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(For more market insights, including options activity, click on ; for the Day Ahead newsletter http://link.reuters.com/mex49s; for the Morning News Call newsletter, http://link.reuters.com/nex49s)U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Monday, on the heels ofa record high for the S&P 500, following unexpectedly weak datain China which tempered enthusiasm over the strength of theglobal economy. Dow Jones industrial average futures weredown 0.07 percent at 16,437, S&P 500 futures were down0.16 percent at 1,875.1 and Nasdaq 100 futures were up0.05 percent at 3,706.
** CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC, Friday close$10.84, +14.39 pct premarket
U.S. fruit distributor Chiquita Brands International Inc is to buy Irish rival Fyffes Plc in an all-stockdeal valued at $526 million to create the world's biggest bananasupplier.
** CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC, Friday close$18.65, -2.95 pct premarket
The war of words between Cliffs Natural Resources Inc and Casablanca Capital escalated on Friday, after theactivist investor rejected an offer to end a proxy battle to wincontrol of the iron ore miner's board.
** DDR CORP, Friday close $16.33
Shopping mall owner and operator DDR Corp has agreedto sell out of its Brazilian joint venture to focus on theacquisition and development of shopping centers at home in theUnited States.
** INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP, Fridayclose $187.68, -0.26 pct premarket
A wildcat strike at an IBM factory in southern Chinaillustrates how tectonic shifts under way in the country's labormarket are emboldening workers to take matters into their ownhands, raising risks for multinationals.
** NII HOLDINGS INC, Friday close $1.11, +0.90 pctpremarket
NII Holdings Inc, which provides telecom servicesunder the Nextel brand in Latin America, said it was exploringstrategic alternatives for the company and its business units.
** FORD MOTOR CO, Friday close $15.62, -0.58 pctpremarket
Former Ford Motor Co executive William Clay Ford Sr.,the last surviving grandchild of the automaker's founder, HenryFord, and the longtime owner of the Detroit Lions football team,died on Sunday at age 88, the company said.
** FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR LTD, Friday close $23.39
Employees of Freescale Semiconductor who were on aMalaysia Airlines flight presumed to have crashed weredoing sophisticated work at the U.S. chipmaker, a companyspokesman said on Sunday.
** UNITED RENTALS INC, Friday close $88.49, +1.05pct premarket
United Rentals Inc, the world's largest equipmentrental company, said on Sunday it had agreed to acquireprivately held National Pump, the second-largest specialty pumprental company in North America, for $780 million.
** JPMORGAN CHASE & CO, Friday close $59.4, -0.25pct premarket
The auction of JP Morgan Chase's private equitybusiness, One Equity Partners, in the market since at leastNovember, has hit an impasse, according to three people withknowledge of the situation.
** THE BOEING CO, Friday close $128.54, -1.15 pctpremarket
Boeing Co said on Friday that "hairline cracks" hadbeen discovered in the wings of about 40 787 Dreamliners thatare in production, marking another setback for the company'snewest jet.
** CHEVRON CORP, Friday close $115.08, -0.16 pctpremarket
Ecuadorean villagers who are trying to get billions ofdollars from Chevron Corp for pollution in the Amazonjungle are ready to refocus their fight on pending suits inother countries after a setback in the United States.
** REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC, Friday close$328.11, -0.34 pct premarket
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked Regeneronand Sanofi SA to assess potential neurocognitive sideeffects of their experimental cholesterol drug, Sanofi said inits annual report on Friday.
** EXXON MOBIL CORP INC, Friday close $94.99, -0.31pct premarket
Oil and natural gas pumped from North American shale hasboosted the fortunes of smaller energy firms, but the world'sbiggest oil companies, including and Exxon Mobil Corp,have been slower to realize the full potential of the prolificrock.
** ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS INC, Friday close$168.05, +3.84 pct premarket
Alexion Pharmaceuticals revised its profit and sales outlookfor the year after the French government agreed to raisereimbursement payments for the company's lead drug, Soliris.
** JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Friday close $93.32, -0.14 pctpremarket
Reckitt Benckiser Group on Monday said it agreed tobuy the global rights to the K-Y brand of intimate lubricantsfrom Johnson & Johnson for an undisclosed price.
** FMC CORP, Friday close $77.87, +3.76 pctpremarket
The chemical manufacturer said it would split into twocompanies, one comprising its minerals business and the otherits agricultural solutions, health and nutrition business.
** VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC, Friday close$47.15, -0.40 pct premarket
The Obama administration said on Friday VerizonCommunications Inc's Terremark unit will remain undercontract as host of the federal website HealthCare.gov to betterensure a smooth end to Obamacare's open enrollment period onMarch 31.
** AT&T INC, Friday close $32.54, -0.68 pct premarket
AT&T Inc said on Saturday it is cutting wireless datacharges for individual customers who have no annual servicecontract, as the No. 2 U.S. mobile operator attempts to bettercompete with rival T-Mobile US Inc.
** GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC, Friday close$174.26, -0.40 pct premarket
The private equity arm of Goldman Sachs Group and VestarCapital Partners are nearing a deal to buy Hearthside FoodSolutions LLC for more than $1.1 billion, people familiar withthe matter said on Friday.
** BIG LOTS INC, Friday close $35.97, +1.36 pctpremarket
The close-out retailer said same-store sales would stopfalling in the current fiscal year as its investments to boostsales start paying off.
** AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC, Friday close$39.02, -0.67 pct premarket
** JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP, Friday close $9.03, -0.33pct premarket
American Airlines and JetBlue Airways said they plan to endagreements covering ticketing, baggage handling and frequentflyer programs. (Compiled by Shubhankar Chakravorty in Bangalore; Editing byDon Sebastian)
