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The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Thursday were Synaptics Inc, Informatica Corp, Lattice Semiconductor Corp, Star Scientific and KLA-Tencor Corp. The top after-market NASDAQ losers were Select Comfort Corp, Microsemi Corp, Flextronics International, E TRADE Financial, Cepheid and Microsoft Corp.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Thursday were Tempur-pedic International, iSoftStone Holdings, Qihoo 360 Technology, MGIC Investment and ResMed Inc. The top after-market NYSE losers were Ship Finance International, Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Molycorp, American Water Works Co and AOL Inc.

Burger King has dropped its meat supplier after horse meat was found in beef.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, introduced a bill on Thursday that would ban the sale, transfer, manufacture and importation of 100 specialty firearms and certain semiautomatic weapons.

There's a superstorm raging over our economy that's been seeded and fueled by the federal government.

The popular Trader Joe’s wine known as "Two-Buck Chuck" will no longer be living up to his name after its price was raised to $2.49 from $1.99.

The swings in claims may reflect challenges adjusting the data during the holiday period and at the start of quarters.

Chemical maker Huntsman will trim its European manufacturing payroll to make its Advanced Materials division more efficient.

Spain’s unemployment rate in the fourth quarter of 2012 jumped to a record high of 26 percent, data released by the National Statistics Institute showed Thursday.

Netflix, Chesapeake Energy Corp, Nokia, Rio Tinto, Mellanox Technologies, Apple Inc, Cirrus Logic, Allegheny Technologies and SanDisk Corp. are among the companies whose shares are moving in the pre-market trading Thursday.

Japan has been thrust full steam into developing alternatives to nuclear power. It has a long way to go.

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

Crude oil prices advanced in Asia Thursday after a private survey showed that Chinese factory activity in January grew at its fastest pace in two years.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Wednesday were Swift Transportation, Headwaters, Union Pacific, Iamgold and Southwest Airlines Co. The top after-market NYSE losers were Teradyne, Yingli Green Energy, Buckeye Partners, Varian Medical Systems and Vipshop Holdings Ltd.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Wednesday were Netflix Inc, F5 Networks Inc, Dorman Products Inc and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc. The top after-market NASDAQ losers Wednesday were Mellanox Technologies Ltd, Apple Inc, Cirrus Logic Inc, Skyworks Solutions Inc and Altera Corporation.

Peugeot Citroen has unveiled a hybrid car that runs partly on the most environmentally friendly resource of all: air.

Growth in China's factory sector hit a two-year high in January, a preliminary private survey showed Thursday, as manufacturers received more orders.

The city has selected the My Micro NY design as part of its New Housing Marketplace Plan to develop affordable housing for small-household New York residents.

A would-be thief who had a change of heart over his criminal intentions left a Montana Papa John’s with another kind of dough – a pizza pie for his family instead of the restaurant’s cash.

Organizers for the annual Governors Ball 2013 music festival announced the event's 2013 lineup.

A video of a baby being flung from a mini-van has gone viral after a horrific car crash in Russia nearly took the child’s life.

The secretary of state became impatient with Republican Ron Johnson's line of questioning on the consulate attacks.

Even if Spain asks for a bailout, it won't be enough to address the country's deep-seated problems, according to a European economist.

Spring is the holiday shopping season for home improvement retailers. Lowe's says it's hiring 54,000 this year.

McDonald's Corp. beat profit estimates for the last three months of 2013. However, it says January could see flagging sales.

U.S. home prices rose for a tenth consecutive month in November.

Woodward, Aixtron SE, Google, Alcatel Lucent, International Business Machines Corp, Facebook, KB Home and Ford Motor Co. are among the companies whose shares are moving in the pre-market trading Wednesday.

Ultra-easy monetary policy is increasing the risk of a boom-bust cycle in capital flows, the Institute of International Finance warned.

U.S. stock index futures point to a lower open Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of quarterly earnings reports by major corporations.