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MARKET PULSE-Oracle, Acme, Rockwell, Sky-Mobi, Herbalife, BlackBerry

Mon, 04th Feb 2013 14:45

Feb 4 (Reuters) - Some U.S. stocks on the move on Monday:

WALL ST OPENS LOWER AFTER RECENT GAINS

Stocks opened lower, dipping after a recent rally that tookthe S&P 500 to a five-year high and the Dow to 14,000 for thefirst time since October 2007. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 58.67 points, or 0.42 percent, at 13,951.12. TheStandard & Poor's 500 Index was down 6.84 points, or 0.45percent, at 1,506.33. The Nasdaq Composite Index wasdown 18.33 points, or 0.58 percent, at 3,160.77.

** ORACLE CORP, $35.85, down 0.9 pct (0932 ET)

** ACME PACKET INC, $29.32, up 22.5 pct (0932 ET)

Oracle agreed to buy Acme Packet, which makes networkequipment to speed up voice, video and data delivery acrossnetworks, for about $2 billion - representing a 22 pct premium.

** ROCKWELL MEDICAL, $7.74 up 20 pct (0935 ET)

The company said a clinical study showed that regularadministration of its experimental treatment for iron deficiencyreduced the need for additional agents to boost red blood cellproduction by 37 percent.

** SKY-MOBI LTD, $2.10, up 7.7 pct (0936 ET)

The China-focused mobile application store reportedthird-quarter results above analysts' estimates.

** HERBALIFE LTD, $31.47, down 10.3 pct (0936 ET)

The New York Post reported that the weight-loss productscompany is the subject of a law enforcement investigation andhas 192 complaints filed against it over the past seven years.The newspaper said it learned of the complaints after filing aFreedom of Information Law request with the Federal TradeCommission on Dec. 26.

** BLACKBERRY , $13.82, up 6 pct (0943 ET)

Bernstein Research upgraded the stock to "outperform" afterlast week's launch of the company's new line of BlackBerrysmartphones.

** WESTERN UNION CO, $14.61, up 1.6 pct (0933 ET)

Deutsche Bank raised the rating on the payment servicesprovider's stock to "buy" from "hold," according totheTheflyonthewall.com.

** MERCK & CO $41.24, down 1.4 pct (0933 ET)

Brokerages Morgan Stanley and Leerink Swann downgraded thedrugmaker's stock.

** CHEVRON INC, $114.71, down 1.5 pct (0933 ET)

UBS Investment Research cut the rating on the second-largestU.S. oil producer to "neutral" from "buy" according toTheflyonthewall.com.

** GOOGLE INC, $769.87, down 0.7 pct (0934 ET)

BMO Capital Markets cut the rating on the world's largestInternet search company to "market perform" from "outperform."

** WALMART INC, $69.90, down 0.8 pct (0934 ET)

JP Morgan cut its rating on world's largest retailer to"neutral."

** BOEING CO, $74.29, down 0.8 pct (0935 ET)

Pentagon's second-largest supplier is expected to beginpiecing together the next version of its Dreamliner jet in thecoming weeks, even without a fix for what has bedeviled theplane's electrical system or a timetable for resuming flights,the Wall Street Journal reported.

** CONCURRENT COMPUTER CORP, $7.85, up 4.8 pct(0937 ET)

The company, which provides software and services for thevideo market and the media industry, is the National InflationAssociation's new stock pick, according to Benzinga.com. Theassociation picks and profiles companies that it expects willprosper during inflation.

** ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA , $89.38, down3.1 pct (0937 ET)

The U.S. is fighting Anheuser-Busch's acquisition proposalfor Grupo Modelo with a game plan developed inearlier antitrust cases, casting the Budweiser brewer as adominant player that wants to eliminate a scrappy rival, theWall Street Journal reported.

** RANDGOLD RESOURCES , $99.98, up 4.5 pct(0938 ET)

The Africa-focused miner posted a 16 percent rise in profitfor the year to Dec. 31 and increased its dividend by 25 percentto 50 cents.

** VODAFONE GROUP PLC , $26.85 down 1.6 pct(0938 ET)

Citi Investment Research downgraded the telecom operator'sstock to "neutral".

** GANNETT CO INC, $18.48, up 6.8 pct (0939 ET)

The largest newspaper chain in the United States reported a9.4 percent rise in quarterly revenue on results frombroadcasting and circulation.

** THE CLOROX CO, $80.23, up 1.3 pct (0939 ET)

The company, best known for its namesake bleach, reportedhigher quarterly profit as a severe flu season boosted sales ofdisinfecting wipes. Sales were also helped by a new concentratedversion of the bleach.

** MAGICJACK VOCALTEC LTD, $13.26, down 2.3 pct(0940 ET)

A law firm said investors had until March 19 to ask thecourt to appoint them lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuitagainst the internet-based phone services provider and some ofits officers. Pomerantz Grossman Hufford Dahlstrom & Gross LLPfiled a class action lawsuit against magicJack in January,saying the company had overstated its revenue, earnings and cashflow in its regulatory filings.

** HUMANA INC, $77.41, up 2.7 pct (0941 ET)

The health insurer reported a lower quarterly earnings thatstill exceeded its own and analysts' expectations as the companykept costs under control. (Compiled by Mridhula Raghavan in Bangalore)

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CMA to launch in-depth probe into Vodafone's merger with Three

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IN BRIEF: Vodafone Chair Boxmeer buys GBP570,000 in shares

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UPDATE: Vodafone Germany cuts 2,000 jobs as part of savings programme

(Alliance News) - Vodafone GmbH is cutting and relocating around 2,000 jobs in a bid to save EUR400 million in the next two years, the Dusseldorf, Germany-based subsidiary of Vodafone Group PLC announced on Tuesday.

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