Carl Icahn continues in his takeover attempt of Clorox (CLX), this time bumping up his original bid to $10.7 billion.
Nokia is scheduled to report its second-quarter results on July 21 before the market opens.
BlackRock Inc , the world's largest money manager by assets, marshaled a rapidly growing list of fund styles and asset classes to post a 43 percent jump in second-quarter profit, topping expectations.
Cnooc said it agreed to acquire Canadian oil sands company Opti Canada Inc. for $2.1 billion in cash and debt.
The top after-market NYSE gainers on Tuesday are: Vmware, Dex One, Advance America, Wabash National, EMC Corp and Steelcase Inc. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Chipotle Mexican Grill, Government Properties Income Trust, Royal Bank Scotland Group, Motorola Mobility Holdings, Lear Corp and Gray Television.
The unveiling of the Spaceport America brand brings to light the visionary project which took many years to complete.
Google's stock popped last week when the company surprised investors with strong numbers. Apple is expected to post similarly strong numbers, but the market may have already figured that in to Apple's stock price.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pushing for increased security and nuclear agreements with India, as she visits the subcontinent for a three-day visit.
A U.S. Government default must be avoided by Washington lawmakers at all costs, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers underscored, as it would trigger a financial panic worse than that precipitated by the collapse of Lehman Brothers in late 2008.
Australian investment banker Macquarie Group is expected to slash up to one-thousand jobs amidst a slowdown in M&A activity and tepid global market conditions.
Charles Schwab Corp said quarterly earnings rose 16 percent as asset management fees and interest revenue offset a slowdown in client trading.
Spot gold prices touched a new record high of $1598.41 on Monday, extending the longest rally in about 40 years. The latest wind in the tail came from worsening worries of a European sovereign crisis and the painful stalemate in the US debt ceiling talks that has raised the specter of an unprecedented Treasury default.
Hedge fund firm Man Group is to buy exposure to the estates of defunct U.S. bank Lehman Brothers from funds run by its GLG unit for $355 million, in an effort to clean up the funds' holdings and make them easier to sell to new investors.
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Sunday's Day 8 of the debt deal talks saw both sides express confidence that a grand bargain deficit reduction package would be reached, even as a parallel camp of lawmakers worked on a last-chance option containing a more-modest reduction; however, there was little new evidence Sunday that a deal was at hand.
The credit ratings agencies are again angering governments, but this time they are taking on the big fish of the world economy. From Washington to Brussels, Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch have added to the intense pressure on governments trying to deal with crushing sovereign debt.
South Korean media outlets reported Thursday that Coca-Cola company and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) had agreed to enter the North Korean market.
Investors left early for summer vacation, sapping midyear earnings for Charles Schwab Corp
Bank of America (BOA) shares dropped below $10 for the first time in two years on Friday.
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The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Friday are: Clorox, First Horizon National, Chesapeake Energy, Matte, Southwestern Energy, FLIR Systems, Conagra Foods, Advanced Micro Devices and Altria Group.
Credit ratings agency S&P Friday, like Moody's Thursday, warned that the U.S.'s credit rating could be downgraded, if an agreement on raising the debt ceiling is not reached soon. Meanwhile, the Reid/McConnell 'last chance' debt deal plan appeared to gain momentum Thursday, raising hope that a debt deal agreement will be reached soon.
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