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Is Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) about to lose its stock exchange ticker symbol and become a private company? Some traders think it's imminent.

Gold futures steadied over $1,600 per ounce Thursday, breaking above a level the precious metal had not seen since early July.

Investors in Facebook stock are bracing themselves for something wild. The market is bracing for big swings in Facebook Inc (FB.O) shares after the social media company reports earnings for the first time as a public company.

Baidu.com, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, NXP Semiconductors, Telecom Italia, Elan Corp, Infosys Ltd, Banco Santander and Barclays Plc. are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Tuesday.

Mellanox Technologies, Asset Acceptance Capital, Bank of America, Infosys, Credit Suisse Group, Pluristem Therapeutics, Yum! Brands, Deutsche Bank and Perrigo Co are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Thursday.

Credit Suisse Group, Orexigen Therapeutics, Aixtron, New Oriental Education & Tech, Arena Pharmaceuticals, Ericsson, Saks and American Capital Agency Corp are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Wednesday.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Friday were Saks Inc, MasterCard, EXCO Resources, Visa and Yanzhou Coal Mining. The top after-market NYSE losers were New York & Co, Omega Healthcare Investors, Bonanza Creek Energy, VimpelCom and Accuride Corp.

As news about Amazon testing its smartphone trickles down, the industry is agog with excitement of finding a smartphone that can usher in the goodies without much fuss.

Investors in Research In Motion Ltd should not re-elect one-time lead director John Richardson to the board of the struggling BlackBerry maker at Tuesday's annual meeting, proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis said.

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) must be asking itself when the European automotive market becomes too toxic as sales in the region slump, the euro zone teeters on the brink of disaster and carmaker predicts European losses of close to $600 million in the second quarter.

Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is returning to China, but this time the world's largest electronics retailer is returning as a smaller version of its previous self.

Amarin Corp, Facebook, Zynga, Saks, O'Reilly Automotive, Credit Suisse Group, Atlantic Power and Tata Motors are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Tuesday.

Few large financial institutions managed to escape unscathed as Moody's repositioned the ratings of 15 banks and securities firms with global capital markets operations after the closing bell on Thursday.

Asian stock markets mostly declined Thursday as the Federal Reserve's limited help to bolster the domestic economy disappointed some market participants.

Seadrill Ltd, Transocean, Frontline, Nokia Corp, Credit Suisse, Smithfield Foods, Tata Motors, 3D Systems and Overseas Shipholding Group are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Thursday.

Markets reacted positively to the Spanish banking sector bailout for about two hours before the sobering reality of the situation set in.

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK), the nation's second largest natural gas producer, is seeking to patch its $22 billion shortfall brought on by dropping natural gas prices by selling its midstream pipeline assets to Global Infrastructure Partners for $4 billion, the company announced Friday.

China's Alibaba Group and Yahoo confirmed Sunday night they have reached an agreement that will allow the two online media giants to eventually go their own ways. Alibaba initially will pay an estimated $7.1 billion in cash and preferred stock to Yahoo.

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, has decided to pitch its initial public offering of 421 million shares at $38, which could raise as much as $18.1 billion, assuming ?over-allotment options.

The euro fell to its lowest levels since January following the news Greece would have to hold a new round of elections, making the prospect of the dissolution of the euro zone economic union significantly more compelling.

GlaxoSmithKline Plc (NYSE: GSK) will begin a $2.6 billion hostile takeover bid for Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ: HGSI), the company announced Wednesday.

Asian stock markets advanced Tuesday, recovering from their biggest fall in six months in the previous session on concerns over election results in France and Greek.

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, has decided to pitch its initial public offering of 337.4 million shares at $35 apiece, which could raise as much as $13.6 billion, assuming over-allotment options.

Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis International AG / Sandoz (NYSE: NVS) announced Wednesday it would acquire Melville, N.Y.-based Fougera Pharmaceuticals for $1.5 billion in cash.The deal makes Sandoz, Novartis's generics drug division, the world's largest maker of generic dermatological drugs.

Gold prices rose towards $1,650 an ounce on Thursday after the Federal Reserve opted to keep U.S. interest rates at rock bottom, taking further support from the foreign exchange market as the dollar languished against a basket of major currencies.

Mergers and acquisitions are proliferating globally as low interest rates, large cash piles and depressed asset prices create opportunities for expanding market share and restructuring.

Gold prices slid below $1,630 an ounce on Monday as concerns that the euro zone debt crisis could ensnare higher-rated countries hurt the single currency, though moves were muted ahead of this week's Federal Reserve meeting.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade Monday are: Ardea Biosciences, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Savient Pharmaceuticals, Amarin Corp, DR Horton, Achillion Pharmaceuticals, SGOCO Group, Kellogg Co, Wal-Mart Stores and United States Steel Corp.

Shares of security software specialist Proofpoint (Nasdaq: PFPT) jumped as much as 31 percent in the first few minutes of trading after their initial public offering.