Balasubramanyam Seshan

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Cray, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Aruba Networks, SunPower, and American Public Education. The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Blue Coat Systems, Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Maxwell Technologies, Accuray, and ACI Worldwide.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Rubicon Technology, China XD Plastics, China MediaExpress Holdings, NutriSystem, and Drugstore.com. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Anadigics, NetApp, eHealth, EnerNOC, and NVIDIA.

U.S. President Barack Obama's proposed 2012 Federal budget included proposals to improve the inefficiencies in government data centers. The budget outlines the adoption of cloud-computing and virtualization technologies to lower IT spending costs and increase agility.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Rubicon Technology, Pinnacle Airlines, Hollysys Automation Technologies, Cray, and Inspire Pharmaceuticals. The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Itron, Columbia Laboratories, First Financial Northwest, Mattson Technology, and NetApp.

RBC Capital Markets said February spending plans rise sequentially as its data supports continued sales gains at restaurants.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: ValueClick, American Capital, Photronics, Fred's, Camtek, and Dell. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Warren Resources, Swisher Hygiene, Seahawk Drilling, PDL BioPharma, and LogMeIn.

The second largest U.S. bookstore chain Borders Group Inc. (NYSE: BGP) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as its book sales started sinking in 2008, 2009, and in each quarter of 2010 even after management changes, job cuts and debt restructuring.

Barclays Capital said it continues to believe the new tablet category (led by Apple Inc.'s iPad) is poised for rapid growth over the coming years.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: ValueClick, American Capital, PC Mall, Life Partners Holdings, Photronics, and Dell. The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, ReachLocal, RC2, LogMeIn, and Rovi.

Robert W. Baird said it remains generally cautious on the post-secondary group given regulatory risk and deteriorating fundamentals.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Limelight Networks, Insight Enterprises, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, DG FastChannel, and Mercer International. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Microvision, Anika Therapeutics, Ultra Clean Holdings, Cynosure, and Sirius XM Radio.

Companies are spending much less on sandwiches in the business meetings due to recession, according to a recent survey conducted by UK's office design company Maris Interiors LLP.

Jefferies & Co. said the President's proposed fiscal 2012 budget, announced Monday should provide a modest boost to quite poor investor sentiment around government technology spend.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Limelight Networks, Insight Enterprises, Mercer International, Perry Ellis International, and Corinthian Colleges. The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Anika Therapeutics, Carmike Cinemas, Ultra Clean Holdings, Nasdaq OMX Group, and First Business Financial Services.

RBC Capital Markets said in its skilled nursing facilities Q4 earnings preview that pre-announced upsides for the quarter and better-than-expected 2011 guidance combined with Kindred Healthcare Inc.'s (KND) fourth quarter results on the RehabCare Group (RHB) deal announcement, suggest a bright outlook in the near term under Resource Utilization Group, Version Four (RUG-IV).

RBC Capital Markets said in its highlights before the Mobile World Congress show that smartphone units may accelerate this year from last year’s 60 percent growth as devices do more and simultaneously move down market for the masses.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Hercules Offshore, Openwave Systems, STEC, EMCORE, and Falconstor Software. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Seahawk Drilling, MannKind, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Hughes Communications, and Interphase.

This year Valentine's Day is so special as NASA's Stardust spacecraft is preparing for final date with comet Tempel 1 on its second exploration. The world will be beginning to look at images when the spacecraft is on its closest approach to fly by comet Tempel 1 at about 11:37 pm EST on Monday, with confirmation likely to be received on Earth at about 11:56 pm EST.

NASA is having a busy schedule for February.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Shengkai Innovations, Orthovita, Falconstor Software, Panera Bread, and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Expedia, MannKind, Blue Nile, Optimer Pharmaceuticals, and Cephalon.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Expedia, MannKind, Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Cephalon, ARM Holdings, JA Solar Holdings, Palomar Medical Technologies, LM Ericsson Telephone, Motricity, and Whole Foods Market.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Orthovita, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Panera Bread, Wright Medical Group, Body Central, JDS Uniphase, Akamai Technologies, Microsoft, Netflix, and Shire.

Qualcomm said it will showcase some of the latest innovations and ideas that are enabling access, control and interaction with the digital world during the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2011 during Feb. 14 to 17 in Barcelona.

For the first time, Google Inc. is celebrating American inventor Thomas Alva Edison's 164th birthday on February 11 with a new still moving doodle logo on its classic homepage featuring some of his best inventions.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Orthovita, Falconstor Software, Panera Bread, Neurocrine Biosciences, and Stamps.com. The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Expedia, Blue Nile, Hoku, MannKind, and Optimer Pharmaceuticals.

The U.S. House Republicans will unveil their proposed budget cuts on Thursday for the remaining of fiscal 2011. The steep cuts proposed for energy and environmental programs foreshadow the continued trends that will dominate the foreseeable future, FBR Capital Markets said in a note to clients.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Sequenom, Whole Foods Market, Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Clearwire, and Xenoport. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Idenix Pharmaceuticals, EZchip Semiconductor, Amkor Technology, TriQuint Semiconductor, Akamai Technologies, and Cisco Systems.

Robert W. Baird upgraded its rating on shares of Diodes Inc. (NASDAQ: DIOD) to outperform from neutral on attractive valuation. The brokerage raised its price target on shares of the supplier of components to chipmakers to $32 from $20.

A new combined image of a ring -- not of jewels -- but of black holes comes from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope just in time for Valentine's Day.