BUZZ-U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Aveo, Biglari, Dara, Gevo, Molycorp

(For faster updates on individual market-movers, Eikon users please use search string "STXBZ US"; for the Day Ahead newsletter, http://link.reuters.com/mex49s; for the Morning News Call newsletter, http://link.reuters.com/nex49s) U.S. stocks dipped at the open on Thursday after a persistent selloff in the global bond markets overshadowed slightly better-than-expected U.S. jobless claims data: The Dow Jones industrial average was down 0.06 percent at 18,064.59, the S&P 500 was down 0.15 percent at 2,110.87 and the Nasdaq Composite was down 25.36 points, or 0.5 percent, to 5,073.87.

** DISH NETWORK CORP (NasdaqGS: DISH - news) , $75.338, +6.39 pct

** T-MOBILE US INC, $40.16, +4.77 pct

Dish was in talks to merge with T-Mobile, in a deal that would combine the second-largest satellite TV operator in the United States with the fourth-largest wireless carrier, the Wall Street Journal reported. However, a purchase price and the structure of the deal were still undecided, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the matter.

** TWITTER INC (Xetra: A1W6XZ - news) , $37.28, +0.76 pct

Brokerage Evercore ISI downgraded the micro-blogging website's stock to "hold" and cut its price target to $39 from $49.

** VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC (Xetra: 868402 - news) , $48.29, -1.61 pct

JP Morgan cut its rating on the telecom company's stock to "neutral" from "overweight".

** AVEO ONCOLOGY, $2.635, +13.58 pct

The cancer drug developer receives written support from members of European health regulator CHMP favoring company's potential marketing application for kidney cancer drug.

** AERCAP HOLDINGS NV, $49.11, -2.44 pct

** AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC, $60.75, -0.59 pct

The insurer AIG hastened efforts to sell stake in aircraft leasing company AerCap Holdings. AIG sold 71.2 million AerCap shares, upsized from 50 million, for $3.5 billion through a public offering at $49 each.

** GEVO INC (OTC BB: GEVNW - news) , $3.9501, +16.18 pct

The chemical and biofuel makers said it would make jet fuels from wood-based waste products. Gevo's wood waste-based biofuel will be tested in a demo flight by Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance.

** DARA BIOSCIENCES INC (NasdaqCM: DARA - news) , $0.9511, +17.73 pct

Midatech Pharma Plc (LSE: MTPH.L - news) will buy the drugmaker for about $23.7 million. It will also pay up to $5.7 million to Dara shareholders in 2017 and 2018 on attainment of some sales milestones. The offer price of $1.20 per share, excluding milestone payments, represented a 48 percent premium to Dara's Wednesday close.

** J.M. SMUCKER CO, $114.14, -3.43 pct

The company reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit, hurt by higher green coffee costs and lower U.S. demand for its Folgers coffee after it raised prices.

** FIREEYE INC (NasdaqGS: FEYE - news) , $49.02, +2.79 pct

At least four brokerages raised their price targets on the cybersecurity company's stock. Visa Inc (Xetra: A0NC7B - news) said on Wednesday it would develop tools with FireEye to help protect customers against cyber attacks targeting payment data.

** MOLYCORP INC (NYSE: MCP - news) , $0.319, -22.10 pct

The rare earth miner plans to file for bankruptcy protection this month, Wall Street Journal reports, citing people familiar with situation. Molycorp missed interest payment on Monday, triggering concerns that it could file for bankruptcy.

** BIGLARI HOLDINGS INC (NYSE: BH - news) , $409.91, +10.88 pct

Lion Fund II LP offers to buy 575,000 shares of the Steak 'n Shake restaurant chain owner Biglari Holdings's common stock for $420 per share. The offer price represents 13.6 percent premium to Biglari's Wednesday close.

** JPMORGAN CHASE & CO (Xetra: 850628 - news) , $66.93, +0.34 pct

A federal judge on Wednesday limited JPMorgan Chase & Co's potential liability to buy back soured mortgages tied to the main unit of Washington Mutual Inc, the savings and loan it bought at the height of the 2008 global financial crisis.

** LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP, $34.33, +1.57 pct

** STARZ (NasdaqGS: STRZA - news) , $41.7, +0.00 pct

Lions Gate could buy television network Starz and other "free radicals" in the industry, media mogul John Malone told the Wall Street Journal.