* Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJc1 up 0.1 percent; futures for the S&P 500 SPc1 down 0.2 percent and those for the Nasdaq NDc1 down 1.4 percent, pointing to a mostly lower open on Wall Street on Thursday. * Initial weekly jobless claims, due at 1330 GMT, are likely to show a slight fall of 3,000 to 585,000, ahead of the all-important non-farm payrolls data on Friday. Among other economic reports, durable goods data is due at 1500 GMT. * Retailers such as Wal-Mart (WMT.N) will report January sales. Cereal maker Kellogg (K.N) and financial services provider MasterCard MA are among companies reporting results, with fourth-quarter numbers due before the market opens. * Shares in Cisco Systems (CSCO.O) fell 4 percent in after-hours trade after chief executive John Chambers forecast revenue would drop far more sharply in the current quarter than Wall Street expected, and said the network equipment maker was cutting up to 2,000 jobs. * Shares in Visa Inc (V.N) rose 7.3 percent in after-hours trade after the world's largest credit card network posted higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Wednesday as consumers used their cards more and the company cut expenses. * Prudential Financial Inc (PRU.N) fell 3.6 percent to $25.39 after the bell on Wednesday following the bank's 2008 results. * Pulte Homes (PHM.N) fell 3 percent to $10.50 after the bell on Wednesday following the company's fourth-quarter results. * U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday as a glum profit forecast from Kraft Foods (KFT.N) signalled consumers were skimping even on the basics, and investors worried that government efforts to rescue banks could wipe out their shareholders. * The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 1.5 percent, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX shed 0.8 percent and the Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC dipped 0.1 percent. (Reporting by Brian Gorman, editing by Will Waterman)

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