** Solar module maker Maxeon Solar Technologies' MAXN.O shares rise 6.5% to $8.49 premarket
** Co to focus exclusively on the U.S. market
** MAXN has reached agreement-in-principle to sell co's EMEA, APAC and LATAM businesses to TCL Group
** TCL Group to also buy MAXN's Philippines manufacturing operations
** Co executes a five-year lease of an existing building in Albuquerque, New Mexico and will make solar panels in the 2 GW capacity facility from early 2026
** As of last close, stock down 98.9% YTD
(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)
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