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Barclays Plc, ING Groep N.V, JPMorgan Chase & Co, France Telecom SA, Advanced Micro Devices, Infosys Ltd, Kinder Morgan Inc and Arch Coal Inc. are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Friday.

Robert Kiyosaki, author of the bestselling “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” series of financial advice books, has filed for corporate bankruptcy after losing a $24 million court judgment, New York Post reported Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia recently called for an international discussion to lay down new guidelines for Internet accessibility.

Watching financial announcements from big companies in the PC sector resembles a jalopy falling apart. Is the tablet age here?

Third-quarter earnings season will be in full swing next week. Results will indicate how much the global slowdown affects U.S. companies.

Asian stocks were mixed Friday as concerns over global growth and weak corporate earnings outweighed upbeat U.S. jobs data.

The U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open Friday ahead of the Labor Department's Producer Price Index and the Treasury Department’s Federal budget report.

Infosys Technologies Ltd, India's second largest software services firm, reported Friday a 24 percent rise in the net profit for the second fiscal quarter ending June 31, 2012, meeting market expectations. However, the Bangalore-based company gave a weaker-than-expected earnings forecast for the third quarter, sending its shares down by 5 percent in the morning trade.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Thursday were Endeavor International Corp, Teekay Tankers Ltd, Dean Foods Co, Cabot Oil & Gas Corp and Gamestop Corp. The top after-market NYSE losers were Advanced Micro Devices, Inc, Quicksilver Resources Inc, Office Depot, Inc, Hertz Global Holdings, Inc and Range Resources Corp.

The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Thursday were J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc, Photronics Inc, FormFactor Inc, Oclaro Inc and Glu Mobile Inc. The top after-market Nasdaq losers were AEterna Zentaris Inc Ltd, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc, Popular Inc and Blucora Inc.

Most of the Asian stocks rose Friday with investor sentiment turning positive as a drop in the U.S. jobless claims indicated an improvement in the labor market in the world’s largest economy.

Asian stocks and the euro steadied Friday, but were on course for a losing week as worries about weak corporate earnings and slowing global economic growth limit the appeal of riskier assets.

A new report reveals that illegal fishing operations that bring catches from West Africa to Europe are pervasive and sophisticated.

WWE "SmackDown" results for the Cot. 12 edition, pre-taped on Oct. 8

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) could get a big boost from capital markets activity this quarter. But dangers lurk.

Shares of Sprint-Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) soared on Softbank takeover reports. Here's why they'd make a deal.

Wells Fargo and Co. (NYSE: WFC) may get a substantial boost from the housing recovery.

Sammi Kane Kraft, who took on Tatum O’Neal’s role in the 2005 remake of “The Bad News Bears,” died in a car accident in Los Angeles at age 20.

Turkish jet fighters intercepted a Syrian passenger airplane on Wednesday night, according to reports.

Australia is losing jobs to other countries, and the reason may be surprising: China isn't growing as fast as it used to.

What’s wrong with Intel (Nasdaq: INTC)? Wednesday it set still another 52-week low of $21.76, down 25% from its high.

Sprint Nextel Corp, Tata Motors Ltd, Deutsche Bank AG, ABB Ltd, Nokia Corp, Higher One Holdings, Banco Santander and Siemens AG are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Thursday.

Asian stock markets declined Thursday as weak machine orders data from Japan and the Spanish debt downgrade by Standard & Poor’s weighed on the sentiment.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a slightly higher open Thursday ahead of the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data and the Bureau of Economic Analysis's trade deficit report.

Most of the European markets fell Thursday as investor sentiment turned negative amid the revived concerns about the debt crisis affecting the euro zone as the economic and financial instability faced by Spain continued to deepen.

Greece will need two more years for meeting the fiscal targets, according to International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Wednesday were Gamestop Corp, Endeavor International Corp, Dole Food Co, Dana Holding Corp and HollyFrontier Corp. The top after-market NYSE losers were Ruby Tuesday, MEMC Electronic Materials, Old Republic International Corp, Vanceinfo Technologies and Jones Group, Inc.

Japan’s core machinery orders fell in August compared to that in the previous month showing that there is an urgent need to take additional measures for enhancing the growth potential of the economy.

Asian shares tracked Wall Street lower Thursday as weak forecasts from U.S. corporate bellwethers underscored concern over global demand.