Morning Digest: Stock futures signal retreat for equities

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	08/12/2011
Good Morning Bit LATEST NEWS Stock futures signal retreat for equities NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a weaker open on Wall Street on Friday after sharp gains in the previous session, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 down 0.8 to 0.9 percent. | Full Article UK's Cameron under pressure over cuts after riots August 12, 2011 03:40 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron is under growing pressure to abandon plans to cut police funding, part of the government's austerity drive, after the worst looting and rioting in decades hit cities across England. | Full Article Europe short-selling ban papers over policy cracks August 12, 2011 05:18 AM ET PARIS/MILAN (Reuters) - A piecemeal ban on short-selling of financial stocks highlighted flaws in euro zone policy and investors said relief for bank stocks would be temporary in the absence of co-ordinated action by Europe's governments. | Full Article German court sets Samsung, Apple hearing for Aug 25 August 12, 2011 04:20 AM ET FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Korean company Samsung Electronics will go to a German court on August 25 to try to overturn a ban on it selling flagship Galaxy tablets in most of the European Union. | Full Article Woman mauled by chimp shows new face in first photo August 11, 2011 02:22 PM ET BOSTON (Reuters) - A woman who underwent a full face transplant in May after being mauled by a chimpanzee in 2009 revealed her new face in a photo released on Thursday. | Full Article Special Report: Soccer's new goal: kick the spending habit August 12, 2011 05:48 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Talk about inflation. In 1977, when English soccer club Liverpool sold two-time European player of the year Kevin Keegan to Hamburg they charged the German club a 500,000 pound transfer fee. | Full Article James Cameron gives Hollywood 3D advice: try harder August 11, 2011 01:53 PM ET RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Since director James Cameron's "Avatar" raked in $2.8 billion at global box offices, Hollywood has flooded theaters with wave after wave of 3D movies, but some industry watchers wonder if theatergoers are now drowning in it. | Full Article Tarantula fright at rail station August 11, 2011 12:08 PM ET BERLIN (Reuters) - A tarantula gave officials at Berlin's crowded Ostbahnhof rail station a scare when it crawled out of a bag left on a train, police said on Thursday. | Full Article RELATED VIDEO The Explainer: What the debt downgrade really means U.S. pledes 17 mln dlrs more for Africa famine Following the bouncing market 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 - 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