By Chuck Mikolajczak
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday, putting the S&P on track to snap a two-session losing streak after a flurry of corporate earnings reports.
* Travelers Cos Inc
* Fellow Dow components Verizon Communications Inc
* Verizon said its quarterly revenue rose 3.4 percent, slightly ahead of Wall Street estimates as it added more subscribers than expected at its Verizon Wireless venture with Vodafone Group Plc
* According to Thomson Reuters data, earnings for the fourth quarter are expected to grow 7 percent over the prior year. Of the 45 companies in the benchmark S&P index that have reported through Friday, 49 percent have topped analyst expectations, below both the long-term average of 63 percent and the average over the past four quarters of 66 percent.
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* As the Federal Reserve has embarked on its plan to reduce economic stimulus, investors will closely monitor corporate profits for signs of growth. About eight companies have issued negative outlooks for every positive one, which would mark the lowest ratio on record should it continue.
* S&P 500 e-mini futures gained 6.5 points and were above fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures rose 74 points and Nasdaq 100 futures added 18.75 points.
* Forest Laboratories Inc
* Delta Air Lines Inc
* China's Lenovo Group Ltd <0992.HK> has resumed talks to buy IBM's low-end server unit, a source familiar with the matter said, a purchase that would bolster its efforts to diversify beyond a shrinking PC market.
* Anheuser-Busch InBev SA
* Alcoa Inc
(Editing by Bernadette Baum and Nick Zieminski)