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Before the bell: Futures flat ahead of Alcoa earnings, G-8 summit
Jul 08, 2009 12:35 PM UTC

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Filed under: Before the bell, International markets, Earnings reports, Deals, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Market matters, Alcoa Inc (AA), Economic data, Oil

U.S. stock futures were mixed on Wednesday morning, trading in a tight range as investors awaited results from Alcoa (NYSE: AA) this afternoon that kick off second quarter earnings season. Despite the debate whether Alcoa is a good barometer for economic activity and what's to come as far as corporate results, it seems Wall Street is still on edge ahead of the results.

Also making the headlines this morning is Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) announcement of a challenge to Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) operating system as well as NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG) rejection of Exelon's revised hostile takeover bid of $8 billion in stock because it is undervalued.

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