(Reuters) Stock futures mixed open on Wall Street Tuesday, with futures for the S & P 500 fell 0.2 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.1 percent and Nasdaq 100 rose 0.1 percent by 0740 GMT.
* The Federal Open Market Committee begins two-day policy meeting in interest rates. Fed should try to push for lower long term interest rates this week much less expensive than a longer-term bonds in the portfolio, move known as' Operation Twist.
* Samsung Electronics Co <005930.KS> is considering legal action to ban sales of Apple's new iPhone, a source familiar with the matter said, what could be its most acute phase of Apple's claims to defend The South Korean company had copied its product designs.
* ICSC / Goldman Sachs to release chain store sales in the week ended Sept. 17 at 1145 GMT. In the previous week, sales rose 1.3 percent.
* Standard & Poor's cut its rating of Italy unsolicited one step, a surprising decision that increases tensions in the euro zone, said the debt and piles pressure on policy makers to take more decisive steps to resolve the crisis .
* International banks, said Monday that Greece has to reduce the public sector to avoid running out of money in a few weeks, when investors fearful political setbacks in Europe dumped risky assets in the euro area.
* Bank of China, a market maker of China's largest foreign exchange market, the country has ceased to trade swaps, forward contracts and currency of several European banks because of the debt crisis of development in Europe, three sources of direct information on the issue told Reuters on Tuesday.
* The Ministry of US Department of Commerce starts and permits for housing releases August 12:30 GMT. Economists expect an annualized rate of 590,000 to 604,000 starts in July, and a total of 590,000 permits in August from 601,000 the previous month.
* Securities regulators have sent challenges for hedge funds and trading companies, for possible insider trading probe before the U.S. government long-term rating was cut last month, the Wall Street Journal said, referring to those close to to each other.
* Large enterprises are reporting results from Oracle, ConAgra Foods, Adobe, and Carnival Corp.
* At 125 GMT, Redbook retail sales index for the release of his department and chain store sales in September compared to August. In sales last year grew by 0.2 percent.
* USA Trade officials will announce an enforcement action against big business in China on Tuesday, according to a note from the office of U.S. Trade Representative.
* U.S. reinsurer Transatlantic Holdings, which rejected a takeover bid by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, is the exploration of a "limited status quo" agreement with Validus Holdings, told the Wall Street Journal, referring to people familiar with the subject.
* President Barack Obama on Monday a plan to cut $ 3.6 trillion budget deficit of the United States in part by increasing taxes on the rich, but Republicans rejected a political expedient and clarified the proposal had little chance of becoming law.
* UBS AG CEO Oswald Grübel will seek a confidence vote at a meeting of the Board of Singapore plans to significantly reduce the investment banking division, which caused a loss of $ 2.3 billion due to transactions not authorized, a Swiss newspaper reported.
* European share turned positive in early trade as investors are hunting for bargains after sharp falls the previous session. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 <. FTEU3> of leading shares rose 0.4 percent. <. EU>
* Japan Nikkei <. N225> fell 1.6 percent after the market reopened after a holiday Monday.
* The Dow Jones <. DJI> fell 108.08 points Monday, or 0.94 percent, to 11,401.01. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <. SPX> dropped 11.92 points, or 0.98 percent, to 1204.09. The Nasdaq Composite Index <. IXIC> was down 9.48 points, or 0.36 percent, to 2612.83.
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