Futures gain after Greece approves deal

Shares in Asia also moved higher on the Greek agreement.

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Apple Inc raised the stakes in an intensifying global patent battle with Samsung Electronics <005930.KS> by targeting Samsung's latest model using Google Inc.'s fast growing Android software, a move that may affect other Android phone makers.

Prudential Financial Inc , the No. 2 U.S. life insurer, hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch to advise on its possible bid for ING Groep NV's Asian insurance operations, South Korean media reported, in what is potentially Asia's second-biggest insurance sale ever.

Industrial conglomerate United Technologies Corp is reviewing the possibility of selling its flow and compressor businesses that could fetch a combined $3.5 billion, people familiar with the matter said.

Google is expected to win approval from European regulators, as well as from U.S. antitrust authorities, for its planned $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility , according to people familiar with the matter.

As earnings season moves into its final stages, 51 companies in the S&P 500 are scheduled to report results this week. According to Thomson Reuters data through Friday, of the 352 companies in the benchmark index that have released results, 63 percent have beat analyst expectations.

President Barack Obama is scheduled to submit to the U.S. Congress his fiscal 2013 budget proposal, which attempts to chart a fiscal path for the next 10 years.

(Reporting By Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Padraic Cassidy)