Market Roundup

Shares of ICON plc

ICLR

gained about 0.24% after the company acquired Firecrest Clinical, a market-leading provider of technology solutions that boost investigator site performance and study management. Shares of Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc

FCS

surged about 5.5% after the company reported its Q2 net income at $44.9 million, or $0.34 per share, compared to $43.8 million, or $0.34 per share, in the year-ago period. Excluding special items, the company's earnings came in at $0.41 per share. Analysts were expecting earnings of $0.40 per share. Fairchild projects Q3 sales to be flat to up 3%. Shares of Google Inc

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GOOG

fell about 0.6% as the company is all set to report its quarterly results after the closing bell. Google is projected to report its Q2 operating earnings at $7.86 per share on revenue of $6.54 billion. Shares of Premier Foods PLC

PRRFY

surged about 15% after the company appointed Mike Clarke as the new CEO of the company. Clarke will succeed Robert Schofield as the CFO. Clarke is presently president of Kraft Foods Inc's

KFT

European operations.