Fwd: Before the Bell: Futures dip in face of technical resistance

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	05/20/2011
Good Morning John LATEST NEWS Futures dip in face of technical resistance NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday as Wall Street faced technical resistance after shares rose two days in a row. | Full Article Tepco chief quits after $15 billion loss on nuclear crisis May 20, 2011 07:24 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co reported a $15 billion net loss on Friday to account for the disaster at its Fukushima nuclear plant, marking the biggest loss in Japan by a non-financial company and prompting the firm to warn its future was uncertain. | Full Article Liberty Media offers $1 billion for Barnes & Noble May 19, 2011 09:00 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - John Malone's Liberty Media Corp has proposed to buy Barnes & Noble Inc for $1.02 billion, nine months after the largest U.S. bookstore chain put itself up for sale. | Full Article LinkedIn share price more than doubles in NYSE debut May 19, 2011 07:52 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - LinkedIn Corp's shares more than doubled in their public trading debut on Thursday, evoking memories of the investor love affair with Internet stocks during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. | Full Article BP cuts oil spill burden with $1 billion Mitsui deal May 20, 2011 06:40 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - BP struck a key victory in its battle to share the cost of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill when partner Mitsui & Co agreed on Friday to pay $1.1 billion toward the clean-up bill and possibly billions more in fines. | Full Article US TOP NEWS Netanyahu: U.S. "does not understand reality" May 20, 2011 07:49 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel said the United States "does not understand reality" as its leader arrived in Washington on Friday after President Barack Obama endorsed a longstanding Palestinian demand on borders of a future state. | Full Article Europeans race to nominate Strauss-Kahn successor May 20, 2011 07:26 AM ET BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - European leaders raced on Friday to nominate a successor for fallen IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn before a G8 summit in France next week, with French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde in pole position. | Full Article Pakistan Taliban says attacked U.S. consulate convoy May 20, 2011 07:57 AM ET PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban said on Friday it had attacked a U.S. consulate convoy in the volatile northwestern city of Peshawar, the latest assault in a surge of violence since U.S. forces killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden this month. | Full Article Gaddafi's fall from power inevitable, Obama says May 20, 2011 07:51 AM ET WASHINGTON/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Only Muammar Gaddafi's exit from power will allow Libya a democratic transition and the clock is ticking on his four-decade rule, U.S. President Barack Obama said. | Full Article Obama, in Arab outreach, shifts on Mideast peace May 20, 2011 07:20 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday backed a key Palestinian demand on the borders of a future state with Israel as part of his vision for a Middle East peace deal and sought to shape political change convulsing the region. | Full Article HEALTH NEWS Paralyzed man stands, steps after spine treatment McDonald's stockholders reject obesity proposal Study finds supplement may help pregnancy problem Few docs, hospitals exchanging patient information How many teens have "Internet addiction?" RELATED VIDEO Honda Civic in short supply in U.S. Acting IMF chief lays out strategy Strauss-Kahn granted $1 million bail 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 ODDLY ENOUGH In a first, Venezuela suspends driver's license Full Article Police comb city for mullet-wearing bandit "Planking" goes viral despite death, injury Obama 2012 using birth flap as fund-raising tool Students consider prostitution to pay for school? Bids soar for princess's "toilet seat" wedding hat - 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