Morning Digest: Brown says UK to maintain AAA credit rating

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Good Morning Bit, WED 10 Mar 2010    Brown says UK to maintain AAA credit rating UK's Miliband urges push for Afghan peace deal Stock futures signal higher open; Facet eyed U.S. weighing China Internet censorship case SpaceX aborts rocket engine test Woods practice reports set tour tongues wagging Bigelow's Oscars will change Hollywood, slowly Ex-president's body stolen for ransom, Cyprus says Business Update: Bullish birthday Letterman blackmailer pleads guilty Lindsay Lohan sues ETrade TOP NEWS Brown says UK to maintain AAA credit rating March 10, 2010 06:01 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday he believed Britain would maintain its coveted top credit rating and announced a pay freeze for top civil servants to help tame a record deficit. Full Article WORLD NEWS UK's Miliband urges push for Afghan peace deal March 09, 2010 10:39 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Afghans on Wednesday to push energetically for a peace settlement with Taliban insurgents and said Afghanistan's neighbors must support such an agreement. Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Stock futures signal higher open; Facet eyed March 10, 2010 05:14 AM ET (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.07 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.09 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.25 percent. Full Article INTERNET NEWS U.S. weighing China Internet censorship case March 10, 2010 12:55 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is studying whether it can legally challenge Chinese Internet restrictions that hurt Google and other U.S. companies operating in China, but direct talks with Beijing might yield faster results, the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday. Full Article SCIENCE NEWS SpaceX aborts rocket engine test March 09, 2010 10:06 PM ET CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station. Full Article SPORTS NEWS Woods practice reports set tour tongues wagging March 09, 2010 09:57 PM ET MIAMI (Reuters) - Media reports that Tiger Woods is working with his swing coach Hank Haney have leading golfers talking of a possible return to action for the world number one. Full Article ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Bigelow's Oscars will change Hollywood, slowly March 09, 2010 08:41 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow wrapped her fingers around that little golden man called Oscar on Sunday and cracked one of Hollywood's glass ceilings, but truly shattering it may take more time. Full Article ODDLY ENOUGH NEWS Ex-president's body stolen for ransom, Cyprus says March 09, 2010 01:06 PM ET NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus said Tuesday ransom was the motive of thieves who stole the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, found in a shallow grave Monday three months after it disappeared from its tomb. Full Article   REUTERS www.reuters.com Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book.Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Send this mailing to a friend or colleague Reuters.com: Help and Contact Us | Advertise With Us | Mobile | Newsletters | RSS | Interactive TV | Labs | Reuters in Second Life | Archive | Site Index | Video Index Thomson Reuters Corporate: Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy | Professional Products | Professional Products Support | About Thomson Reuters | Careers