Monday, June 18, 2007

US STOCKS-Futures point to higher open on deal news

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, June 18 - U.S. stock futures rose on
Monday, boosted by a flurry of deal news including a report
that BHP Billiton has revived plans for a $40 billion takeover
of aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. .




Shares of Alcoa rose 3.7 percent in Europe after the Times
newspaper in London reported BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc
, the world's biggest mining group, may bid for the
aluminium producer.


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