Morning Digest: GM CEO steps down on cusp of IPO filing

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Good Morning Bit, FRI 13 Aug 2010    GM CEO steps down on cusp of IPO filing Heavy rain and mudslides bring more misery to China Wall Street futures point to higher open India to target Google and Skype messaging next: report Few Chernobyl radiation risks from Russia fires Woods shows glimpses of former self at PGA Lindsay Lohan could see early release from rehab U.S. to commemorate WWII with "kiss-in" Jobless cast deeper shadow Fire in the Amazon rainforest Zardari in the flood zone TOP NEWS GM CEO steps down on cusp of IPO filing August 13, 2010 01:29 AM ET DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co Chief Executive Ed Whitacre resigned on Thursday in an abrupt shift that came as the automaker hit the homestretch in preparing a stock offering to pay back its controversial bailout. Full Article WORLD NEWS Heavy rain and mudslides bring more misery to China August 13, 2010 04:13 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - Heavy rain across western China has caused more mudslides and flooding, killing at least 29 people and trapping more than 10,500 in the latest natural disasters to hit the country, state media said on Friday. Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Wall Street futures point to higher open August 13, 2010 04:45 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 rise 0.5 to 0.6 percent, pointing to a stronger start on Wall Street on Friday. Full Article INTERNET NEWS India to target Google and Skype messaging next: report August 13, 2010 03:25 AM ET SINGAPORE (Reuters) - India may shut down Google and Skype Internet-based messaging services over security concerns, the Financial Times reported on Friday, as the government threatened a similar crackdown on BlackBerry services. Full Article SCIENCE NEWS Few Chernobyl radiation risks from Russia fires August 12, 2010 07:54 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Fears that fires scorching forests polluted by Chernobyl fallout may propel dangerous amounts of radioactivity into the air are overblown, scientists say, and the actual health risks are very small. Full Article SPORTS NEWS Woods shows glimpses of former self at PGA August 12, 2010 08:03 PM ET KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) - For a while at least, it was almost like old times for Tiger Woods on the opening day of the U.S. PGA Championship on Thursday. Full Article ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Lindsay Lohan could see early release from rehab August 12, 2010 06:10 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan, fresh out of jail on charges of violating her probation, may be released early from a court-ordered stint in drug and alcohol rehabilitation, a prosecutor said on Thursday. Full Article ODDLY ENOUGH NEWS U.S. to commemorate WWII with "kiss-in" August 12, 2010 01:57 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans will gather for a group "kiss-in" in Times Square and buglers across the country will play the military funeral tune "Taps" on Saturday in the first national day of remembrance for the World War Two generation. 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