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(For faster updates on individual market-movers, Eikon usersplease use search string "STXBZ US"; for the Day Aheadnewsletter, http://link.reuters.com/mex49s; for the Morning NewsCall newsletter, http://link.reuters.com/nex49s)U.S. stock index futures were lower on Tuesday, indicating amodest retreat from the previous session's rally, including thestrongest session for the Dow in more than a month. Dow Jonesindustrial average e-mini futures were down 0.43 percentat 17,784, S&P 500 futures were down 0.49 percent at2,065.25 and Nasdaq 100 futures were down 0.42 percent at4,354.
** SYNTA PHARMACEUTICALS CORP, Monday close$2.33, -18.45 pct premarket
The drug developer said it would commence a public offeringof common shares, but did not say when the offering would becompleted or provide any details on the number of shares orprice.
** REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC, Monday close $69.47, -2.02pct premarket
** LORILLARD INC, Monday close $66.42, -3.49 pctpremarket
The Federal Trade Commission staff is recommending a suit toblock the $27 billion merger of the second- and third-biggestcigarette makers, Reynolds American and Lorillard, the New YorkPost reported, citing a well-placed DC source not working on thecase said. (http://bit.ly/1xuMHLZ)
** INSMED INC, Monday close $21.09, -3.70 pctpremarket
The drug developer said it is offering 10 million shares ofits common stock, and intends to use the proceeds to developrespiratory drugs ARIKAYCE and INS1009.
** TECK RESOURCES LTD, Monday close $15.27, -7.86pct premarket
The Canadian miner and Antofagasta Plc are exploring a merger that would create one of the world'sbiggest copper producers, Bloomberg reported, citing people withknowledge of the matter.
** GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC, Monday close $47.2, -1.80pct premarket
** JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Monday close $101.55, -0.25pct premarket
GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to settle a lawsuit byJohnson & Johnson accusing it of using false advertising at thestart of the U.S. allergy season to grab market share.
** GROUPON INC, Monday close $7.43, -2.02 pctpremarket
** KKR & CO LP, Monday close $22.77
Private equity firms KKR and Hong Kong-based Anchor Partnersare in talks to buy a majority stake in Groupon's South Koreanunit for around 350 billion won ($316 million), a South Koreannewspaper reported on Tuesday.
($1 = 1,107.3200 won)
** CBRE GROUP INC, Monday close $36.41
** JOHNSON CONTROLS INC, Monday close $49.83, +1.73pct premarket
Johnson Controls, a maker of climate control systems forbuildings, said it would sell its global workplace solutionsbusiness to CBRE for $1.48 billion in cash. CBRE, the world'slargest commercial real estate services firm, said it expectsthe deal to add to adjusted earnings in 2016.
** ENDURANCE SPECIALTY HOLDINGS LTD, Monday close$64.3
** MONTPELIER RE HOLDINGS LTD, Monday close$38.15, +3.54 pct premarket
Property and casualty insurer Endurance Specialty will buyreinsurer Montpelier Re for about $1.83 billion in cash andstock. Montpelier shareholders will get 0.472 Endurance shareand $9.89 in cash for each share held, the companies said onTuesday.
** BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS INC, Monday close$8.57, +5.13 pct premarket
The drug developer said it won a U.S. government contractfor the continued development of its potential treatment forviral diseases, including Ebola. The 18-month contract includesa base value of $12.1 million to support manufacturing, as wellas $22.9 million in additional development options that can beexercised by the government.
** CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC, Monday close$183.39, +7.97 pct premarket
The cable television operator has agreed to acquire BrightHouse Networks in a roughly $10 billion deal that could beannounced as soon as Tuesday, according to a source familiarwith the matter. The deal is contingent on Comcast Corp's acquisition of Time Warner Cable Inc beingapproved by U.S. regulators, the source said.
** MOSAIC CO, Monday close $47.36, +0.25 pctpremarket
The U.S. fertilizer company said it would raise its annualdividend by 10 cents to $1.10 per share, effective in May. Themove comes despite recent tax changes by the Canadian provinceof Saskatchewan, where Mosaic mines the crop nutrient potash,which the company said earlier would cost it $80 million to $100million in 2015.
** QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC, Monday close $77.69
** QUINTILES TRANSNATIONAL HOLDINGS INC, Monday close$68
Medical test maker Quest Diagnostics and contract researchcompany Quintiles Transnational said they were combining theirclinical trial laboratory operations in a joint venture, ofwhich Quintiles will own 60 percent.
** CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP, Monday close $18.48
The U.S. cable T.V. operator is planning to make an offerfor the New York Daily News as early as this week, valuing thetroubled tabloid at just $1, according to a person familiar withthe matter.
** INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP, Mondayclose $162.67
The company said it would invest $3 billion over the nextfour years in a new 'Internet of Things' unit, aiming to sellits expertise in gathering and making sense of the surge inreal-time data.
** HERBALIFE LTD, Monday close $42.72
Hedge fund mogul William Ackman, who has spent more than twoyears accusing Herbalife of running a pyramid scheme, said onMonday that shutting down the company is "one of the mostimportant things" he can do.
** STARBUCKS CORP, Monday close $95.98
Starbucks and Danone SA will begin selling asmoothie line at more than 4,300 U.S. Starbucks shops as part ofa Greek yogurt partnership that will also include yogurtparfaits and ready-to-eat yogurt to be sold by grocers.
** CITIGROUP INC, Monday close $51.64
The U.S. bank has agreed to sell its credit card unit inJapan to Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, the companies said onTuesday, as Citi slims down globally to bolster itsprofitability.
** CONOCOPHILLIPS, Monday close $64
The American oil company plans to invest about $2.5 billionin Indonesia's upstream oil and gas industry over the next threeor four years, the nation's energy minister said on Tuesday.
** ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD, Monday close $83.9
The online retailer's healthcare subsidiary will tie-up withZhejiang DiAn Diagnostics Co Ltd to help develop anonline hospital platform, the diagnostics firm said in a filinglate on Monday.
** EXXON MOBIL CORP, Monday close $85.63
The oil and gas producer said it started production in thedeepwater Gulf of Mexico at Hadrian South, its deepest subseatie-back. The daily gross production from the project isexpected to reach about 300 mln cubic feet of gas and 3,000barrels of liquids from two wells.
** VAALCO ENERGY INC, Monday close $3.13
The oil and gas producer said it is abandoning its firstwell drilled offshore Angola as it was found to bewater-bearing. (Compiled by Ramkumar Iyer in Bengaluru; Editing by SimonJennings)
