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Dow Jones industrial average futures were down 0.41percent at 16,873, S&P 500 futures were down 0.47 percentat 1,941.25 and Nasdaq 100 futures were down 0.47 percentat 3,782.5.
** APPLE INC, Tuesday close $94.25, -0.83 pctpremarket
** STARBUCKS CORP, Tuesday close $74.6
The European Commission said it had opened three in-depthinvestigations into tax decisions affecting Apple, Starbucks andFiat Finance and Trade in Ireland, the Netherlands andLuxembourg respectively.
** SYNAPTICS INC, Tuesday close $66.52, +18.91 pctpremarket
The touchscreen chipmaker's Chief Executive Rick Bergmansaid he would be "thrilled" to win back Apple as a customerafter agreeing to buy the sole supplier of display driver chipsfor its iPhone.
** BANK OF AMERICA CORP, Tuesday close $15.92, -0.94pct premarket
The bank and the U.S. Department of Justice have reached animpasse in negotiating a multibillion-dollar settlement relatedto BofA's mortgage investments, the New York Times reportedciting people briefed on the matter.
** AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC, Tuesday close$55.01, -0.20 pct premarket
The insurer said Peter Hancock would succeed RobertBenmosche as CEO and president, effective Sept. 1.
** INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP, Tuesdayclose $184.29
The tech giant is nearing a deal to sell its chip-makingbusiness to contract chipmaker Globalfoundries Inc, Bloombergreported, citing people familiar with the matter.
** MORGAN STANLEY, Tuesday close $32.08
The company will "probably" close sales of two physicalcommodities businesses in the third quarter, CEO James Gormansaid.
** BP PLC, Tuesday close $50.95, -0.12 pct premarket
** AEROVIRONMENT INC, Tuesday close $35.43
British Petroleum has been authorized to use unmannedaircraft to survey pipelines and other infrastructure onAlaska's North Slope, the first commercial drone flights overU.S. land, government authorities said on Tuesday, giving aboost to the tiny aircraft's manufacturer AeroVironment.
** AMAZON.COM INC, Tuesday close $332.41, +0.79 pctpremarket
The etailer plans to launch a marketplace later this yearfor local services - a broad term encompassing anything frombabysitters to handymen to birthday clowns - beginning with asingle market, several people familiar with the matter said.
** OREXIGEN THERAPEUTICS INC, Tuesday close$6.81, -15.86 pct premarket
The company said the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationdelayed its decision on the marketing application of its obesitydrug, contrave, by three months.
** LULULEMON ATHLETICA INC, Tuesday close $45.48
Founder Chip Wilson said he voted against the re-election ofChairman Michael Casey and RoAnn Costin to the yogawearretailer's board.
** PENN VIRGINIA CORP, Tuesday close $14.11, -5 pctafter market
The oil and gas producer said on Tuesday it plans to offer2.5 million depositary shares and use the net proceeds tofinance its Eagle Ford Shale development program and acquiremore leaseholds in Eagle Ford Shale.
** ULTA SALON COSMETICS AND FRAGRANCE INC, Tuesdayclose $85.31, +8 pct after market
The beauty products retailer reported better-than-expectedfirst-quarter profit and revenue on Tuesday helped by highere-commerce sales and forecast current-quarter sales aboveanalysts' average estimate.
At least two brokerages raised their price targets on thestock on Wednesday.
** UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC, Tuesday close$68.5, -2 pct after market
The U.S. food distributor reported first-quarter results inline with analysts' average estimates on Tuesday and said itexpects earnings of $2.47-$2.50 per share for the year endingAug. 2, down from the $2.45-$2.51 it expected earlier.
The company said the updated outlook reflects acquisitioncosts related to its agreement to buy Tony's Fine Foods forabout $195.3 million.
** PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP, Tuesday close $9.82,+5.30 pct premarket
The business development company said it will not need torestate historical financial statements to consolidate somewholly owned subsidiaries, based on discussions with the officeof the chief accountant of the Securities and ExchangeCommission. (Reporting By Shubhankar Chakravorty in Bangalore; Editing byJoyjeet Das)
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