U.S. Top News Early Edition: Fitch sees risk of Greece, U.S. debt defaults

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	06/21/2011
Good Morning Omss LATEST NEWS Fitch sees risk of Greece, U.S. debt defaults SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday that it would regard a voluntary rollover of Greece's sovereign bond maturities as a default and would cut the credit rating appropriately, keeping pressure on Athens ahead of a confidence vote in parliament. | Full Article Greece faces vote crucial to avoid default June 21, 2011 09:03 AM ET ATHENS (Reuters) - Prime Minister George Papandreou's cabinet faces a confidence vote late on Tuesday, the first of three tests the Greek government must survive to avert the euro zone's first sovereign default. | Full Article Geithner says government will avoid default crisis June 21, 2011 08:52 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday policymakers would make a deal on the budget in time to avert a crisis when the government exhausts its legal capacity to borrow this summer. | Full Article Huntsman enters 2012 race, pledges "hard decisions" June 21, 2011 09:14 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Jon Huntsman, President Barack Obama's former ambassador to China, will say the country must make "hard decisions" to deal with its debt on Tuesday as he formally enters his party's 2012 presidential nomination race. | Full Article U.S. unveils graphic tobacco warning labels June 21, 2011 09:05 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dead bodies, diseased lungs and a man on a ventilator were among the graphic images for revamped tobacco labels unveiled on Tuesday by U.S. health officials. | Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Wall Street opens up on Greece plan optimism June 21, 2011 09:37 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks opened higher on Tuesday as expectations grew that a default of Greek debt could be avoided and sovereign risk in other euro zone countries could be contained. | Full Article Walgreen deal with PBM to end, shares down June 21, 2011 08:29 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drugstore chain operator Walgreen Co said it was unable to renew an important contract with a major pharmacy benefits manager and faces continued pressure from government reimbursement policies, sending its shares down nearly 4 percent in premarket trading. | Full Article RIM starts handing out layoff notices, report says June 21, 2011 08:56 AM ET TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has started to hand out layoff notices after it said on Friday it would cut an unspecified number of jobs, a local newspaper said on Tuesday. | Full Article Ford exec says June auto sales could top May levels June 21, 2011 09:24 AM ET DEARBORN, Michigan (Reuters) - June auto sales are on track to at least meet and perhaps exceed May levels, a top Ford Motor Co executive told reporters on Tuesday. | Full Article Barnes & Noble results hurt by Borders bankruptcy June 21, 2011 09:36 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc reported a deeper-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday as the largest U.S. bookstore chain came under pressure from the going-out-of-business sales of bankrupt rival Borders Group Inc, and its shares fell about 2 percent. | Full Article HEALTH NEWS Indiana Planned Parenthood to drop Medicaid patients Scarlet fever kills second child in Hong Kong, epidemic to peak Medicare preventive care use still spotty Doctors reaffirm insurance responsibility stance No vitamin D screening in pregnancy: committee RELATED VIDEO NATO comments on air strikes Syrian TV airs pro-Assad rallies Bombs kill 21 at Iraqi governor's house 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 Village bites into snake business Full Article Thousands in Portland take to bikes for naked ride Erection-boosting condom gets EU backing U.S. air passenger arrested in saggy pants dispute Airport geese to be cooked for poor - 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