(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)Dow Jones industrial average futures were down 0.10percent at 18,116, S&P 500 futures were down 0.16 percentat 2,118.25 and Nasdaq 100 futures were down 0.23 percentat 4,532.5.
** HERON THERAPEUTICS INC, Thursday close$12.35, +36.76 pct premarket
The company said its experimental drug for treatingchemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting met its main goal in alate-stage trial.
** INTEL CORP, Thursday close $34.01, +0.76 pctpremarket
** ALTERA CORP, Thursday close $46.97, +5.71 pctpremarket
Intel is close to a deal to buy smaller chip maker Alterafor about $15 billion, the New York Post reported.
** CELLECTIS SA, Thursday close $47.66, -6.42 pctpremarket
Shares in the French cancer drugmaker hit arecord high on hopes it would be the latest in a string of bidtargets in the healthcare sector, after reported interest fromcompanies including Pfizer Inc.
** PFIZER INC, Thursday close $34.44, +0.32 pctpremarket
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approvedthe first drug to treat a rare, progressive lung disease thatmainly affects women of childbearing age.
The drug, Rapamune, known chemically as sirolimus, is madeby Pfizer and is designed to treat lymphangioleiomyomatosis(LAM), a disease that causes lung damage and affects only two tofive women per million worldwide.
** GOPRO INC, Thursday close $56.81, +0.76 pctpremarket
** GOOGLE INC, Thursday close $554.18, -0.19 pctpremarket
Action camera maker GoPro and Google introduced a virtualreality system using 16 cameras and Google software, sendingGoPro shares up nearly 7 percent on Thursday.
** EQUINIX INC, Thursday close $269.19, -0.44 pctpremarket
U.S. data centre company Equinix said on Friday it hadagreed to buy British peer Telecity Group in a dealworth 2.35 billion pounds ($3.6 billion) which ends Telecity'spursuit of smaller Dutch firm Interxion Holding NV.
** VISA INC, Thursday close $69.56
Visa's public warning to FIFA that it may end itssponsorship if world soccer's governing body does not quicklyclean up its act will likely prompt other sponsors to take atough stance as a major corruption scandal involving FIFAunfolds, brand experts said.
** T-MOBILE US INC, Thursday close $38.32
U.S. telecoms regulators are leaning toward rejecting aT-Mobile US request that more airwaves be set aside for smallerwireless companies like itself to bid on during a governmentauction next year, according to people familiar with the matter.
** IMAX CORP, Thursday close $39.99
IMAX China Holding Inc, majority-owned by the namesake giantscreen movie theater equipment maker, filed for an initialpublic offering in Hong Kong, looking to benefit from boomingentertainment demand in the world's second largest economy.
** NIKE INC, Thursday close $102.3, +0.16 pctpremarket
Nike said on Thursday that charging documents regarding theFIFA bribery scandal do not allege the company is engaged incriminal conduct.
** ELI LILLY AND CO, Thursday close $76.41
** ASTRAZENECA PLC, Thursday close $68.9, -1.32 pctpremarket
AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly are to combine two oftheir cancer drugs in a new clinical trial against solid tumoursin the latest sign that such cocktails may be the way forward infighting the disease.
** DEUTSCHE BANK AG, Thursday close $30.74, -0.75 pctpremarket
Labour representatives at the bank's Frankfurtheadquarters called on Thursday for the resignation of co-ChiefExecutive Anshu Jain as Germany's largest lender prepares toslash jobs.
** FRONTLINE LTD, Thursday close $3.06, -2.61 pctpremarket
The crude oil tanker firm posted first-quarteroperating profit above expectations on Friday and said it hadrenegotiated its relationship with chartering firm Ship FinanceSFL.N to strengthen its balance sheet.
** GAMESTOP CORP, Thursday close $40.92, +7.53 pctpremarket
The world's largest retailer of video game products,reported better-than-expected profit and revenue, helped bystrong sales of new releases such as "Mortal Kombat X" and"Evolve" and an increase in mobile game downloads.{ID:nL3N0YJ5LF]
** APPLE INC, Thursday close{AAPL.O;$HST_CLOSE}, -0.06 pct premarket
A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Apple's bid todisqualify an antitrust compliance monitor appointed after thetechnology company was found liable for conspiring with fivepublishers to raise e-book prices.
** AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LTD, Thursday close$142.38, +0.80 pct premarket
** BROADCOM CORP, Thursday close $56.25, +0.12 pctpremarket
** QUALCOMM INC, Thursday close $70.6
Avago Technologies's $37 billion deal to buy chipmakerBroadcom creates new competitive challenges for Qualcomm and mayforce the world's largest mobile chip maker to radically rethinkits own strategy.
** VODAFONE GROUP PLC, Thursday close $39.18, -0.38pct premarket
** LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC, Thursday close $57.69
Some of the biggest investors in Vodafone say theyare open to a European tie-up with Liberty Global, as theBritish company is now in a stronger position to negotiate adeal with John Malone's cable group.
** STERIS CORP, Thursday close $66.15
Sterilisation services provider Synergy Health Plc and U.S. medical tech company Steris said they would contest theU.S. Federal Trade Commission's attempt to block Steris'sacquisition of the British company.
** SYSCO CORP, Thursday close $37.25
Lawyers for the No. 1 U.S. food distribution company, told ajudge that competition from regional rivals would prevent thecompany from raising prices if it is allowed to buy US FoodsInc, the market's No. 2 player.
** SALLY BEAUTY HOLDINGS INC, Thursday close $31.78
Sally Beauty Holdings confirmed that criminals used malwareat some of its point-of-sale systems between March 6 and April17.
** BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP, Thursday close $18.27
A Delaware jury on Thursday ordered Boston Scientific to pay$100 million to a woman who said she was injured by transvaginalmesh, a device that is the subject of more than 25,000 lawsuitsagainst the company.
** BECTON, DICKINSON & CO, Thursday close $141.43
Medical equipment supplier Becton, Dickinson is exploring asale of its V. Mueller surgical instruments business followingits $12 billion acquisition of peer CareFusion Corp, accordingto people familiar with the matter.
** NRG ENERGY INC, Thursday close $25.42
** ITC HOLDINGS CORP, Thursday close $35.44
A consortium of York Capital Management, NRG Energy and ITCHoldings have proposed investing as much as $3.5 billion inPuerto Rico's electrical infrastructure, a source familiar withthe consortium said on Thursday. (Reporting by Shubhankar Chakravorty in Bengaluru; Editing byJoyjeet Das)
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