Monday, April 16, 2007

U.S. Stock-Index Futures Rise; Google, Eli Lilly Shares Advance in Europe

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures rose on speculation mergers and acquisitions will continue after the Wall Street Journal reported SLM Corp., the education lender known as Sallie Mae, accepted an offer.

Shares of SLM, which didn't trade in Europe, may be active after the Journal report. Google Inc., the most-used Internet search engine, gained after agreeing to buy DoubleClick Inc. for $3.1 billion in its biggest-ever acquisition.


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