©2015 Bloomberg News O01JBZ6K50XS (Bloomberg) — U.S. equity-index futures were little changed after the biggest weekly surge in oil prices since August helped the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index erase its losses for the year. The yen was stronger for a fifth day, while Japanese stock-index futures gained after the Topix index

Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NJJ5C06VDKHW (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. sold $10.8 billion of debt in its biggest bond sale on record, taking advantage of investor demand for the highest-rated corporate securities. The world’s largest software maker sold notes in six parts, including $2.25 billion of 40-year obligations with a 4 percent coupon,