Monday, July 23, 2007

US STOCKS-Futures rise on deals, profits; Merck gains

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 23 - U.S. stock futures rose on
Monday as deal news and stronger-than-expected profits from
drug maker Merck & Co. and others eased anxiety about
earnings, which led to Friday's sell-off.




In one of the deals, GlobalSantaFe Corp and
Transocean Inc. said they had agreed to a combination
that would create an offshore oil drilling company worth about
$53 billion. For details, see [ID:nN23380261]. Shares of
Transocean were up 7.3 percent in electronic trading before the
open.


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