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A federal investigation into last year's cyber attack on Nasdaq OMX Group found surprisingly lax security practices that made the exchange operator an easy target for hackers, people with knowledge of the probe said. The sources did not want to be identified because the matter is classified.

Two days after the New York Police Department tore down the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park, protesters marked the two-month anniversary of their movement by taking to the streets around the New York Stock Exchange in Lower Manhattan.

The top after market NYSE Losers on Wednesday were: Youku.com, IntraLinks Holdings, W&T Offshore, Hecla Mining, Western Refining, Spectrum Brands Holdings, Boyd Gaming, SPX Corp, Fidelity National Financial and Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp.

Stocks fell on Wednesday, with selling accelerating late in the session on more warnings about the potential impact of the euro zone's debt crisis on the global economy and the banking system.

Actress and model Olivia Wilde unveiled the 25,000 crystal Swarovski star that will don the top of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree this holiday.

The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Tuesday were: Hillenbrand, Stepan, Hewlett-Packard, Hecla Mining, Williams Companies, Edwards Lifesciences, Omega Healthcare Investors, Dean Foods, General Motors and Beazer Homes USA.

The top after market NYSE Losers on Tuesday were: Och-Ziff Capital Management, GMAC LLC, Symetra Financial, Cenveo, LSI Logic, McGraw-Hill Companies, Agilent Technologies, Dycom Industries, HyperDynamics and IDT Corp.

Citigroup In c is planning to cut as many as 900 jobs from its securities and banking division as it grapples with turmoil in equity and debt markets, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

U.S. retail chain, Macy's Inc. have announced plans for three new stores offering a range of merchandise categories.

Experts detailed New York's economic, social and environmental challenges on Tuesday in Zoning the City, an urban planning conference held in midtown.

Hours after being evicted from New York's Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan, Occupy Wall Street protesters were setting up in a new location pledging amid religious prayers to continue the movement with a new occupation.

The International Business Times has the exclusive account of the harrowing night of police brutality and destruction that befell Occupy Wall Street protesters camped out in Zuccotti Park early Tuesday, as seen through the eyes of New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams of Brooklyn.

The top after market NYSE gainers on Monday were: Chimera Investment Corp, MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp, Beazer Homes USA, Assisted Living Concepts and Digital Realty Trust. The top after market NYSE Losers were: BPZ Resources, LDK Solar Co, InterOil Corp, Air Lease Corp and Penn Virginia Resource Partners.

WASHINGTON, Nov 14 - The New York County District Attorney's office will soon announce enforcement actions against additional foreign banks that helped Iran and other U.S.-sanctioned countries access the U.S. financial system, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr said on Monday.

Saturday was the 10th anniversary of the memorial for the victims of American Airlines Flight 587, and attendance was high despite the fact that the plane crashed into the nearby neighborhood of Belle Harbor a full decade ago.

Wedbush Securities downgraded its rating on shares of Cardiome Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CRME) to “neutral” from “outperform” as the trial of oral vernakalant continues to delay. The brokerage also lowered its fair value estimate to $4 from $8.50.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Cisco Systems, Power-One, Elbit Imaging, NVIDIA, and Micron Technology. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, OPNET Technologies, Kulicke & Soffa Industries, BioSante Pharmaceuticals, and KIT digital.

Following are some of the stocks that gained in the extended trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange.

As an elderly songwriter strummed along to a low-rent ditty about that old dusty road where that banker stole my home in the heart of Zuccotti Park, just a few feet away, a dose of vigilante justice was being doled out Wednesday afternoon by the Occupy Wall Street protesters.

Macy's Inc. reported a strong third-quarter net income of $139 million ($0.32 per share), but a fall in gross margin caused shares to slip in early trading on Wednesday.

HyperDynamics, IntraLinks, Weight Watchers, RPC and Cinemark Holdings, GenOn Energy, United Rentals, Lowe's Companies, Lennar Corp. and Standard Motor Products are among the companies that saw active trading in the extended trading session on the New York Stock Exchange.