Reuters - Stock futures pointed to a lower market open on Thursday as the technology sector remains under pressure after Alcatel-Lucent slashed its revenue outlook.

Reuters - A global credit crisis has increased the threat to growth, the European Central Bank said on Thursday, as G7 governments asked for a report on the genesis of the turmoil for next month's meeting of finance chiefs.

Reuters - The U.S. economy will be penalized by the current crisis in credit markets but the overall outlook was still benign, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in a newspaper interview published on Thursday.