U.S. stock futures edge up, focus on M&A
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Shares on Wall Street are expected to open higher on Tuesday, taking a cue from a strong performance in European and Asian markets, while bid talk takes the top slot in a thin day for company events.
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Stock index futures rose before the  start of Wall Street trading on Tuesday, with financial stocks  likely to be in focus after news of further write-downs on  risky assets at two big European banks.
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Stock index futures rose on Thursday,  indicating the rally on Wall Street may continue for a fourth  consecutive day as investors focused on fresh jobs data and  kept a close eye on the struggling financial sector.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher  market open on Monday, bouncing back from fresh 2005 lows hit  on Friday, as investors buy up beaten down shares and expect  strong earnings American Express Co. AXP.N.
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Stock futures edged higher on Thursday, boosted by takeover news, but investors were cautious before economic data that could give clues on the outlook for interest rates.
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Wall Street was poised to start a  shortened session higher on Tuesday, helped by the latest  takeover news and before data on the manufacturing and housing  sectors.
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Stock index futures rose on Monday in the final trading session of the year with little on the corporate agenda and ahead of existing home sales data.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a flat to slightly higher open on Wall Street on Thursday, with technology shares poised to rise after Apple Inc.  and Cisco Systems Inc.  ended a trademark battle.
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Dow Jones futures rose 37 points recently, while Nasdaq futures climbed 6 points and Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s futures edged up 3.60 points.
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Wall Street was set to start a  shortened session higher on Tuesday, helped by the latest  merger and acquisition news and before data on the  manufacturing and housing sectors.
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Stock futures edged higher on Friday, with technology shares set to gain after Microsoft Corp.  raised its profit outlook, but record oil prices could spur caution.
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U.S. stock futures inched higher on Tuesday, pointing to a higher market open, after strong profits from Tyco International Ltd.  and other companies boosted optimism about company profits, and a jump in oil prices pushed up shares of Exxon Mobil Corp. .
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European stock markets edged higher in early deals, with trading volatile owing to key futures and options expiries in Europe and the United States, dealers said.
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U.S. stock futures nudged higher on   Wednesday with the Dow Jones industrial average within 100   points of a record high after marking its second-highest close   ever in the last session.
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Stock futures edged up on Monday as bargain hunters sought beaten-down shares after Friday's sell-off on disappointing earnings from bellwether companies such as Caterpillar Inc. .
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Wall Street stocks are set for a slightly higher start on Thursday with a report on the services sector and employment data the likely trading focus.
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S&P 500 stock index futures pointed to  a higher opening on Monday, with stocks attempting to squeeze  out some gains on the last trading day of 2007, but data on  existing home sales could limit any advance.