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U.S. stock index e-mini futures rose on Wednesday. Dow Jonesindustrial average futures were up 0.45 percent at17,130, S&P 500 futures were up 0.43 percent at 2,008.25and Nasdaq 100 futures were up 0.43 percent at 4,109.5.
** TOLL BROTHERS INC, Tuesday close $35.63
the largest U.S. luxury homebuilder's quarterly income morethan doubled as it sold more homes at higher prices.
** NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORP, Tuesday close $38.49
The truck and engine maker is expected to report anothermessy quarter as it continues to deal with warranty costsrelated to its big investment in a proprietary engine technologythat failed.
** SHANDA GAMES LTD, Tuesday close $6.28
Private equity firms Carlyle Group LP andFountainvest Partners have pulled out of a consortium backing a$1.9 billion bid to buy the online games developer.
** HELEN OF TROY LTD, Tuesday close $59.15, -9.7pct after market
The personal care products and houseware maker lowered itsfull-year profit and revenue forecast, citing recent retailweakness. "In our personal care business, the multi-yeardownward trend has accelerated recently, particularly in themore commoditized parts of our appliance business," ChiefExecutive Julien Mininberg said.
** GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE INC, Tuesday close $45.82, +9pct after market
The company, which provides software for property andcasualty insurers, reported better-than-expected fourth quarterprofit and revenue as license revenue jumped 34 percent. "Newlicenses included key Tier 1 wins, full suite sales and expandedrelationships with existing customers ... on our newerproducts," Chief Executive Marcus Ryu said.
** GOOGLE INC, Tuesday close $588.63, +0.57 pctpremarket
The Internet giant said a research team led by physicistJohn Martinis from the University of California Santa Barbarawill join the company to start a project to build new quantuminformation processors based on superconducting electronics.
** BAIDU INC, Tuesday close $224.8, +2.15 pctpremarket
The company launched on Wednesday a service that helpsretailers advertise on the smartphones of nearby users asChina's dominant search engine company expands itslocation-based technology to drive growth.
** GENERAL ELECTRIC CO, Tuesday close $25.85, +0.50pct premarket
The company's healthcare unit last week won U.S. Food andDrug Administration approval for its mammography device thatproduces three-dimensional images to detect breast cancer.
** CONCUR TECHNOLOGIES INC, Tuesday close $100.95,+12.43 pct premarket
The travel management and expense software maker isexploring a sale of the company and has approached Oracle Corp and Germany's SAP SE, Bloomberg reported,citing people with knowledge of the matter.
** PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC CO, Tuesday close $47.29
The California Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday leviedpenalties of a record $1.4 billion on PG&E, stemming from thedeadly 2010 San Bruno natural gas pipeline rupture and fire nearSan Francisco.
** JPMORGAN CHASE & CO, Tuesday close $59.67, +0.55pct premarket
** BANK OF AMERICA CORP, Tuesday close $16.27, +0.68pct premarket
JPMorgan Chase is in talks to sell its oil-supply agreementwith a Carlyle Group-owned Philadelphia Energy SolutionsPhiladelphia refinery to Bank of America, the Wall StreetJournal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with thematter.
** VODAFONE GROUP PLC, Tuesday close $34.32, +1.54pct premarket
A Nikkei report suggested the British mobile operator may become a takeover target for Japanese telecoms firmSoftBank Corp.
** SANOFI SA, Tuesday close $54.97, +0.95 pctpremarket
The French drugmaker, developing the first vaccineagainst dengue fever, said its product reduced disease cases by60.8 percent in a large final clinical trial.
** TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD, Tuesdayclose $52.14, +0.40 pct premarket
** ASTRAZENECA PLC, Tuesday close $74.64, +0.72 pctpremarket
The Israel-based company said Britain's High Courthad handed down a positive judgment regarding its case against apatent for AstraZeneca's Symbicort lung drug.
