Friday, June 22, 2007

U.S. Stock-Index Futures Drop; Bear Stearns, Merrill Shares Fall in Europe

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures fell after
people familiar with the situation said Bear Stearns Cos. plans
to take on $3.2 billion of loans to stave off a crisis involving
one of its money-losing hedge funds.

Shares of Bear Stearns, the second-biggest U.S. underwriter
of mortgage bonds, dropped in Europe. Merrill Lynch & Co., the
world's largest broker, also retreated.


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