Monday, July 16, 2007

U.S. Stock-Index Futures Gain; Motorola, Ford Shares Advance in Europe

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures rose before
five members of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, including
Charles Schwab Corp., the biggest discount brokerage, and Mattel
Inc., the world's largest toymaker, report earnings.

Motorola Inc. gained in Europe after Deutsche Bank AG
recommended buying shares of the world's second-biggest maker of
mobile phones. Ford Motor Co. also climbed. Newspapers including
the Sunday Times reported that the second-biggest U.S. automaker
may sell its profitable Volvo Car Corp. business.


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