Futures mixed but Microsoft to boost tech shares
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Stock futures were mixed on Friday, with technology shares set to gain after Microsoft Corp.  raised its profit outlook, but record oil prices could weigh on the broad market.
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NEW YORK, October 22  - Microsoft Corporation (MSFT.NAS) has projected its current quarter sales below the Wall Street expectations, since the company&#39;s customers are likely to delay some contract agreements.
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Microsoft Corp.&#39;s quarterly earnings rose 11 percent over the comparable quarter last year, but projections for the current quarter were mixed.
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U.S. stock futures rose to morning  highs on Friday, indicating the market would open slightly  higher, after better-than-forecast earnings from Web search  company Google Inc. sparked tech shares.
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U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, helped  by technology shares Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O, which touched a  2 1/2 year high, and Intel Corp. INTC.O as well as a  resumption of falling oil prices.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a  slightly higher market open on Friday ahead of an economic  report, helped by Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT.O earnings and news  that Procter & Gamble Co. PG.N will buy Gillette Co. G.N to  form a consumer products powerhouse.
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U.S. stocks were higher on Thursday,  helped by technology shares like Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O and  Intel Corp. INTC.O, which received a brokerage upgrade, and  crude oil prices dropping below $48 a barrel.
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Stock futures pointed to a mixed  opening on Thursday ahead of a slew of earnings and with  technology stocks in focus after Cisco Systems'  grim  outlook fuelled recession fears.
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U.S. stock market index futures pointed to a mixed start on Wall Street on Thursday as investors look ahead to results from Microsoft , AT&T  and Amgen  and fresh labor market data.
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Stocks futures were mixed on Friday,  indicating a similar start on Wall Street, with further  corporate earnings and key U.S. growth data due later.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher open on Thursday, with support seen from solid earnings and a likely rise in tech shares after a management reshuffle at Dell Inc.  sent the computer maker's stock soaring.
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U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday after Oracle Corp. and Nike Inc. reported financial results that topped forecasts, but volatility was likely to be high.
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Technology shares edged higher on   Monday, but the broader market was largely unchanged, with   gains in tech bellwethers such as Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O   offsetting a sell-off in mining and energy stocks as commodity   prices slid.
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Technology stocks looked set to rise on  Wall Street on Friday following Microsoft's  earnings  after Thursday's bell, while concern about earnings and the  economic outlook would likely weigh on blue chips.
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stock futures pointed to a flat to slightly higher open on Friday, with technology shares likely to underpin gains after a broker upgrade of Intel Corp. , but investors were cautious ahead of key inflation data.
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Stock futures pointed to a mixed start on Wall Street on Monday as investors awaited a report on June manufacturing activity.
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Stock index futures rose on Friday, buoyed by strong earnings from Microsoft Corp and as a speedy agreement on a U.S. economic stimulus package helped boost investor confidence.