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Empresas y finanzas

Wall Street futures mixed


    (Reuters) - Stock futures for the Dow Jones industrial average are up 0.6 percent and for the S&P 500 up 0.3 percent; Nasdaq 100 futures indicated down 1 percent.

    Highlights:

    * On the company earnings front, investors are focusing on numbers from package delivery group FedEx and world No. 3 software maker Oracle . Other companies to report are cruise ship operator Carnival Corp, Discover Financial Services and home builder Lennar Corporation.

    * Oracle is expected to report that new software license sales fell 0.38 percent from a year ago to $1.66 billion during the quarter ended Nov 30, according to the average from a Reuters poll.

    * Initial jobless claims at 8:30 a.m. EST, expected to fall to 558,000 from 573,000, and the Philadelphia Fed business outlook index at 1500, are the main macro events

    * Take Two Interactive Software , a video game published, posted a quarterly loss and issued a 2009 forecast that fell short of expectations, sending its Frankfurt-listed shares down 16 percent.

    * Goldman Sachs cut its global automotive production and sales forecasts, citing a sharp deterioration in the operating environment for automobile companies.

    * The Wall Street Journal said 14 technology companies were joining forces and seeking $1 billion to build a plant to make advanced batteries for electrical cars.

    (Reporting by Sitaraman Shankar; Editing by Hans Peters)