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The companies whose shares are moving in aftermarket trade on Thursday are: CF Industries Holdings, Fluor Corp, CIGNA Corp, Priceline.com, Eog Resources, Carefusion, Sunoco, Metropcs Communications, Visa and American Internation Group.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Tuesday are: First Solar, Netflix, MEMC Electronic Materials, U.S. Bancorp, American International Group, Capital One Financial, Motorola Mobility Holdings, Advanced Micro Devices and Jds Uniphase.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Monday are: Cintas, MEMC Electronic Materials, First Solar, Micron Technology, Xilinx, Southwest Airlines, Exelon, NRG Energy, American International Group and Aflac.

Shareholders of two of the firms in a consortium buying U.S. insurer AIG's Taiwan unit approved the $2.16 billion bid on Wednesday, setting the scene for what is expected to be a tough battle with regulators.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Friday are: Consolidated Edison, Molex, AK Steel Holding, Allergan, Jds Uniphase, Campbell Soup, PepsiCo and American International Group.

The debts assumed by the Western democracies will overwhelm their economies and lead to the end of our current Dollar-denominated, global currency regime. This has profound implications for Americans' standard of living and our empire's role in the world.

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U.S. stocks finished narrowly mixed after Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke warned that unemployment may remain at elevated level for several years, although he downplayed inflation risks.

American International Group, Inc. said it expects to record a $4.1 billion charge in the fourth quarter to boost the loss reserves in its Chartis property and casualty insurance subsidiaries.

Hedge fund manager Bruce Berkowitz, the second largest stakeholder in American International Group, is bullish on both AIG and its spinoff AIA.

Both Bush and Clinton Adminstrations were at fault, as well as former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and current Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, as well as former Treasury chief Henry Paulson, says inquiry

Investor interest in derivatives-based strategies remains cold, as the financial bailout in 2008 and the Dodd-Graham Financial Overhaul Act has kept investors scared.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Friday are: General Electric, Google, Micron Technology, Sara Lee, American International Group, Schlumberger and Biogen Idec.

Extensive reconstruction after Australia's floods risks fuelling a wages blow-out, as flooded states and the booming resource sector bid for scarce workers, which will in turn push up inflation and add pressure for a tightening of interest rates.

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The S&P 500 Index gained 3.69 points, or 0.29 percent, to trade at 1,278.17 at 9.30 a.m. EDT. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 32.93 points, or 0.28 percent, to trade at 11,704.81. The Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 11.50 points, or 0.42 percent, to 2,728.49.

Here are the ten best-performing stocks of the S&P 500 for 2010.

Bruce Berkowit, president of Fairholme Capital Management has a huge stake in bailed-out insurance company American International Group (NYSE: AIG) which has just about doubled in price year-to-date (from just under $30 per share to just under $60).

Stocks finished narrowly mixed in very light trading as a monstrous snow storm on the East Coast likely kept many traders home and a rate hike over the weekend by China dampened some investor sentiment.

Shares of American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) are soundly higher this morning after the company said it entered bank credit facilities totaling $3-billion.

The stock market rallied modestly on U.S. mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities and China’s continued support for European Union’s (EU) sovereign debt market.