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Vertex, UBS AG, Barrick Gold, Microsoft, Newmont, Google, prevailed in the pre-market trading Friday.

Here’s a list of 83 companies set to report earnings April 22-26.

U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open on Friday ahead of another round of quarterly earnings reports.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Amarin, AMC Networks, Microsoft, and Cepheid prevailed in the Nasdaq post-market trading Thursday.

Restoration Hardware, Agnico-Eagle, B&G Foods, Rentech Nitrogen and Lions Gate prevailed in the NYSE post-market trading Thursday.

Americans with student-loan debt used to be more likely to own their homes by age 30 than others. Not any more.

Check out this map of the 90 chemical plants that could cause harm to the million or more people that live nearby:

After years of poor results, Alibaba is eager to return Yahoo China to its American parent. Step One is halting email services.

Google Glass Explorer Edition comes with terms of sale that say Google can deactivate the device if it's given away or sold.

One Million Moms organization is requesting Kmart take their latest "Ship My Pants" commercial off-air.

U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Thursday ahead of the publication of the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data.

A judge has finalized a $700,000 settlement between McDonald's and Michigan Muslims who claimed that the chain falsely advertised its food as "halal."

India's trade deficit eased to $10.32 billion in March from $13.54 billion recorded a year ago, as exports rose for the third straight month.

Foreign direct investments, or FDI, to China rise 1.44 percent for Q1 of 2013 annually.

The consumer credit watchdog says it needs data on American credit habits. Bankers are scoffing.

A Chicago sinkhole on the city's South Side swallowed three cars and injured one person on Thursday.

Budweiser is turning to modern technology to emphasize a piece of its past.

During a congressional hearing Wednesday, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe claimed that the USPS is losing $25 million per day and could become a burden to taxpayers.

The Jodi Arias murder trial will continue Thursday after a was cancelled on Wednesday.

The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rose last week, signaling little improvement in a soft U.S. labor market.

China’s control over the value of its currency could soon be a little less strict, according to a top central bank official.

At least 5-15 have been killed and more than 160 injured in connection with the Wednesday-night fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas.

McDonald's will report first-quarter earnings of $1.26 per share, up 2.3 percent from a year ago.

Counterfeit goods account for about 2 percent of world trade, and 67 percent of that is from China.

April marks the ramp-up of proxy season, when corporate top brass face-off with shareholders trying to instill changes.

When it comes to insurance, for a bombing to be certified as an act of "terrorism," it has to meet a formal definition agreed upon by the secretaries of treasury and state and the attorney general.

As inflation continues to devalue the Argentine peso, citizens are gaining interest in the virtual currency bitcoin.

Information technology and residential construction emerge as the economy's leading sectors, in the latest Beige Book.

Apple was named among 198 companies under investigation by China for distributing pornographic material on Chinese Internet.