Symantec Corp. and Akamai Technologies Inc. are slated to post quarterly results, with analysts looking for the security software maker and the Internet content-delivery company to post earnings declines.

The former chairman and chief executive of Advanced Micro Devices is implicated in the Galleon Group insider-trading case, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday's session are Aflac Inc., ConocoPhillips and General Dynamics Corp.

Insider-trading charges against Raj Rajaratnam are rippling through the $1.5 trillion industry, because being aggressive about obtaining information is an integral part of many firms’ strategies.

Insider trading is back big time. On Friday federal prosecutors and the SEC charged Raj Rajaratnam the founder of New York hedge fund the Galleon Group with insider trading in the stocks of several companies including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Google (GOOG) and Akamai (AKAM). Prosecutors say he earned about $20 million in the process. Six others were also charged in the scheme. This isn’t your garden variety insider trading case. It involved an extensive coordinated investigation by officials from both the FBI and the SEC complete with government wiretaps. It suggests a level of aggression by law enforcement ...

Akamai also receives the Ernst & Young Venture Capital Award of Excellence

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