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Among the companies with shares expected to actively trade in Wednesday's session are Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), RCS Capital Corp. (RCAP) and Babcock & Wilcox Co. (BWC).

Amazon.com appears to be close to settling a nearly two-month dispute with Walt Disney Co. (DIS) during which the e-commerce giant stopped offering Disney DVDs for preorder. Amazon's shares ticked down slightly to $321.12 in premarket trading. Disney's shares were up 0.2% to $89.05.

American Realty Capital Properties Inc. (ARCP) said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its private capital management business to RCS Capital for at least $700 million. American Realty's shares were down slightly to $12.05 premarket. RCS Capital's shares rose 6.8% to $24.05 premarket.

Babcock & Wilcox on Wednesday said it is considering splitting its power-generation and government and nuclear operations businesses into two separate publicly traded companies. Shares gained 4.7% to $29 premarket.

AZZ Inc.'s (AZZ) fiscal second-quarter earnings fell 16%, weighed by inefficiencies in the company's electrical and industrial segment. Shares sank 13.8% to $36.01 premarket.

American Science & Engineering Inc. (ASEI), which makes X-ray detection systems for airports, the military and other markets, on Tuesday said "global volatility" has caused shipping delays that will lead to a quarterly loss. Shares dropped 9.7% to $50 premarket.

Coca-Cola Co. (KO) said the compensation committee of the beverage giant's board adopted guidelines to an executive compensation plan approved in April that will result in the company issuing fewer stock awards each year and extending the number of years the shares will last. Shares dipped 0.5% to $42.45 premarket.

Hospira Inc. (HSP) on Wednesday said it has received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after an inspection found the company failed to correct irregularities in products made in its Australian facility.

General Mills Inc. (GIS) on Tuesday said it would eliminate 700 to 800 salaried jobs, adding to a similar number of factory job cuts it announced recently, as the maker of Wheaties cereal and Yoplait yogurt tries to cut costs amid flagging sales.

 
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) said it plans to transfer $1.4 billion in U.S. pension obligations to Prudential Financial Inc. (PRU), following a growing trend as companies seek to unload some of the risks of running pension plans to an insurer.

D.R. Horton Inc. (DHI) on Tuesday named Chief Operating Officer David V. Auld to replace Chief Executive Donald J. Tomnitz, who retired effective Wednesday.

Endo International PLC (ENDP) said on Tuesday it reached agreements to settle substantially all claims concerning vaginal mesh products sold by its American Medical Systems Holding Inc. unit.

Red Hat Inc. (RHT) plans to offer $700 million of convertible senior notes that would mature in 2019 to raise funds to repay the cost of hedge transactions and other purposes, with $400 million of the proceeds targeted to repurchase the software company' stock.

Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) said on Tuesday it will report a loss of $18 million from its stake in Toys "R" Us in the third quarter, narrowing from a year earlier.

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