Stocks expected to move significantly in trading on Wednesday include Ralcorp, Regeneron, Toll Brothers and Tyson Foods.

A roundup of financial news breaking before the opening bell on Friday.

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday's session Amgen, Anglo American, Astoria Financial, Black & Decker, Delta Air, eBay, Goodrich, Lam, Logitech, McDonald's, Merck, New York Times, Novartis, Occidental Petroleum, Pactiv, Travelers, 3M, UPS, VMWare, and Xerox.

For the growing number of couch potatoes who have found their salvation in the hours upon hours of free time spent playing video games it’s shocking to think that American video games sales were down 23% in May compared to 2008 making for the worst gaming sales slump in three years. But it turns out there’s one sector of the industry that isn’t just defying the sales downturn but actually propelling the market. While the evolution of games has been well-documented little has been made of the awesome developments in video game controllers over the past year. What started ...

Stocks expected to move significantly in trading on Wednesday include the European tech stocks as well as Adobe, Anadarko, ArcelorMittal, Martha Stewart Omnimedia, Omniture, Premiere Global, Rambus, Rockwell Automation, and Smithfield Foods.

Firm Raises NVP XI for Early to Late Stage Venture and Growth Equity Investments Globally