U.S. Stock-Index Futures Rise; Wal-Mart, General Motors, Boeing Advance

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures gained on
takeovers after Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. agreed to buy Sweden's
OMX AB, and on increasing signs that the world's largest economy
is recovering.

Nasdaq Stock Market agreed to buy Sweden's OMX AB for 25.1
billion Swedish kronor ($3.7 billion). MGM Mirage hired UBS AG to
advise on a possible breakup of the world's second-largest casino
company being considered by billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian.


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