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Alcatel Lucent, Knight Capital Group, Lloyds Banking, Mellanox Technologies, Syngenta, Oracle Corp, Altria Group, Citigroup, and Gulfport Energy Corp are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Wednesday.

The U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open Wednesday ahead of the Census Bureau’s data on housing starts and building permits.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Tuesday were Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Inc, Canadian Solar Inc, Career Education Corporation Inc, Amicus Therapeutics Inc and KiOR Inc, while the top after-market losers were PLX Technology, Symmetricom, Maxwell Technologies Inc, and Neutral Tandem Inc.

Asian stock markets advanced Wednesday on hopes that the U.S. lawmakers will soon arrive at a consensus to avoid the "fiscal cliff” and the Japanese Central Bank will add to economic stimulus buoyed sentiment.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Tuesday were Blyth Inc, Knight Capital Group, Delphi Automotive, Mine Safety Appliances and Box Ships Inc. The top after-market NYSE losers were Energen Corp, Tenet Healthcare, Unit Corp, Lender Processing Services and Abercrombie & Fitch.

Switzerland's UBS is set to pay the second-largest fine ever levied on a bank Wednesday when it admits that a group of its traders rigged Libor interest rates, Reuters reports.

In a court battle between the gummy bear and the chocolate bear, the German maker of the chewy treat won against the Swiss company behind a gold-foiled wrapped chocolate teddy in a trademark lawsuit.

Criticism of credit rating agencies continues after an analysis revealed their sovereign ratings lack reliability.

Freedom Group, maker of the Bushmaster assault rifle believed to have been used in the Newtown attack, will be sold by Cerberus Capital.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission ordered nine of the largest information brokers to turn over details how they collect and maintain private data.

The Reserve Bank of India in an unexpected move decided to keep the key interest rates and cash reserve ratio unchanged in a monetary policy review, citing the fragile global economic situation but said the policy focus was shifting towards growth, indicating monetary easing in the next quarter review.

U.S. banks are refusing to play ball on global capital rules, claiming they shouldn’t be forced to put more cash in a rainy day scheme.

Nokia Corp, American International Group, BHP Billiton Ltd, Bank of America Corp, JPMorgan Chase, Apple Inc, AspenBio Pharma, ING Groep and Woodward Inc. are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Tuesday.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open Tuesday ahead of the Bureau of Economic Analysis' announcement of current account balance data for the third quarter.

Asian stock markets advanced Tuesday as sentiment turned positive overnight following indications that negotiations over the U.S. fiscal cliff are progressing.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Monday were Amicus Therapeutics Inc, NuPathe Inc, Affymax Inc, GT Advanced Technologies Inc and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc, while the top after-market losers were Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc, G-III Apparel Group Inc, Gentiva Health Services, and Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Monday were Tronox Ltd, Two Harbors Investments, Bank of America Corp, Discover Financial Services and Quicksilver Resources Inc. The top after-market NYSE losers were Genco Shipping & Trading, M/I Homes, RAIT Financial Trust, Wabash National Corp and Headwaters Inc.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into China fell in November in comparison to the same period last year, as investors, who are concerned about the global economic condition cut down on spending.

Linsanity returned to the Garden as Jeremy Lin scored 20 points to lead Houston past New York.

Walmart has pulled the Bushmaster AR-15 after it was used in the Sandy Hook shooting

This week, the economic data releases will take a back seat as the fiscal cliff negotiations dominate the agenda.

Healthcare providers will increasingly start providing another service under Obamacare: Insurance.

Shinzo Abe, leader of the LDP, will tackle Japan’s long-running deflation, but maybe not in the robust way necessary to succeed.

Nasdaq OMX dropped prominent media companies and Electronic Arts from its Nasdaq-100 Index in its annual revisions, set to go into effect Dec. 24.

Free Shipping Day 2012 will be celebrated on Monday, with deals, discounts and free shipping offered by many e-retailers and stores.

A. O. Smith Corp, SINA Corp, American International Group, Louisiana-Pacific, Berkshire Hathaway, First Majestic Silver, Smith & Wesson Holding, Apple Inc and Deutsche Bank AG are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Monday.

The U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Empire State Manufacturing Survey.

India’s government lowered the country’s economic growth forecast for the fiscal year 2012 indicating that it is in need of stimulus measures to boost the weakening economy.