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Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Oracle Corp., up $1.26 to $44.13 The software company reported mixed fiscal third-quarter profit and revenue but said its cloud services business grew.

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Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE United States Steel Corp., up $2.31 to $23.58 The steel company reported a drop in fourth-quarter profit and revenue, but the results beat Wall Street expectations.

European stocks drifted lower and Asian markets were mostly higher Tuesday as investors calmed from initial jitters over Greece's election result.

U.S. factory production rose in December as manufacturers churned out more furniture, computers and steel, offsetting a small decline in autos.

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Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Halliburton Co., down 99 cents to $41.21 The oil drilling services company and its peers are reeling from falling oil prices, which hit a five-year low Monday before rebounding.

Hopes for fresh stimulus from the European Central Bank and China's steady growth bolstered Asian stock markets Wednesday after the S&P 500 had its best day of the year.

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says IBM's electronics plant in Essex Junction is expected to keep operating in the state as IBM plans to sell its semiconductor production business to GlobalFoundries.

IBM will pay $1.5 billion to Globalfoundries in order to shed its costly chip division.

Globalfoundries' chief executive says the chip manufacturer plans no shutdowns or layoffs at IBM's semiconductor factories in New York's Hudson Valley and Vermont.

Global stocks sank Friday after Wall Street suffered its worst day of the year and weak German trade data fueled worry Europe is sliding into recession.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Athlon Energy Inc., up $11.59 to $58.32 The oil and natural gas company is being bought by Encana for $5.93 billion in an effort to tap into the booming Permian Basin.

Chip supplier Fairchild Semiconductor is eliminating about 1,350 jobs in the U.S. and Asia — about 15 percent of its total workforce — to reduce costs.

German chip maker Infineon Technologies AG says it has agreed to pay $3 billion in cash for California-based International Rectifier, which produces power-management components used in everything from cars to satellites.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Walgreen Co., down $9.91 to $59.21 The drugstore operator cut its outlook after announcing it will no longer pursue a reorganization move that would have trimmed taxes.

Health information technology company Cerner Corp. is buying the health information technology business unit of German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG for $1.3 billion in cash.

New York state is teaming with General Electric Co. and other companies on a $500 million initiative to spur high-tech manufacturing of miniature electronics, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt announced Tuesday.

Global stocks rebounded Monday from jitters about a struggling Portuguese bank as investors looked ahead to a busy week of data releases in the U.S., China and Europe.

California's water crisis has highlighted the need for the world's biggest corporations to manage their water risk which, if done accurately, can save millions of dollars.