(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures rose on takeover speculation after the New York Post reported that Microsoft Corp. asked Yahoo! Inc. to enter formal negotiations over a possible acquisition.
Shares of Yahoo, owner of the most-visited U.S. Web site, climbed in Europe following the Post report, which cited unidentified banking sources. Microsoft, the world's biggest software maker, slid.
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