Thursday, May 31, 2007

U.S. Stock-Index Futures Advance; Yahoo, Ceridian, Dell Climb in Europe

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures increased on
speculation the economy is rebounding after bottoming out in the
first quarter.

Shares of Yahoo! Inc., owner of the second-most-popular
Internet search engine, climbed in Europe after a stock upgrade
by JPMorgan Chase & Co. Ceridian Corp. gained as the provider of
human resource and payroll services agreed to be acquired for
$5.3 billion. Shares of Wachovia Corp., the fourth-biggest U.S.
bank, may move after the company agreed to buy A.G. Edwards Inc.


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