Morning Market Snapshot: April 19, 2011

Good Morning. It’s Tuesday, April 19, 2011. At this hour, U.S. equity futures are mixed. Overseas, the Asian markets declined, while the European markets are higher. Seagate (STX), Samsung announce $1.375B strategic alignment. Texas Instruments (TXN) sees broad based strength in second half of FY11. Boeing (BA) selected Pratt & Whitney (UTX) to mature CST-100 design. California federal court rejects class action against Philip Morris USA (MO). Autoliv (ALV) to acquire vision system technologies from Hella. Biogen (BIIB) receives positive opinion from the CHMPHealth Canada on AVONEX.