<div>US STOCKS-Wall St edges higher on Microsoft's beat, rate cut optimism</div> <!-- no image --> <div>* Indexes up: Dow 0.23%, S&P 0.09%, Nasdaq 0.14% (Changes comment, adds details; Updates prices)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=i31mOibqTpo:RBzVY7Vxd0c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=i31mOibqTpo:RBzVY7Vxd0c:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=i31mOibqTpo:RBzVY7Vxd0c:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=i31mOibqTpo:RBzVY7Vxd0c:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=i31mOibqTpo:RBzVY7Vxd0c:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/i31mOibqTpo" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters