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U.S. stocks climbed on Tuesday after two straight decliningsessions, with index futures jumping after a report of aproposal for a 6-month debt extension for Greece as negotiationscontinued. Dow Jones industrial average e-mini futures were up 0.50 percent at 17,770, S&P 500 futures were up0.51 percent at 2,053 and Nasdaq 100 futures were up 0.53percent at 4,236.75.
** COCA-COLA CO, Monday close $41.23, +3.81 pctpremarket
The world's largest beverage maker reported abetter-than-expected profit as sales in North America, itsbiggest market, rose for the first time in four quarters,offsetting the impact of a stronger dollar on its overseasbusiness.
** STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE INC, Mondayclose $71.23, +5.01 pct premarket
The hotel operator reported an 83 percent jump in quarterlyprofit and said it would spin off its vacation ownershipbusiness.
** CVS HEALTH CORP, Monday close $99.56, +1.85 pctpremarket
The No. 2 U.S. drugstore operator reported a near 13 percentrise in quarterly net revenue, helped by an increase in pharmacysame-store sales.
** AMKOR TECHNOLOGY INC, Monday close $7.05, +19.72pct premarket
The semiconductor assembling and testing services provider'sfourth-quarter revenue and profit beat the average analystestimate as demand for flip chip, wafer-level processing andother test services grew.
** CAMTEK LTD, Monday close $3.19, -5.96 pctpremarket
Chip inspection equipment maker Rudolph Technologies Inc said a U.S. court ruled against Camtek in a patentinfringement case.
** REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC, Monday close$399.72, +0.82 pct premarket
The company reported better-than-expected fourth-quartersales, driven by surging demand for its blockbuster eye drugEylea. U.S. sales of the injectable drug rose about 29 percentto $518 million.
** RETAILMENOT INC, Monday close $15.47, -6.27 pctpremarket
The online coupon company forecast revenue for first quarterand full year below analysts' estimates.
** BIOCEPT INC, Monday close $1.85, -34.59 pctpremarket
The cancer test maker is offering 8 million shares of commonstock and warrants to buy up to another 8 million shares at acombined price of $1.25, a discount of 32 percent to the stock'sMonday close.
** TRANSOCEAN LTD, Monday close $20.44, -3.23 pctpremarket
Analysts at Credit Suisse cut their rating on the stock to"underperform" from "neutral", saying they expect the company tostack a lot of rigs over the next two years.
** URBAN OUTFITTERS INC, Monday close $36.51
** AEROPOSTALE INC, Monday close $2.64, +17.05 pctpremarket
The U.S. apparel retailers reported better-than-expectedquarterly sales after holiday sales in the United States rosethe most since 2011.
** QUALCOMM INC, Monday close $67.11, +2.52 pctpremarket
Even after agreeing to pay a record near-$1 billion fine inChina for antitrust violations, the U.S. chipmaker faces bigchallenges in its most important market.
As low-cost, low-margin Chinese smartphone manufacturerspush into other developing markets, they are driving downaverage handset prices - bad news for San Diego-based Qualcomm,which collects royalties based on the handset's value.
** ALLISON TRANSMISSION HOLDINGS INC, Monday close$32.5, -7.69 pct premarket
The vehicle transmission system maker said it expected 2015sales to be flat or fall by up to 5 percent due to a "heightenedlevel of uncertainty and the lack of near-term visibility andconfidence in the global off-highway end markets".
** COUPONS.COM INC, Monday close $14.51, -30.39 pctpremarket
The online deal coupon provider forecast first-quarterrevenue of $52 million-$54 million, below the average analystestimate of $66.3 million.
** GILEAD SCIENCES INC, Monday close $96.9, +0.93pct premarket
Global health charity Medecins du Monde (MdM) launched alegal challenge on Tuesday to a European patent held by the U.S.drugmaker which it accused of charging "exorbitant" prices for ahepatitis C drug.
** PFIZER INC, Monday close $33.07, +0.70 pctpremarket
The drugmaker said it entered into an agreement withGoldman, Sachs & Co to buy back $5 billion of its stock. Underthe agreement, which forms a part of Pfizer's existing buybackauthorization, about 150 million shares will be bought.
** ACHILLION PHARMACEUTICALS INC, Monday close$11.66, +3.77 pct premarket
The company's experimental hepatitis C drug, when used withGilead Sciences Inc's Sovaldi, eradicated signs of the virus insix weeks, the shortest duration and highest response achievedby any two-drug treatment.
** TESCO CORP, Monday close $11.9
Britain's biggest supermarket returned to sales growth forthe first time since January 2014, industry data showed onTuesday, indicating measures introduced by new boss Dave Lewisare having a positive impact.
** CANON INC, Monday close $31.33
Canon plans to buy network video surveillanceleader Axis AB for about 23.6 billion Swedish crowns($2.83 billion), the biggest purchase ever for the Japanesecompany that is trying to expand beyond the shrinking cameramarket.
** COMPUTER SCIENCES CORP, Monday close $64.84
The information technology services company's third-quarterrevenue missed the average analyst estimate as revenue from twoof three segments fell, while that of the largest increased only0.8 percent.
** MICROSOFT CORP, Monday close $42.36, +0.80 pctpremarket
Microsoft took a leaf out of Apple's playbook onMonday and issued a US$10.75bn bond issue - the biggest so farthis year - in part to return money to its shareholders.
Microsoft and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd havesettled a contract dispute over patent royalties, though termsof the settlement are confidential, Microsoft said in astatement on Monday.
** FACEBOOK INC, Monday close $74.44, +0.62 pctpremarket
Facebook has tied up with India's Reliance CommunicationsLtd to offer free access to a handful of onlineservices in India, broadening its campaign to boost Internet usein the developing world.
** INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP, Mondayclose $155.75, +0.33 pct premarket
** PRICELINE GROUP INC, Monday close$1,033.15, +0.66 pct premarket
IBM filed a lawsuit against Priceline on Monday, accusing itof infringing four IBM patents in running its travel and diningwebsites.
** RIO TINTO PLC, Monday close $47, -2.21 pctpremarket
Rio Tinto is expected to star among the top fiveglobal miners with a return of billions of dollars toshareholders at its annual results, even as the firm is set toreport its worst half-year profit since 2009.
** ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC, Monday close$66.72, -0.97 pct premarket
Royal Dutch Shell and the United Steelworkers union(USW) will resume negotiations on Tuesday over a new laborcontract for U.S. refinery workers, the company said on Mondayas the walkouts stretched into their ninth day.
** SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC, Monday close $1.96
The U.S. oil and gas producer plans to slash its rig countin Oklahoma and Kansas by nearly 75 percent, according to adocument obtained by Reuters. (Compiled by Amrutha Penumudi in Bengaluru; Editing by SimonJennings)