HEADLINE STOCKS-U.S. stocks on the move on April 20

Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:39pm EDT
 
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 (Updates to afternoon, adds General Motors, Saks, Lions Gate) 
    
    NEW YORK, April 20 (Reuters) - Some U.S. stocks on the move 
on Monday: 
    
    BANK OF AMERICA  
    The bank reported first-quarter results and said it 
continues to face "extremely difficult challenges," primarily 
from deteriorating credit quality. For more see 
[nN20380236] 
    Shares of the company, a Dow component, plummeted 21 
percent to $8.40. 
    
    ELI LILLY AND CO  
    The pharmaceutical company reported first-quarter results 
and gave a 2009 outlook. [nN20336098] 
    Shares slid 1.5 percent to $33.4. 
    
    SUN MICROSYSTEMS  
    ORACLE CORP  
    Oracle said it would buy Sun Micro for $9.50 a share in 
cash, or a total of $7.4 billion. [nWNAB4883] 
    Shares of Sun surged 36.5 percent to $9.12 while Oracle 
shares were down 2 percent to $18.68. 
    
    GENERAL MOTORS  
    Shares of the automaker, a Dow component, fell 9.7 percent 
to $1.68 after it said it would cut 1,600 salaried positions 
this week. [nN20389400] 
    
    SAKS  
    Shares of the luxury retailer rose 4 percent to $3.68 after 
JPMorgan upgraded it to overweight. [nBNG427026] 
    
    PEPSICO  
    PEPSI BOTTLING GROUP  
    PEPSIAMERICAS  
    The soft drink company offered to buy the shares it doesn't 
already own of Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas, its two 
largest bottlers, in a move to cut costs. [nBNG132692] 
    PepsiCo shares fell 4.8 percent to $49.62 while Pepsi 
Bottling surged 21 percent to $30.50 and PepsiAmericas gained 
24 percent to $24.63. 
    
    LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT  
    Shares of the movie studio tumbled 16 percent to $4.51 
after one of its units entered a refinancing exchange agreement 
with certain holders of 3.625 percent senior notes. 
[nWNAB5035] 
    
    HASBRO  
    The toy company reported first-quarter earnings that met 
expectations and a drop of 12 percent in its quarterly sales. 
[nN20358100] 
    Shares slid 3.1 percent to $27.06. 
    
    DISCOVERY LABS  
    Shares plummeted 50 percent to 90 cents after the FDA 
declined to approve the company's respiratory illness drug for 
infants. [nBNG445146] 
    
    EATON CORP  
    Shares slid 10.4 percent to $40.11 after it cut its 2009 
earnings outlook, saying economies in the U.S. and Western 
Europe wouldn't start to recover until 2010. [nN17345358] 
    
    AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP  
    The company has delayed filing its annual proxy statement, 
as it weighs a potential reshuffle of its board, according to a 
report in the Wall Street Journal. [nBNG237922] 
    Shares of the insurance company slid 17.3 percent to 
$1.34. 
    
    PHARMASSET  
    Shares slid 9.1 percent to $8.41 after the pharmaceutical 
company stopped a late-stage study of a hepatitis B treatment. 
[nBNG444649] 
    
    AGRIUM 
    Shares of the fertilizer maker are cheap and should climb 
as the global economy and corn prices recover, Barron's 
reported on Sunday. [nN19342149] 
    U.S.-listed shares of Agrium fell 3 percent to $38.86. 
    
    PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP  
    Barron's wrote that shares of Principal had been unfairly 
punished, and that the stock could rebound, citing its steady 
money management arm and lack of exposure to guarantees that 
back variable annuities. [nN19264786] 
    Shares of Principal fell 8.3 percent to $13.50. 
    
    BREITBURN ENERGY PARTNERS LP  
    The independent oil and gas company on Friday said it would 
temporarily suspend its dividend. [nBNG410325] 
    Shares dropped 32 percent to $5.97. 
 (Reporting by Ryan Vlastelica; Editing by James Dalgleish) 
 ((ryan.vlastelica@thomsonreuters.com; Tel: +1 646-223-6014; 
Reuters Messaging: ryan.vlastelica@reuters.com@reuters.net)) 
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