HEADLINE STOCKS-U.S. stocks on the move on May 28

Thu May 28, 2009 2:07pm EDT
 
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 (Updates to afternoon trading, adds Lions Gate, Perry Ellis,
Revlon, Devon Energy, Sanderson and Express Scripts)
 NEW YORK, May 28 (Reuters) - Some U.S. stocks on the move
on Thursday:
 GENERAL MOTORS CORP (GM.N)
 The Obama administration said that any GM bankruptcy would
take at least 60 to 90 days and perhaps longer, a senior
official said on Thursday. [ID:nN28446818]
 Shares of the Dow component fell 2.6 percent to $1.12.
 PROCTER & GAMBLE CO (PG.N)
 The consumer products company gave an outlook for its 2009
and 2010 fiscal years; its fiscal 2010 forecast was well below
Wall Street estimates. [ID:nN28309342]
 Shares of the Dow component edged 0.5 percent higher to
$52.02.
 TIME WARNER INC (TWX.N)
 The company announced a plan to separate its AOL unit, with
the division becoming an independent, publicly traded company.
[ID:nN28396528]
 Shares rose 2.1 percent to $23.47.
 COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP (COST.O)
 The retailer reported its third-quarter results, which
included a drop of 7 percent in its same-store sales as
shoppers stuck to basic commodities and eschewed discretionary
items. [ID:nN26497146]
 Shares fell 2.6 percent to $47.57.
 FORD MOTOR CO (F.N)
 The automaker said it had no plans to buy back Visteon
businesses or manufacturing operations, after the parts maker
filed for Chapter 11. [ID:nWEN9648]
 Shares rose 1.5 percent to $5.42.
 DEVON ENERGY CORP (DVN.N)
 The oil and gas company will cut 75 jobs as it consolidates
its international and Gulf of Mexico divisions in a move to cut
costs. [ID:nN28457355]
 Shares rose 4 percent to $62.69.
 PONIARD PHARMACEUTICALS INC (PARD.O)
 The pharmaceutical company detailed the results for its
experimental drug picoplatin in mid-stage trials against
advanced colorectal cancer and advanced prostate cancer.
[ID:nN27340203]
 Shares fell 10.3 percent to $4.02.
 TARGET CORP (TGT.N)
 A proxy battle between the company and activist investor
William Ackman is being put to a vote at the retailer's annual
meeting on Thursday. [ID:nN28321308]
 Shares slid 1.4 percent to $39.04.
 PERRY ELLIS INTERNATIONAL INC (PERY.O)
 The clothing maker reported first-quarter earnings that
trumped expectations as it benefited from tighter cost
controls. [ID:nBNG423132]
 Shares surged 21 percent to $8.21.
 EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC (ESRX.O)
 The pharmacy benefits manager cleared an antitrust hurdle
for its acquisition of WellPoint Inc's (WLP.N) NextRx pharmacy
benefits management subsidiaries and now expects the $4.68
billion deal to close during the second half of 2009.
[ID:nN28316888]
 Shares rose 4.7 percent to $64.52.
 SANDERSON FARMS INC (SAFM.O)
 The company reported much larger than expected
second-quarter results, easily beating expectations, as it
benefited from lower feed costs and production cuts..
[ID:nN28293257]
 Shares rose 4.4 percent to $43.91.
 REVLON INC (REV.N)
 The cosmetics company will cut 400 jobs worldwide as it
seeks to reduce costs. It also expects second-quarter results
to be hit by retailers cutting inventory levels and foreign
currency fluctuations. [ID:nBNG432356]
 Shares sank 15 percent to $5.04.
 LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP (LGF.N)
 The company agreed to sell a 49 percent stake in the TV
Guide channel for $125 million to One Equity Partners and media
entrepreneur Allen Shapiro. [ID:nN28477259]
 Shares rose 0.7 percent to $5.45.
 CITIGROUP INC (C.N)
 The bank is in early negotiations with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission to settle a probe into whether the bank
misled investors by not properly disclosing the amount of
troubled mortgage assets it held as the markets started to fall
in 2007, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
[ID:nBNG120676]
 Shares of Citigroup, a Dow component, fell 0.8 percent to
$3.67.

 

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