HEADLINE STOCKS-Some U.S. stocks on the move on Sept. 21
(Updates to afternoon trading, adds First Busey, Legg Mason, Delta Petroleum, Molex, VeriChip, Warner Music, Modine)
NEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Some U.S. stocks on the move on Monday:
CATERPILLAR INC (CAT.N), $52.41, down 1.8 pct
The Dow component said August retail sales of machines for North America were down 57 percent. [ID:nWNAB1634]
DELL INC (DELL.O), $16.08, down 3.7 pct
PEROT SYSTEMS CORP PER.N, $29.57, up 65 pct
Dell agreed to buy Perot in a cash transaction valued at about $3.9 billion. [ID:nN21265091]
LENNAR CORP (LEN.N), $16.05, down 3 pct
The home builder reported a third-quarter loss that widened from the prior year. [ID:nN21299653]
BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC.N), $17.28, down 2 pct
A U.S. House of Representatives panel told the bank that it cannot use attorney-client privilege to withhold details on its purchase of Merrill Lynch, according to a report in the New York Times. [ID:nN21282989]
FIRST BUSEY CORP (BUSE.O), $5.32, down 17 pct
The company expects to breach two of its financial covenants and to report a third-quarter loss due to higher provisions for bad loans. [ID:nBNG476542]
VERICHIP CORP CHIP.O, $3.17, up 176 pct
The company sait it had been granted an exclusive license to two patents held by its development partner Receptors LLC to detect the H1N1 virus. [ID:nBNG492957] Continued...
