* Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average DJc1, the Nasdaq 100 NDc1 and the S&P 500 SPc1 share indexes were up 0.2-0.6 percent, pointing to a higher start on Wall Street.
* U.S. lawmakers are preparing to pass a $789 billion stimulus package to revive the struggling economy in a victory for President Barack Obama that some warned may have costly consequences.
* The stimulus package is split 36 percent for tax cuts and 64 percent in spending and other provisions, just below the 40/60 split Obama called for in his effort to begin pulling the economy out of the recession that started in December 2007.
* This weekend's gathering of G7 financial leaders in Rome, which starts on Friday, expected to be in focus.
* Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers release preliminary February consumer sentiment index at 1455 GMT. Economists in a Reuters survey expect a reading of 61.0 compared with 61.2 in the final January report.
* Soft drink and snack maker PepsiCo (PEP.N) reports fourth-quarter results. Follows Coca-Cola (KO.N) results on Thursday. [nN12543370]
* Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF.N) reports holiday-quarter results and investors are braced for a 2009 outlook that shows little hope for a sales improvement at the teen clothing retailer.
* Wells Fargo & Co's (WFC.N) shares slipped 3 percent to $16.30 after the bell on Thursday following the bank's announcement that it will write down the value of a group of preferred securities. (Reporting by Atul Prakash; Editing by Greg Mahlich)
