BUSINESS

A 10-pound bag of marijuana that took a wrong turn on a cross-country shipment was delivered to surprised employees at a Kmart in Seattle.

Chrysler Group LLC, the No. 3 U.S. automaker, turned in a robust January as sales surged 16 percent.

The U.S. unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9 percent last month.

Dell Inc, BT Group Plc, Nokia Corporation, STMicroelectronics N.V., Annaly Capital Management Inc, Navios Maritime Partners L.P., Bonanza Creek Energy Inc and Constellation Brands Inc are among the companies whose shares are moving in the pre-market trading Friday.

About halfway through the fourth-quarter earnings season, here's your handy earnings-report watchlist for this week.

Two monthly surveys point to increased industrial activity in the world's second-largest economy, though one failed to meet its forecast.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Friday ahead of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' nonfarm payrolls and unemployment reports.

India’s manufacturing sector expanded at a slower rate to a three month low in January, as volume of new export orders eased from the previous month.

Asian stock markets were mixed Friday as disappointing Chinese manufacturing activity data weighed on the sentiment.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Thursday were Netsuite Inc, Green Dot Corp, Standard Pacific Corp, Tyson Foods and Gramercy Capital Corp. The top after-market NYSE losers were Berry Plastics Group, Navios Maritime Partners, Cytec Industries, Chesapeake Lodging Trust and Emulex Corp.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Thursday were Audience Inc, Tesco Corporation, Gevo Inc and Cavium Inc. The top after-market NASDAQ losers Thursday were Electro Scientific Industries Inc, Tellabs Inc, Oplink Communications Inc, Constant Contact Inc and Astro-Med Inc.

Former Peregrine Financial Group CEO Russell Wasendorf Sr. has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for embezzling funds from the brokerage and its customers hundreds of millions of dollars.

Following the popularity of Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos Tacos, Frito-Lay is planning to roll out Taco Bell flavored versions of the Dorito.

Anheuser-Busch InBev says it will fight the U.S. government's effort to stop it from buying Grupo Modelo.

The niece of Italy's erstwhile, and possibly future, prime minister shares at least one trait with her uncle: a penchant for spectacular gaffes on national tv.

Much less cod may be harvested in U.S. Atlantic waters after a 2011 report shows far fewer fish than previously thought.

Latin America contributed nearly 30 percent of Colgate-Palmolive's 2012 sales while North America contributed less than 20 percent.

Wal-Mart stores across the country began limiting the sale of ammunition to three boxes per customer, per day as consumer demand has outpaced supplies.

Anglo-Australian miner Tio Tinto Group says it has no plans to temporarily halt work on its giant Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia.

The head of the Syrian National Coalition, Moaz al-Khatib, wrote on his Facebook that he was "ready for direct discussions" with Assad.

The maker of Colgate toothpaste and Palmolive soaps increased its profit and revenue in the fourth quarter.

Initial jobless claims are back to levels consistent with modest job growth.

Falling revenue in the U.K., Brazil and Mexico, plus billions in delinquent Spanish mortgages, hammered Banco Santander's 2012 results.

Online Resources Corporation, JDS Uniphase Corp, Ericsson, and Nokia Corporation are among Thursday's pre-market movers.

The most important part of the quarterly earnings ritual is what companies are saying about the global economy.

Fitch Ratings compared Europe to economically stagnant Japan, which hasn't seen auto sales rise above its 1990 peak.

Japan's manufacturing activity slowed in January, but it did so at the slowest pace in four months as a weaker yen helped exports.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a slightly lower open Thursday ahead of the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data and the Commerce Department's personal income and spending data.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Wednesday were Fortinet Inc, JDS Uniphase Corp, Skyworks Solutions, Citrix Systems and Align Technology. The top after-market NASDAQ losers were Concur Technologies, Facebook, Silicon Laboratories, Aviat Networks and Anacor Pharmaceuticals.