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BUZZ-U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-First Solar, Pier 1 Imports, Achillion

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U.S. stock index e-mini futures fell on Wednesday: Dow Jones industrial average futures were down 0.18 percent at 17,761, S&P 500 futures were down 0.13 percent at 2,059.5 and Nasdaq 100 futures were down 0.04 percent at 4,274.25.

** APPLE INC (NasdaqGS: AAPL - news) , Tuesday close $122.02, +0.37 pct premarket

** FIRST SOLAR INC (Xetra: F3A.DE - news) , Tuesday close $48.54, +2.49 pct premarket

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The iPhone maker will buy about $850 million of power from a new California solar farm to cut its energy bill, it said on Tuesday as its stock market value closed above $700 billion for the first time.

The First Solar plant, with the capacity to power the equivalent of 60,000 homes, will be used to supply electricity for Apple's new campus in Silicon Valley, and its other offices and 52 stores in the state, Chief Executive Tim Cook said at a Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS-PB - news) technology conference in San Francisco.

** PIER 1 IMPORTS INC (NYSE: PIR - news) , Tuesday close $16.97, -32.06 pct premarket

The furniture retailer forecast 2015 profit below analysts' expectations, citing weak sales in January and February and higher supply chain costs.

** ACHILLION PHARMACEUTICALS INC (NasdaqGS: ACHN - news) , Tuesday close $11.475, -5.45 pct premarket

The biotech company said it would offer about 10 million shares of common stock, but did not disclose the expected price.

** TESLA MOTORS INC (Xetra: A1CX3T - news) , Tuesday close $216.29, -1.85 pct premarket

Chief Executive Elon Musk is prepared to fire overseas executives, people with knowledge of the matter said, after weak Chinese sales of the company's luxury electric cars cast doubt on his ambitious global expansion plans.

** DELTA AIR LINES INC (NYSE: DAL - news) , Tuesday close $45.32

** UNITED CONTINENTAL HOLDINGS INC, Tuesday close $67.63

** AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC, Tuesday close $48.05

U.S. airlines have lost at least five percentage points of their share of flight bookings from the United States to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia since 2008, due to fierce competition from Gulf carriers, according to data seen by Reuters.

** SPRINT CORP, Tuesday close $4.92

With its surprise endorsement of a stricter U.S. regulatory regime for Internet service providers, Sprint wanted to show that tougher rules would not stop rival telecom players from investing, Chief Technology Officer Stephen Bye said in an interview.

** HALLIBURTON CO, Tuesday close $42.6, -0.94 pct premarket

** BAKER HUGHES INC, Tuesday close $62.06

U.S. antitrust regulators have asked the oilfield services companies for more information related to their proposed $35 billion merger, the companies said on Tuesday.

** ANTHEM INC (NYSE: ANTM - news) , Tuesday close $138.74

Ten U.S. states have sent a letter to the No. 2 U.S. health insurer, complaining that the company has been too slow in notifying consumers that they were victims of a massive data breach disclosed last week.

** COCA-COLA CO, Tuesday close $42.4

The world's largest beverage maker raised the overall prices it charges its retail customers in North America 4 percent in the latest quarter, the company said on Tuesday, a signal to industry watchers that soft-drink rival PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP - news) probably raised prices too.

** WESTERN UNION CO, Tuesday close $18.4

The world's largest money transfer company said it would cut prices for money transfers within the United States to help fend off fierce competition and would buy back up to $1.2 billion of shares.

** MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC (NYSE: MOH - news) , Tuesday close $56.26

The company reported higher-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings, helped by an increase in premiums.

** SANGAMO BIOSCIENCES INC (NasdaqGS: SGMO - news) , Tuesday close $12.67

The biotechnology company's fourth-quarter revenue was $15 million, compared with the average analyst estimate of $14.5 million, helped by payments from deals with companies such as Shire (Xetra: S7E.DE - news) , Biogen Idec (NasdaqGS: BIIB - news) , Dow AgroSciences, and Sigma Aldrich.

** XOOM CORP, Tuesday close $15.14

The online money-transfer company said it expected first-quarter revenue of $42 million-$44 million, below the average analyst estimate of $44.4 million.

** TARO PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES (NYSE: TARO - news) , Tuesday close $163.49

Taro's margins increased by 70 basis points to a record of 81.4 percent, beating estimates.

** CHICO'S FAS INC, Tuesday close $17.25

Private equity firm Sycamore Partners is in talks to buy the women's apparel retailer and is trying to secure debt financing of up to $3 billion, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

** RUCKUS WIRELESS INC (NYSE: RKUS - news) , Tuesday close $10.51

The Wifi products maker forecast first-quarter profit and revenue below the average analyst estimate. The company's fourth-quarter revenue also lagged estimates, hurt by delays in education spending in North American.

** GILEAD SCIENCES INC (NasdaqGS: GILD - news) , Tuesday close $98.32, -0.07 pct premarket

The drugmaker said on Tuesday that it expects the number of hepatitis C patients treated in Europe with its Sovaldi drug to increase dramatically this year, and that approvals for the newer combination pill, Harvoni, could come quickly.

** SAREPTA THERAPEUTICS INC (Xetra: AB3A.DE - news) , Tuesday close $12.58

An experimental Ebola drug from Sarepta protected six of eight lab monkeys injected with the virus, scientists from the company and the U.S. Army reported on Tuesday.

** ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC (Xetra: R6C1.DE - news) , Tuesday close $66.08

The United Steelworkers union said lead oil company negotiator Royal Dutch Shell failed to bring experts and information as promised when talks ended last week. A Shell (LSE: RDSB.L - news) spokeswoman said on Tuesday night that the firm was working "in a good faith effort to collect the requested data".

** VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL INC (NYSE: VRX - news) , Tuesday close $164.13

Canada-based Valeant will scoop up bankrupt cancer vaccine maker Dendreon Corp (Other OTC: DNDNQ - news) , after no additional qualified bids came forward by Tuesday's deadline, Valeant said.

** GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC, Tuesday close $184.56

New York's financial regulator has sent subpoenas to Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse (LSE: 0QP5.L - news) , BNP Paribas (LSE: 0HB5.L - news) and Societe Generale (Paris: FR0000130809 - news) , expanding its probe into the possible rigging of foreign exchange rates through computer programs, people familiar with the matter said.

** INTUIT INC (NasdaqGS: INTU - news) , Tuesday close $89.14

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is examining how fraudulent tax returns were filed in 19 states through tax-preparation software TurboTax, developed by Intuit, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person with knowledge of the matter. (Compiled by Amrutha Penumudi in Bengaluru; Editing by Simon Jennings)