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Below are stocks making notable moves in pre-open trading Wednesday: HIGHER: Mela Sciences (Nasdaq: MELA) 50% HIGHER; skin cancer diagnostic device has gained EU approval.

Walter Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WLT) 20% HIGHER; takeover speculation NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) 7% HIGHER; strong FY13 sales guidance Yahoo!

Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) 6% HIGHER; takeover speculation after CEO Bartz fired Forest Oil Corporation (NYSE: FST) 4% HIGHER; declares special dividend of Lone Pine Resources Inc.

(NYSE: LPR) stock VeriFone Systems (NYSE: PAY) 3% HIGHER; tops Q3 views Las Vegas Sands Corp.

Below are stocks making notable moves in pre-open action Monday: HIGHER: Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.

(Nasdaq: ASTI) 62% HIGHER; to sell 20 percent stake to TFG Radiant Group Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) 58% HIGHER; Google acquires the company for $12.5B Zagg Inc.

(Nasdaq: ZAGG) 13% HIGHER; tops Q2 views, raises guidance Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) 10% HIGHER; Higher on Motorola Mobility takeover Ralcorp Holdings Inc.

(NYSE: RAH) 8% HIGHER; raised bid from ConAgra (NYSE: CAG), which they rejected.

Below are stocks making meaningful moves in pre-open trading Tuesday: HIGHER: InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDCC) 28% HIGHER; exploring a sale Clean Diesel Technologies (NASDAQ: CDTI) 14% HIGHER; contract news Exar Corp.

(NASDAQ: EXAR) 10% HIGHER; boosts Q2 views Harley-Davidson, Inc.

Casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp. is reporting net income of $228.2 million for its first quarter, thanks to escalating revenue including at its new resorts in Macau and Singapore.

Hong Kong financial regulators are investigating a Macau casino operator controlled by U.S. billionaire Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands Corp.

This report is an intraday check of some of the more notable stocks that have hit a 52-week high or low so far today. 52-Week High:

• Las Vegas Sands Corp.
  
  (NYSE: LVS) high of $34.84. Kind of a nice jump higher today, just about 3.3% as the company may be getting even more momentum as MGM' (NYSE: MGM) China Holdings, Ltd., is planning an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
  
  MGM shares are also up 5.4% currently, but still about $5.40 off of a fresh 52-week high.
• Baidu, Inc.

This report is a mid-day check of some of the more notable stocks that have hit a 52-week high or low so far today.

It is a brief list, and not meant to be a complete listing. 52-Week High:

• Las Vegas Sands Corp.
  
  (NYSE: LVS) high of $27.84. Shares are higher today as the company continues its march upward. Shares are up 64% from $16.62 seen at the start of the year.
• American Italian Pasta Co.
  
  (Nasdaq: AIPC) high of $52.65. Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: RAH) and AIPC today announced that the Boards of Directors of

June 9 -- Michael Leven, president and chief operating officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp., talks with Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton about a lawsuit against the company's Marina Bay Sands casino resort in Singapore and the growth prospects for its Macau operations.

Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s Macau operation tumbled more than 13 percent in its first day of Hong Kong trade Monday, after raising $2.5 billion in an initial public offering to help restart its languishing gambling projects.

U.S. casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp. plans to resume work in January on its multibillion-dollar gambling resorts in Macau after suspending construction last year amid a massive funding crunch, the company said Sunday.