Reuters - Stock index futures were little changed on Wednesday as investors bet that Washington would provide much needed aid for the beleaguered automakers, including to General Motors , offsetting worries about the deepening global economic slump.
Reuters - Shares of Dow component General Motors surged in premarket trade on Wednesday as investors bet that a government bailout was increasingly likely.
Reuters - The British economy will shrink sharply next year and inflation will tumble, the Bank of England predicted on Wednesday, suggesting that it will cut interest rates even below their current half-century low.
AP - Russia may have to tap into rainy-day reserves of billions of dollars to help state finances through the economic crisis and declining oil profits, the country's finance minister said Wednesday.