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 * Talks between Greece and its international creditors stumbled,
with euro zone finance ministers accusing the country of refusing to
compromise ahead of a deadline next week when an International
Monetary Fund loan of $1.8 billion comes due.
* Wall Street closed lower on Wednesday as it took cues from the
latest situation in Greece, with all 10 major S&P 500 sectors
closing in the red.
* Investors will continue to keep an eye on data due today for signs
of a recovery in the U.S. economy, which came to a crawl in the
first quarter, as the Federal Reserve prepares to raise interest
rates for the first time in almost a decade.
* The U.S. Commerce Department releases reading for May consumer
spending growth and data for personal income, which is likely to
have increased 0.5 percent from 0.4 percent in April. The data is
expected at 8:30 a.m. ET.
* Weekly unemployment numbers are expected to have increased to a
seasonally adjusted 272,000 last week from 267,000 the previous
week.
* Financial firm Markit releases its Purchasing Managers Index for
June at 9:45 a.m. ET, which is expected to have increased slightly
to 56.7 from 56.2 in May.
* Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo is scheduled to speak at
an economics conference in New York at 8 a.m. ET, while Fed Governor
Jerome Powell will speak before the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
City, in Kansas City, Missouri.
* Barnes & Noble <BKS.N> shares slumped 27.8 percent at $19 in
premarket trading ahead of the company's quarterly results.
* Molycorp <MCP.N> fell 24.2 percent to 27 cents after the rare
earths miner filed for bankruptcy protection to restructure $1.7
billion of debt.
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* Cree <CREE.O> fell 5.4 percent to $28.90, a day after the company
cut its revenue forecast for the fourth quarter.
* Winnebago Industries <WGO.N> rose 3 percent to $21.32. after the
motorhomes maker reported a 7.6 pct rise in quarterly revenue helped
by higher shipments of its motorhomes.
Futures snapshot at 7:10 a.m. ET:
* S&P 500 e-minis <ESc1> were up 10.5 points, or 0.5 percent, with
150,568 contracts traded.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis <NQc1> were up 21.75 points, or 0.48 percent,
on volume of 28,325 contracts.
* Dow e-minis <1YMc1> were up 95 points, or 0.53 percent, with
26,917 contracts changing hands.
(Editing by Don Sebastian)
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