Stock futures point up; hope for First Data deal
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Stock index futures indicated the market could rebound on Monday after the previous session's plunge as a major buyout deal looked set to advance.
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U.S. stock index futures suggested a slightly higher open for Wall Street on Tuesday as news of planned takeovers added to optimism about the outlook for equities after the long holiday weekend.
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Stock futures edged higher on Thursday as results from mobile phone maker Motorola Inc  and data storage equipment maker EMC Corp  helped sentiment about earnings.
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U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday as investors bet that data on new home sales would strengthen the case for further interest rate cuts to ease the toll of the housing slump on the economy.
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Stock futures rose early Tuesday,  pointing to a higher market open, lifted by  better-than-expected earnings and outlook from IBM and a  further decline in oil prices.
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Stock futures rose on Friday, pointing  to a higher market open, after U.S. employment data came in  slightly lower than expected.
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Stock index futures rose ahead of the start of Wall Street trading, with all eyes on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting later in the week as the corporate and economic data calendars for Monday look thin.
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U.S. stock futures rose on Friday as   oil prices slipped and investors awaited personal spending and   other economic data, a day after the blue-chip Dow rose briefly   above its closing record high.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher  market open on Wednesday, bouncing back from the previous  session's fall, after computer and printer maker  Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N reported better-than-expected  earnings and the announcement of a major retail merger.
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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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Stock index futures edged up before the start of Wall Street trading on Wednesday with all eyes on retail sales data for clues about the health of the U.S. economy and the Federal Reserve's next monetary policy move.
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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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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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U.S. stock futures rose on Friday,  pointing to a higher market open, after monthly employment data  assured investors that the Federal Reserve was unlikely to  raise interest rates aggressively.
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U.S. stocks look set to open higher on Wednesday as technology shares could be boosted by Dell's  better-than-expected third-quarter results, while investors awaited key U.S. macro economic data.
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Stocks were expected to open higher on Tuesday as news of proposed mergers and acquisitions underpinned optimism about the equities outlook after the holiday weekend.
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U.S. stock futures soared on Friday,  indicating the market would open higher, after October jobs  data showed a higher-than-expected increase, a positive sign  for U.S. economic growth.