A roundup of breaking financial and business news before the opening bell on Wall Street.

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Tuesday’s session are Big 5, Cell Therapeutics, Google, Nova Measuring Instruments, Starbucks, Sequenom, Siemens, Silicon Storage, and Warner Music Group.

Among the stocks expected to see active trading Wednesday are the retailers as well as Activision, Alliant Techsystems, Comcast, DirecTV, Nasdaq, News Corp., Sirius, Teradata, Warner Music and Windstream.

Among the stocks expected to see active trading Wednesday are Comcast, Virgin Media, Wendyâ??s and Warner Music.

The RIAA likely is whooping it up over a stunning victory, in which a Minnesota woman was fined $1.92 million for file-sharing 24 songs on the Internet. But the excessive jury award could become problematic for the recording industry. Let's hope it will also shine light on the need for reforms in the area of copyright law.

Leading Internet Video Advertising Company to Monetize Artists' Online Presence Through Targeted Ads and Customized Brand Partnerships

One of the World's Top-Selling and Most Highly Acclaimed Music Producers Rejoins WMG; Work With Paramore Helps Band's Latest Album, "brand new eyes," Debut at No. 1 in the U.K. and No. 2 in the U.S.; Other Successful Collaborations Include Work With Black Sabbath, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Dave Matthews Band, Fleetwood Mac, Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, Kid Rock, Avril Lavigne, Alanis Morissette, My Chemical Romance and Shinedown