Stock futures rise before Fed; Oracle jumps
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U.S. stock futures rose on Wednesday   amid optimism the Federal Reserve will leave interest rates   unchanged and after strong profit reports from software maker   Oracle Corp. ORCL.O and investment bank Morgan Stanley
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U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday,   indicating stocks may open higher and extend Wednesday's gains,   as the Federal Reserve's pause in raising
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Oil futures rose as high as $80.50 and other energy futures rose today on expectations the Fed will cut the benchmark federal funds rate.
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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 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 futures bounced higher on Thursday as steady benchmark bond yields drove a rebound in global equities, but the tone was cautious ahead of a key inflation report.
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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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Stock index futures rose sharply on Monday, signaling Wall Street will rebound from last week's losses, after IBM  reported higher-than-expected preliminary financial results, lifting the technology sector.
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Stock index futures pointed higher on Thursday after reassuring results and outlook from business software maker Oracle, though nervousness before investment bank Bear Stearns Co Inc's  results and key data on U.S. economic growth held the advance in check.
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Stocks rose slightly on Thursday, led by technology shares, although investors remained cautious before a Federal Reserve statement which could give clues on the outlook for interest rates.
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Stock index futures edged higher on Tuesday as investors looked forward to another interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve this week to help cure the economy's ills.
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U.S. stock futures rose on Wednesday   before economic data on durable goods and new home sales, with   investors eyeing the Dow Jones industrial average as it nears   its all-time record.
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Stock futures rose on Wednesday led by a rise in Nasdaq futures after tech bellwether Cisco Systems Inc.  posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit and outlook, reassuring investors about the strength of corporate profits.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday as a flurry of corporate deal news fueled optimism about the economic outlook, but caution a day before the Federal Reserve's final meeting of the year limited a broader market advance.
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Stock index futures rose on Tuesday, suggesting Wall Street will open higher, before quarterly financial results from investment bank Goldman Sachs Group  later on Tuesday.
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Upbeat economic news and a lot of merger and acquisition activity have stocks rising on Wall Street ahead of the Federal Reserve&#39;s decision on interest rates tomorrow.
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Stocks opened sharply higher ahead of a speech from the Federal Reserve chairman that Wall Street hopes will at least hint at a rate cut.