10 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek to tap into public anger at Wall Street excess to turn up the heat on congressional Republicans as he embarks on a campaign-style bus tour on Monday to rally support for his stalled jobs package. | Full Article Kinder Morgan to buy El Paso for $21 billion October 16, 2011 09:38 PM ET NEW YORK/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Kinder Morgan Inc struck a $21 billion deal to buy rival El Paso Corp, combining the two largest natural gas pipeline operators in North America in a huge bet on the fast-growing market for that fuel. | Full Article Iran says happy to examine U.S. plot allegations October 17, 2011 08:22 AM ET TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it would examine "seriously and patiently" U.S. allegations it planned to assassinate a Saudi ambassador and called on Washington to send evidence of the plot it has dismissed as baseless propaganda. | Full Article Philips TV deal at risk, plans 4,500 job cuts October 17, 2011 08:15 AM ET (Reuters) - Philips Electronics has all but abandoned hope of selling its TV business by the end of the year, leaving a question mark over how quickly it can divest its loss-making problem child. | Full Article BP gets $4 billion from Anadarko for oil spill costs October 17, 2011 07:56 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - BP has accepted a $4 billion payment from partner Anadarko Petroleum toward the Gulf of Mexico oil spill clean-up, far less than it might have won in court, but a deal that could reduce the overall cost of the disaster for the British group. | Full Article HEALTH NEWS Smoking linked to earlier menopause: study Ailing and overweight Americans cost billions in productivity Consider ADHD starting at age four: doctor group Imagined smells can precede migraines - study Women seen key to solving hunger issues in Africa RELATED VIDEO No escape: Australia's economy faces buffeting UK gov't needs to focus on jobs, housing taxes: ITEM Club Asian stocks up on EU "grand plan" 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 Artist can paint nude models only after dark Full Article Pastor accused of cashing dead teacher's pension checks Hilary Swank "deeply regrets" attending Chechen party - 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