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Futures on major U.S. indices point to a flat opening on Thursday ahead of economic data including weekly jobless claims

Political discord in Greece, voters punishing German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, lower euro zone manufacturing output and China freeing up cash for lending all contributed to a global stocks slide as investors pursued the safe havens of government debt and the dollar.

European stocks plunged Monday as fears that Greece will leave the euro zone turned into a virtual consensus about the debt-choked nation's departure. The downdraft also hammered U.S. stocks, which opened sharply lower.

Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex lost more than 100 points Monday afternoon trade as the slump in European markets and a worse-than-expected inflation for April hit the markets hard.

U.S. and European stocks as well as commodities fell hard Tuesday on worries about the effect of a possible Greek departure from the euro zone.

Futures on major US stock indices point to a lower opening Tuesday as growing concerns over political instability in Greece weighed on sentiment.

Analysts at Citigroup are slashing their estimates regarding just how much mining companies globally will spend this year, suggesting the industry is headed for a substantial slowdown, the Financial Times is reporting.

Futures on major US stock indices point to a lower opening Monday after key elections in Europe showed that voters rejected pro-austerity governments.

European stocks plunged Friday on fears a victory by the Socialist candidate in France's presidential election could upend prospects of setting the continent's second-largest economy on a sound footing.

Futures on major U.S. stock indices point to a higher opening ahead of key U.S. monthly nonfarm payrolls and unemployment data from the government.

Thursday's mixed economic reports on the U.S. economy kept a lid on stocks and focused the attention of traders and investors on the end-of-the-week nonfarm payrolls report, causing stocks to retreat and the euro to slide.

Futures on major U.S. indices point to a higher opening on Thursday ahead of economic data including weekly jobless claims.

A disappointing ADP Employer Services jobs report issued Wednesday, which showed a still-sluggish U.S. job market, drove U.S. and European markets down and signaled that a key report on employment at the end of the week could be grim.

Futures on major U.S. indices point to a lower opening on Wednesday as investors awaited data on the U.S. private sector jobs market from payroll processing firm ADP.

Rupert Murdoch is unfit to run a major international company, British lawmakers said on Tuesday, finding him responsible for a culture of illegal phone hacking that has convulsed his News Corporation media empire.

Futures on major US stock indices point to a lower opening Monday ahead of economic data including core PCE price index and Chicago PMI.

Futures on major US stock indices remained range-bound Friday ahead of the release of the economic data, which include key GDP figures.

Futures on major US stock indices point to higher opening on Wednesday ahead of the US Federal Reserve?s meeting and durable goods order data.

Over the past three decades, South Korea has catapulted itself from Third World-caliber poverty to becoming a technologically superior economic powerhouse.

Futures on major US stock indices point to a higher opening Tuesday ahead of key new home sales data and corporate earnings.

European and U.S. equities fell hard Monday on concerns about the possibility that a Socialist could become France's head of state and reverse current austerity initiatives as well as downbeat European fiscal and economic data.