Before the Bell: Stock futures higher ahead of payrolls report

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	04/1/2011
Good Morning Pan LATEST NEWS Stock futures higher ahead of payrolls report NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were higher on Friday ahead of an employment report expected to show that the economy continued to add jobs. | Full Article Employment seen solid in March, jobless rate steady April 01, 2011 07:12 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employment likely posted a second straight month of solid gains in March, marking a decisive shift in the labor market that should help to underpin the economic recovery. | Full Article Nasdaq, ICE make rival bid for NYSE Euronext April 01, 2011 07:38 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX and IntercontinentalExchange unveiled a rival bid to buy NYSE Euronext for about $11.3 billion in cash and stock, a 19 percent premium to an offer made by German competitor Deutsche Boerse. | Full Article EU files tactical appeal in Boeing trade spat April 01, 2011 07:42 AM ET GENEVA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union filed an appeal against an aircraft subsidies ruling on Friday just hours after calling it a victory, a tactical move in a transatlantic game of global trade chess. | Full Article World factories buoyant as price pressures rising April 01, 2011 06:11 AM ET LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) - Factories in Europe eased off the accelerator last month but Chinese and Indian manufacturers bumped up production, so far unscathed by Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, surveys showed on Friday. | Full Article US TOP NEWS Libyan rebels move on oil town April 01, 2011 07:51 AM ET AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels moved heavier weaponry toward the oil town of Brega on Friday and sought to marshal rag-tag units into a more disciplined force to regain momentum against Muammar Gaddafi's regular army. | Full Article Japan PM vows funding to tackle long nuclear crisis April 01, 2011 07:42 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Friday he was ready for a long fight to bring a quake-hit nuclear plant under control but was convinced Japan would overcome the world's worst nuclear crisis since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. | Full Article Special report: The West's unwanted war in Libya April 01, 2011 07:25 AM ET PARIS (Reuters) - It is a war that Barack Obama didn't want, David Cameron didn't need, Angela Merkel couldn't cope with and Silvio Berlusconi dreaded. | Full Article Ouattara forces fighting around Gbagbo residence April 01, 2011 07:22 AM ET ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara's forces battled loyalists of his rival Laurent Gbagbo near his Abidjan residence on Friday, having seized control of state television overnight. | Full Article Pro-Saleh rallies vie with opposition for Yemeni support April 01, 2011 07:41 AM ET SANAA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters, both for and against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, took to the streets of Yemen's capital on Friday in a bid to draw the larger crowd as both sides struggle to revive talks to decide his fate. | Full Article HEALTH NEWS U.S. Medicare rules seek improved care, lower costs Midwife shortage costs over a million lives worldwide: report Half a million die from smoking yearly in U.S. Colorado man charged in toddler's death from overdose Imperfections mar hopes for reprogrammed stem cells RELATED VIDEO Japan tries to steer back to normal China's capitalism lab looks West Ford eyes southeast Asian growth 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 Thieves steal diamonds worth millions from fair Full Article Struggling stewardess exposed euro coin fraud ring Rubber duck search leads to high seas yarn Coloring book used in jail drug smuggling scheme FBI probes possible bullet hole in plane Unusual sleepovers to preserve former slave homes - 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