HEADLINE STOCKS-Some U.S. stocks on the move on July 7

Tue Jul 7, 2009 1:47pm EDT
 
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(Updates to afternoon trading, adds Trinity, Blackstone and Steel Dynamics)

NEW YORK, July 7 (Reuters) - Some U.S. stocks on the move on Tuesday:

INTEL CORP (INTC.O)

Bank of America-Merrill Lynch upgraded the company to "buy" from "neutral" as part of a larger call on the semiconductor sector. [ID:nWNAB4817]

Shares of the Dow component slipped 0.1 percent to $16.53.

WEYERHAEUSER CO (WY.N)

The company cut its dividend by 80 percent to 5 cents, writing that the outlook for its businesses continued to remain uncertain. [ID:nN07419305]

Shares fell 4.7 percent to $28.57.

KING PHARMACEUTICALS INC (KG.N)

PAIN THERAPEUTICS INC (PTIE.O)

The pharmaceutical companies may not resubmit their application for their experimental pain drug Remoxy until the middle of next year. [ID:nN07304722]

Shares of King fell 0.6 percent to $9.44 while Pain Therapeutics sank 15.9 percent to $4.61.

TRINITY BIOTECH PLC (TRIB.O)

Shares rose 6.5 percent to $4.75 after U.S. health regulators approved its blood-clot analyzer. [ID:nBNG415234]

BOEING CO (BA.N)

Sanford C. Bernstein raised its price target on Boeing Co (BA.N) to $42 from $40 on an expected economic recovery in 2010 and a modestly higher delivery rate forecast for 2009 and 2010. [ID:nBNG385698]  Continued...

 

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