Diamond Foods Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co. have called off their $1.5 billion deal for Diamond to buy the Pringles brand. Cereal maker Kellogg Co. is swooping and made a $2.7 billion deal to purchase the brand.
NEW YORK — Stock futures are trading in a narrow range as the market tries to find footing after its worst two-day stretch since June.
President Barack Obama spooked the market after asking Congress for an overhaul that could restrict trading by big banks and limit their size.
The latest batch of earnings could provide a some support for investors looking to limit the recent damage. General Electric, Google and American Express are the latest companies that topped analysts' earnings estimates.
Dow Jones industrial average futures are down 10, or 0.1 percent, at 10,328. Standard & Poor's 500 index futures are down 0.80, or 0.1 percent, at 1,110.30, while Nasdaq 100 index futures is up 3.50, or 0.2 percent, at 1,844.50.
