Balasubramanyam Seshan

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Geron, Alkermes, Intersil, and SodaStream International. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Ixia, SemiLEDs, Aixtron, Cree, Virgin Media, ARM Holdings, and Google.

Lightning caused by a severe thunderstorm produced two strikes near NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launch pad. Meanwhile, the shuttle's launch preparations continue as scheduled.

The first premiere of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallow - Part 2 took place in Trafalgar Square in central London on July 7, amid film cast and hundreds of fans. Those who gathered expressed their excitement, as the film got released after months of wait.

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Alkermes, China Auto Logistic, Optimer Pharmaceuticals, and Vitacost.com. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Ixia, SemiLEDs, Life Partners Holdings, Multi-Fineline Electronix, and DragonWave.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: APAC Customer Services, Hi Tech Pharmacal, Rediff.com India, Sky-mobi, EnerNOC, and Nova Measuring Instruments. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Affymetrix, Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Gulf Resources, Logitech International, Aixtron, and Starbucks.

Tired of getting struck in traffic then better fly with Terrafugia's light sport roadable aircraft, Transition, which can be transformed from a car to a plane in just just 30 seconds. The world's first flying car of the 21st century is ready for the road.

NASA's five space orbiters -- Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour -- have been rocketing since 1981 from the Florida coast into Earth orbit. Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to liftoff on the final mission of the shuttle program, STS-135, a 12-day program to the International Space Station on July 8 at 11:26 am EDT.

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Planar Systems, Senomyx, Actuate, SemiLEDs, and Brocade Communications Systems. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Affymetrix, Tessera Technologies, Conns, Perficient, and Zhongpin.

There has been speculation that former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin died, which led government Internet censors to suppress any such discussion on the subject online.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Hutchinson Technology, SodaStream International, Cytori Therapeutics, Ariad Pharmaceuticals, and Yahoo!. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Zalicus, DragonWave, Aixtron, OmniVision Technologies, and WPP.

Apple Inc. might release another version of iPad as its iPad 2 is facing heavy competition from other tablet makers. But the sales of their existing iPad isn't slowing down and Apple doesn't seem to be intimidated by the onslaught of Android.

The combination of YouTube's user generated content and Hulu's professional content could deliver strong synergies for Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Barclays Capital said.

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: PAETEC Holding, SIGA Technologies, MYR Group, Zalicus, and Maiden Holdings. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: DragonWave, Quidel, Abaxis, BJ's Restaurants, and Signature Bank.

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced that it will finally support Research In Motion Ltd.'s (NASDAQ: RIMM) BlackBerry Bridge for the PlayBook. While access to information of a BlackBerry will come at no extra cost, AT&T plans to charge $20 per month for tethering to access web content.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon also known as Transformers 3, which began its assault last Tuesday night, smashed its way through box office records by Monday with global gross receipts nearing $400 million, but not yet opened in Japan or China.

Unearthing treasures has long been an obsession of archaeologists -- and one treasure hunt has led Indian officials to unearth treasures worth $23 billion from underground chambers in the centuries-old Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala.

NASA space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to liftoff on the final mission of the shuttle program, STS-135, a 12-day program to the International Space Station on July 8 at 11:26 am EDT. Meanwhile, the four astronauts arrived in two T-38 jets at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility at about 2:30 pm EDT on the fourth of July.

A group of hackers, known as AntiSec, claimed to have a list of 27 usernames and passwords taken from an SQL database from an online surveys hosted on an Apple Inc. Business Intelligence site on Sunday.

Thousands of people are expected at the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, which is set to begin today with pre-show at 10 am.

A roughly 100-foot-long chartered boat called the Erik, carrying 44 tourists mostly Americans on board, capsized off Mexico's Baja California peninsula after it was struck by an electrical storm on Sunday.

Government officials in India have unearthed treasure worth more than $23 billion from secret underground chambers in the centuries-old Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple located in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the South Indian state of Kerala.

NASA space shuttle Atlantis is set to liftoff on the final flight of the shuttle program, STS-135, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. The launch is currently targeted for July 8 at 11:26 am EDT.

Facebook is scheduled to launch something awesome on July 6, but hasn't divulged what exactly it is. Will Facebook term the something awesome as 'Facebook+' in order to compete with Google+?

Google Inc. has been ruling the world of Internet with its search engine information that includes webpages, images, videos, news and more. But when Google entered the social networking market with Google+ then other sites such as Facebook and Twitter seems to feel the pain. So what Google+ is all about?

Apple Inc.'s next generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, is facing too much of a competition from Android. iPhone 5 is scheduled to launch in September, according to the latest rumors.

An ExxonMobil pipeline in Montana state ruptured late Friday, which spilled hundreds of barrles of crude oil into the famed Yellowstone River, prompting evacuations of nearby residents.

Virginia Lottery officials say someone in Herndon bought a Mega Millions ticket that matched all six numbers for the $107 million jackpot. The winning ticket was sold at Giant Food, 1228 Elden Street, Herndon, which will receive a $50,000 bonus from the Virginia Lottery.

The Roush Fenway Racing driver David Ragan claimed the first Sprint Cup victory of his career at NASCAR's Daytona International Speedway, winning Saturday night's Coke Zero 400.

A consortium consisting of Apple Inc. (AAPL), EMC Corp. (EMC), Ericsson, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), Research In Motion (RIM) and Sony Corp. (SNE) paid $4.5 billion for the patent portfolio of Bankrupt Canadian telecom group Nortel Networks Corp.