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After-hours buzz: EBay, Synacor, Yahoo & more

Scott Mlyn | CNBC

Check out which companies are making headlines after the bell Tuesday:

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals - The Canadian biotech that developed a promising drug to treat Ebola surged in after-hours trading after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case of the disease had been diagnosed in the United States.

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American Science & Engineering - The developer of X-ray inspection and other detection products fell in after-hours trading after it said it would cut its workforce by about 10 percent as it anticipates a net loss in the second quarter of fiscal 2015.

D.R. Horton - The builder edged lower after saying CEO Donald Tomnitz would retire, effective Wednesday, and be replaced by Chief Operating Officer David Auld.

EBay - The online-auction site extended gains in after-hours trading after saying it would split from PayPal, its payments unit, early in 2015.

Synacor - The supplier of cloud-based devices for cable and other companies rallied in after-hours trading on news it plans to cut 70 positions, about 20 percent of its workforce.

Yahoo - The search engine edged higher after saying it received $9.4 billion in net proceeds from the Alibaba IPO.

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