U.S. Hot Stock Futures: Hot Stocks to Watch

Among the companies with shares expected to actively trade in Friday's session are FireEye Inc. (FEYE) and Groupon Inc. (GRPN).

FireEye said Thursday it is paying nearly $1 billion to buy closely held Mandiant Corp., a computer security firm known for outing Chinese hackers. Shares of FireEye, a Silicon Valley maker of security software that went public in 2013, rose 20% to $49.19 premarket.

Groupon said LivingSocial Inc. plans to sell all of its 13.8 million shares in the daily-deals website. LivingSocial received the Groupon stock as part of the deal to sell its Korean e-commerce firm Ticket Monster for up to $260 million in cash and stock. Groupon shares fell 1.9% to $11.63 premarket.

 
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Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWR) has agreed to pay Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP) $210 million to acquire about 660 miles of rail operations mostly located in South Dakota and Minnesota. The asset sale, expected to close in the middle of the year, will result in Canadian Pacific taking an estimated $240 million write down, which will be included in the company's upcoming fourth-quarter results.

Landec Corp.'s (LNDC) fiscal second-quarter earnings fell 61% as unfavorable weather conditions resulted in severe produce shortages that pressured margins, offsetting continuing revenue growth in the food-packaging company's vegetable business.

Lindsay Corp.'s (LNN) fiscal first-quarter earnings dropped 31% and missed expectations as its domestic irrigation business weakened significantly.

Resources Connection Inc.'s (RECN) fiscal second-quarter profit rose 21% on higher revenue in the U.S. and wider gross margins due to lower healthcare costs and payroll taxes. The outsourcing and advisory firm's results exceeded Wall Street's expectations.

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