With portal service contracts from AT&T, shares of Buffalo, N. Y. based Synacor climbed more than 119 percent on Wednesday during the afterhours trading.

The companies said the revenues expected from the contract will be approximately $100 million a year following the full product operation in 2017. The early products will get be launched in the second quarter of 2016 and further products will come by the last quarter of 2016.

A law suit was filed on Wednesday by several environmental and community organizations to put pressure on the Environmental Protection Agency to make stricter rules regarding management and disposal of drilling and hydraulic fracking waste.

McDonald's has tried many new ways to gain back its customers. This time its Gilroy garlic fries.

Even on Tuesday, the north country Verizon workers continued to picket in order to attract attention to their mainly related to issues of reduced membership and job security. Almost 36,000 workers have joined the strike.

Gene Cota, Verizon employee for eighteen years said, "They want to close down call centers, close certain buildings, shuffle people around."

Target's new restroom policy of allowing transgender people to use the bathroom that they identify themselves with, is sending waves across the country. The reaction is mixed. American Family Association an anti-LGBT group said it is "testing" Target's bathroom policy.

Peoria, Illinois based Caterpillar Inc, the maker of machinery and engines said on Thursday that the company will shutter five U. S. plants and trim approximately 820 positions.

The popular construction-equipment maker is cutting back production and employees as a response to continuous drop in demand.