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U.S. stock index e-mini futures rose on Wednesday. Dow Jones industrial average futures were up 0.45 percent at 17,130, S&P 500 futures were up 0.43 percent at 2,008.25 and Nasdaq 100 futures were up 0.43 percent at 4,109.5.

** TOLL BROTHERS INC (NYSE: TOL - news) , Tuesday close $35.63

the largest U.S. luxury homebuilder's quarterly income more than doubled as it sold more homes at higher prices.

** NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORP, Tuesday close $38.49

The truck and engine maker is expected to report another messy quarter as it continues to deal with warranty costs related to its big investment in a proprietary engine technology that failed.

** SHANDA GAMES LTD, Tuesday close $6.28

Private equity firms Carlyle Group LP and Fountainvest Partners have pulled out of a consortium backing a $1.9 billion bid to buy the online games developer.

** HELEN OF TROY LTD, Tuesday close $59.15, -9.7 pct after market

The personal care products and houseware maker lowered its full-year profit and revenue forecast, citing recent retail weakness. "In our personal care business, the multi-year downward trend has accelerated recently, particularly in the more commoditized parts of our appliance business," Chief Executive Julien Mininberg said.

** GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE INC (NYSE: GWRE - news) , Tuesday close $45.82, +9 pct after market

The company, which provides software for property and casualty insurers, reported better-than-expected fourth quarter profit and revenue as license revenue jumped 34 percent. "New licenses included key Tier 1 wins, full suite sales and expanded relationships with existing customers ... on our newer products," Chief Executive Marcus Ryu said.

** GOOGLE INC (Xetra: A0B7FY - news) , Tuesday close $588.63, +0.57 pct premarket

The Internet giant said a research team led by physicist John Martinis from the University of California Santa Barbara will join the company to start a project to build new quantum information processors based on superconducting electronics.

** BAIDU INC (Xetra: A0F5DE - news) , Tuesday close $224.8, +2.15 pct premarket

The company launched on Wednesday a service that helps retailers advertise on the smartphones of nearby users as China's dominant search engine company expands its location-based technology to drive growth.

** GENERAL ELECTRIC CO, Tuesday close $25.85, +0.50 pct premarket

The company's healthcare unit last week won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its mammography device that produces three-dimensional images to detect breast cancer.

** CONCUR TECHNOLOGIES INC (NasdaqGS: CNQR - news) , Tuesday close $100.95, +12.43 pct premarket

The travel management and expense software maker is exploring a sale of the company and has approached Oracle Corp and Germany's SAP SE (NYSE: SAP - news) , Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

** PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC CO, Tuesday close $47.29

The California Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday levied penalties of a record $1.4 billion on PG&E, stemming from the deadly 2010 San Bruno natural gas pipeline rupture and fire near San Francisco.

** JPMORGAN CHASE & CO (Xetra: 850628 - news) , Tuesday close $59.67, +0.55 pct premarket

** BANK OF AMERICA CORP, Tuesday close $16.27, +0.68 pct premarket

JPMorgan Chase is in talks to sell its oil-supply agreement with a Carlyle Group-owned Philadelphia Energy Solutions Philadelphia refinery to Bank of America, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

** VODAFONE GROUP PLC, Tuesday close $34.32, +1.54 pct premarket

A Nikkei report suggested the British mobile operator may become a takeover target for Japanese telecoms firm SoftBank Corp (Xetra: 891624 - news) .

** SANOFI SA, Tuesday close $54.97, +0.95 pct premarket

The French drugmaker, developing the first vaccine against dengue fever, said its product reduced disease cases by 60.8 percent in a large final clinical trial.

** TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD, Tuesday close $52.14, +0.40 pct premarket

** ASTRAZENECA PLC (NYSE: AZN - news) , Tuesday close $74.64, +0.72 pct premarket

The Israel-based company said Britain's High Court had handed down a positive judgment regarding its case against a patent for AstraZeneca's Symbicort lung drug.