The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Tuesday are: First Solar, Netflix, MEMC Electronic Materials, U.S. Bancorp, American International Group, Capital One Financial, Motorola Mobility Holdings, Advanced Micro Devices and Jds Uniphase.
The Japan earthquake and tsunami could result in significant shortages of certain electronic components, potentially causing dramatic price increases, a market reaserch firm said.
The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has drawn comparisons to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. According to some experts, while they are very different, the consequences could be as bad or worse if authorities in Japan fail to prevent a meltdown.
The 56-year-old comedian and actor was fired on Monday after he tweeted a series of jokes about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Tuesday that radioactivity is being released directly into the atmosphere from the Unit 4 reactor at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant.
An evidently impressed Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, has shared an e-mail from a friend who works for Apple in Japan shedding light on the ways in which the tech giant stepped up and helped people caught off guard by Friday's earthquake.
U.S. stock futures point to a sharply lower opening for Wall Street Tuesday, following slump in European and Asian stock markets amid fears of a nuclear disaster in Japan.
The March 11 earthquake has plunged Japan into a state of nuclear crisis as fresh reports of blasts at nuclear plants pour in every few hours. The live slideshow contains photos of the blast with details.
Texas Instruments said it expects loss of revenue in the first quarter and second quarter as the Japan earthquake caused substantial damage to its Miho plant in the country.
Japanese auto major Mazda Motor Corporation will extend the production suspension at its Hiroshima and Hofu plants until March 20 following Friday's earthquake.
Japan has confirmed that a fire at the spent fuel storage pond at an earthquake-hit reactor of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was extinguished on March 15 at 02:00 UTC, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.
Rock star Bryan Adams exhorted the world's musicians to organize a concert for Japan, which is reeling from the worst disaster in recent history.
Japanese Auto major Honda Motor Co has said that all production activities are suspended at the following Honda plants, the carmaker said in a statement.
Japan has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that a spent fuel storage pond at an earthquake-damaged reactor is on fire and radioactivity is being released directly into the atmosphere, the Vienna-based U.N. atomic watchdog said.
A survey among state health departments finds that most American states are ill-prepared to cope with a nuclear radiation emergency should it arise.
The government of Japan, already battling against the deadly ravages of Friday’s earthquake-tsunami, has warned that the troubled No. 2 reactor at the badly-damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was still unstable, almost nearly five hours after workers poured seawater into it to try to cool down the fuel rods
U.S. stocks ended lower on Monday, as investors were worried about the impact of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan on the global economy.
Observers across the cyberworld have noticed something quite fascinating about the unfolding horror in Japan in the wake of the deadly earthquake and tsunami – a lack of looting by Japanese people, who, rather than take advantage of a crisis for personal gain, appear to be unified and behaving lawfully.
The singer posted on Twitter that through the sale of bracelets her fans helped her raise a quarter of a million dollars.
Sprint announced its Kyocera Echo phone will officially launch on April 17.
Blink 182 singer Mark Hoppus has pulled some very personal items from his closet to auction off for charity on eBay.
As previously warned, Japan’s dominant utility company Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has begun reducing electricity to some areas of the country, creating rolling blackouts in many regions, in an unprecedented measure to conserve power following the severe damage incurred by two key nuclear power plans in Japan’s northeast.
