U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Tuesday as investors awaited earnings reports from a number of companies and the Federal Reserve's policy meeting due later in the day. .N

** Procter & Gamble Co <PG.N>:BUZZ - Rises after Q4 results beat nL6N3TQ0HW

** Merck & Co Inc <MRK.N>:BUZZ - Falls after lower Q2 results nL4N3TQ0V5

** UnitedHealth Group Inc <UNH.N>:BUZZ - Expected to post 34% year-on-year revenue slide nL6N3TP0U0

** Boeing Co <BA.N>:BUZZ - Seen posting near 30% year-on-year revenue jump nL6N3TP0U2

** Union Pacific Corp <UNP.N>:BUZZ -Offers to takeover Norfolk Southern, Bloomberg reports nL4N3TQ0LM

** Lululemon Athletica Inc <LULU.O>:BUZZ - Piper Sandler reduces Lululemon's PT on innovation spending concerns nL6N3TQ0AT

** Bakkt Holdings Inc <BKKT.N>:BUZZ - Plunges after $75 million equity raise nL6N3TQ0G1

** UnitedHealth Group Inc <UNH.N>:BUZZ - Falls as 2025 profit forecast below estimates nL4N3TQ0PI

** Sarepta Therapeutics Inc <SRPT.O>:BUZZ - Jumps as FDA clears Elevidys shipments for walking patients nL4N3TQ0RE

** VeriSign Inc <VRSN.O>:BUZZ - Shares down after Berkshire's $1.2 bln stake sale priced nL6N3TQ0HA

** United Parcel Services Inc <UPS.N>:BUZZ - Falls as 'de minimis' tariff slows demand nL4N3TQ0RU

** Spotify Inc <SPOT.N>:BUZZ - Slips on downbeat quarterly profit forecast nL4N3TQ0RI

** Centene Corp <CNC.N>:

** Molina Healthcare Inc <MOH.N>:BUZZ - JP Morgan trims PT on Centene and Molina, citing ACA uncertainties nL6N3TQ08X

** Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd <RCL.N>:BUZZ - Falls after Q3 profit forecast below estimates nL6N3TQ0J0

** Cadence Design Systems Inc <CDNS.O>:BUZZ - Advances after annual forecast hikes nL4N3TQ0UT

** SoFi Technologies Inc <SOFI.O>:BUZZ - Climbs after annual forecast raise nL4N3TQ0ZC

** Union Pacific Corp UNP.N:

** Norfolk Southern Corp NSC.N:

Buzz: Union Pacific to buy Norfolk Southern in $85 billion deal nL4N3TQ0ZA

(Rajarshi Roy and Parth Chandna)

((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com and and Parth.Chandna@thomsonreuters.com))