HEADLINE STOCKS-U.S. stocks on the move on April 27

(Updates to afternoon trade, adds Limelight, Quidel,
Orient-Express, Syntel and Wabco)
NEW YORK, April 27 (Reuters) - Some U.S. stocks on the move
on on Monday:

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS
Shares of the Dow component fell 1.5 percent to $30.54
after it reported its first-quarter results. [nN27350207]

GENERAL MOTORS
Shares of Dow component GM soared 20 percent to $2.02 after
it said it would make deep plant and employee cuts, as well as
eliminate its Pontiac brand, as it struggles to survive in a
difficult market. [nN27471653]

HUMANA INC
Shares of the health insurer rose 6 percent to $29 after it
reported an increase in its first-quarter profit and raised its
full-year earnings outlook. [nN24410859]

QUALCOMM INC
Shares of the cell phone chip supplier rose 4.8 percent to
$43.34 after it reported second-quarter results.
[nN27201084]

WHIRLPOOL CORP
Shares rose 12 percent to $45.65 after the appliance maker
reported first-quarter results. [nBNG470908]

CORNING INC
Shares of the specialty glass company rose 3.7 percent to
$15.90 after it reported adjusted first-quarter earnings that
beat expectations. [nN27491613]

OMNICOM GROUP
Shares of the advertising company rose 4.9 percent to
$30.80 after it reported first-quarter results.
[nN27451851]

LORILLARD INC
Shares of the cigarette company fell 0.3 percent to $62.43
after it reported first-quarter earnings that were lower than
expected. [nN27330833]

B.E. AEROSPACE
Shares of the supplier of aircraft interior products
tumbled 21 percent to $10.30 after it gave a full-year outlook
that was below consensus. [nBNG440080]

WELLS FARGO
Shares of the bank fell 4.3 percent to $20.49 after
Rochdale Securities analyst Richard Bove downgraded the stock
to hold. [nBNG412184]

NETFLIX
Shares of the online movie renter rose 7.8 percent to
$46.05 after Citi upgraded it to "buy."

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
Shares of the company fell 2 percent to $30.81 after Citi
downgraded the diversified manufacturer to "hold" from "buy,"
saying earnings upside was limited in 2010.

ORIENT-EXPRESS HOTELS
Shares of the luxury hotel operator plunged 23 percent to
$6.80 after it gave a disappointing first-quarter outlook and
said one of its hotels breached a debt covenant; it also said
it plans a stock offering. [nBNG470872]

QUIDEL CORP
Shares gained 7.7 percent to $10.27 after Caris said the
maker of diagnostic tests was well positioned to benefit from a
potential swine flu pandemic scenario. [nWNAB8540]

LIMELIGHT NETWORK
Shares of the company gained 22 percent to $4.76 after a
U.S. court ruled in its favor in a long-running patent dispute.
[nBNG419778]

INVERNESS MEDICAL
Shares rose 11 percent to $30.76 after the maker of
diagnostic test reported first-quarter earnings that beat
expectations and affirmed its full-year outlook.
[nBNG217339]

WABCO HOLDINGS
Shares of the maker of vehicle control systems fell 12
percent to $15.78 after it posted a first-quarter loss and
suspended its dividend. [nBNG86737]

SYNTEL INC
Shares gained 15 percent to $26.80 after the information
technology services firm reported first-quarter results that
beat expectations and raised its 2009 earnings outlook.
[nBNG443959]

UAL CORP
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES
AMR CORP
US AIRWAYS
Shares of the four airlines plummeted after UBS downgraded
them to "neutral" from "buy." Airlines were also pressured as
investors feared a possible global flu outbreak might reduce
travel.
Continental dropped 14 percent to $11.43 while US Airways
dropped 18 percent to $3.96. AMR, the parent of American
Airlines, was down 14 percent to $4.65, and UAL, the parent of
United Airlines, lost 14 percent to $5.50.

ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS
Shares of the pharmaceutical company fell 3.1 percent to
$25.92 after it and its partner Bayer said their
Nexavar drug failed to work against skin cancer in a late-stage
study. [nLO616162]

UBS
U.S.-listed shares of the bank fell 0.5 percent to $12.44
after it replaced the head of its troubled investment banking
unit, naming Alex Wilmot-Sitwell and Carsten Kengeter co-heads
of the unit. [nLR29766]

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Shares fell 2.7 percent to $1.42 after a source said the
insurer received second-round bids from three groups for its
aircraft leasing unit, valuing the division at less than $5
billion. [nN27500814]

GENERAL MILLS
Shares of the food company rose 1.3 percent to $49.37 after
Barron's wrote that the stock has a lot of upside potential,
and could advance from current levels of around $49 to the low
$60s in a year. [nN26488937]
(Reporting by Ryan Vlastelica; Editing by Leslie Adler)
((ryan.vlastelica@thomsonreuters.com; + 1 646-223-6014;
Reuters Messaging: ryan.vlastelica@reuters.com@reuters.net))
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