Check out the companies making headlines before the bell:

Image copyright Getty Images Large energy suppliers will need to triple the number of smart meters they are installing to meet a 2020 deadline, consumer group Which? has warned. It said firms [...]

MALE (Reuters) – The Maldives’ new government will pull out of a free trade agreement (FTA) with China because it was a mistake for the tiny nation to strike such a pact with the world’s [...]

(Reuters) – Emergency services on Sunday sifted through the charred wreckage of California’s deadliest ever wildfire, searching for signs of nearly 1,000 people believed still missing as [...]

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danske Bank (DANSKE.CO) has been caught up in one of the largest-ever money laundering scandals. Howard Wilkinson, the whistleblower who first alerted Denmark’s [...]

General Electric CEO Larry Culp’s latest comments to CNBC about GE Healthcare could indicate an “outright sale” is among the options under consideration, according to a leading [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Emerging market debt is a rare fixed-income class that does not look too expensive, and could be an even more attractive investment if the U.S. dollar weakens, [...]

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Southeast Asia’s internet economy is expected to exceed $240 billion by 2025, a joint study by Google and Temasek Holdings showed, a fifth more than previously [...]

America’s rising credit costs have overpowered growing employment and significant real disposable income gains to cause slumping housing demand. That always leads to declining sales of [...]

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Rick Scott first celebrated his assumed victory on election night before a recount was ordered Florida’s outgoing Republican Governor Rick Scott has [...]