Stocks struggle forward

U.S. markets slightly higher amid merger, job cut developments.

February 9 2007: 9:32 AM EST

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- U.S. stocks edged higher at Friday's open amid reports of job cuts and acquisitions.

The Dow Jones industrial average, the Nasdaq composite index and the Standard & Poor's 500 index all rose about 0.1 percent.

Among stocks in the news Friday: Lear (up $0.00 to $40.07, Charts),Alcatel-Lucent (up $0.00 to $13.67, Charts), DaimlerChrysler (up $0.00 to $62.75, Charts), Laidlaw International (up $0.00 to $31.72, Charts), Hasbro (up $0.21 to $29.12, Charts) and just-priced IPO Fortress (up $0.00 to $0.00, Charts) hedge fund.

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