Morning Digest: BP boss in MidEast talks as relief well advances

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Good Morning Bit, WED 07 Jul 2010    BP boss in MidEast talks as relief well advances Obama urges direct Middle East peace talks soon Stock futures signal dip along with world stocks Borders launches e-bookstore U.S. songbirds carry low-risk bird flu, study finds Germany and Spain in fight for final Distraught Lindsay Lohan sentenced to 90 days jail Motorists hit jackpot with coins on highway Heat wave hits U.S. Northeast Britain's Queen returns to the U.N. Lindsay Lohan gets 90 days in jail TOP NEWS BP boss in MidEast talks as relief well advances July 07, 2010 05:55 AM ET ABU DHABI/HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP's boss met officials from an Abu Dhabi state fund on Wednesday as hopes for fresh investment and progress toward closing a leaking U.S. oil well lifted the company's battered shares. Full Article WORLD NEWS Obama urges direct Middle East peace talks soon July 06, 2010 06:24 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama urged Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday to resume direct peace talks by September and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised "concrete steps" to clear the way. Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Stock futures signal dip along with world stocks July 07, 2010 04:22 AM ET (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Wednesday after the previous session's tepid gains, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.2 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.3 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.4 percent at 4 a.m. EDT. Full Article INTERNET NEWS Borders launches e-bookstore July 07, 2010 02:08 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Borders Group Inc's electronic bookstore went live on Wednesday and the head of its bookselling business predicted that it would quickly catch up with rivals and win a piece of the fast growing e-books sector. Full Article SCIENCE NEWS U.S. songbirds carry low-risk bird flu, study finds July 06, 2010 05:39 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Songbirds such as sparrows and thrushes carry various forms of bird flu and could potentially spread the viruses to pigs and poultry, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. Full Article SPORTS NEWS Germany and Spain in fight for final July 07, 2010 05:24 AM ET JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Germany and Spain do battle on Wednesday for the right to meet the Netherlands in the World Cup final, in a semi widely expected to be one of the most exciting clashes of the tournament. Full Article ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Distraught Lindsay Lohan sentenced to 90 days jail July 06, 2010 09:08 PM ET BEVERLY HILLS (Reuters) - A distraught Lindsay Lohan was sentenced to 90 days in jail on Tuesday after a judge ruled that she had violated her probation by missing a string of alcohol education classes imposed for a 2007 drunk driving arrest. Full Article ODDLY ENOUGH NEWS Motorists hit jackpot with coins on highway July 06, 2010 10:48 AM ET ROME (Reuters) - It wasn't exactly pennies from heaven but it was perhaps the next best thing: a truck carrying 2.5 million euros in coins overturned on a highway in southern Italy and motorists picked up the money like mushrooms. 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