Reuters.com: Before the Bell: Futures dip as euro slides

LATEST NEWS Futures dip as euro slides NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell in light Wednesday trading, pressured by a decline in the euro and by rising Italian bond yields. | Full Article Italian yields ease after bond auction December 14, 2011 07:02 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Italian government bond yields eased on Wednesday after the country sold 3 billion euros of five-year debt in the first longer-term auction since the European Union took steps towards greater fiscal integration last week. | Full Article Pressure for more ECB action after summit falls short December 14, 2011 07:25 AM ET PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Pressure mounted on Wednesday for the European Central Bank to intervene more decisively after financial markets judged that yet another EU summit had failed to resolve the euro zone's debt crisis. | Full Article Analysis: China's $300 billion fund a wake-up call to U.S. December 14, 2011 07:56 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - China's plan for a new $300 billion sovereign wealth fund is as much a warning to Washington as it is a body blow to Brussels. | Full Article Olympus reveals $1 billion balance sheet hit, stirs merger talk December 14, 2011 07:26 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp ironed out its crooked accounts on Wednesday after a 13-year fraud, with a $1.1 billion dent in its balance sheet triggering speculation it will need to merge, sell assets or raise capital to repair its finances. | Full Article

US TOP NEWS Gingrich worse against Obama than Romney: Reuters/Ipsos poll December 14, 2011 01:08 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich holds a 10-point lead in the fight for the Republican presidential nomination, but he would fare worse against President Barack Obama than Republican Mitt Romney, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. | Full Article MF's Corzine said to know of customer fund misuse December 13, 2011 09:41 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The regulatory arm of CME Group has turned over interviews to the Justice Department that allege former MF Global chief Jon Corzine knew that the now-bankrupt brokerage firm used customer money to lend to a European affiliate, a CME executive said on Tuesday. | Full Article China makes growth guarantee against grim global economy December 14, 2011 05:35 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - China pledged to guarantee growth in the face of an "extremely grim" outlook for the global economy in 2012, rounding off its annual policy-setting conference on Wednesday with a series of commitments to deliver economic stability. | Full Article Belgian gunman killed cleaning woman before attack December 14, 2011 07:51 AM ET LIEGE, Belgium (Reuters) - Belgian investigators found the apparent first victim of a gunman who attacked Christmas shoppers and schoolchildren in the city of Liege, and expressed bafflement on Wednesday over why a small-time criminal turned into a multiple killer. | Full Article Islamists pursue gains in Egypt's phased election December 14, 2011 07:41 AM ET CAIRO (Reuters) - Rival Islamist groups sought more gains in the second round of Egypt's parliamentary election on Wednesday, with liberals also fighting for a voice in an army-led transition that began with the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. |Full Article

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